We were…waiting on a miracle Tryna find ourselves in the winter snow –Ed Sheeran, 2020 Everest 78 In 1978, Pierre Mazeaud became the first Frenchman to climb Mount Everest. The event was widely celebrated throughout France and Western Europe, evidenced by the branded sweater on the...
Every October since 1935, thousands of people have flocked to East Texas for the annual Yamboree Festival. Originally a celebration of the sweet potato 🍠, the event is one of the longest-held festivals in the Lone Star State. It includes a magnificent 👑 queen coronation and pageant, a 🎡 carnival,...
Today, Lifetouch, a national school photography provider, celebrates the second annual National School Picture Day, an opportunity to relive and celebrate school pictures, from bowl cuts to mohawks, neon to flannel. (Especially the neon and flannel, Xers.) This commemoration is all the reason I...
Photo Essay: A Family vacations on an undisclosed beach during the summer of 1976. Two of the siblings are wearing matching Bicentennial-themed bathing suits. (Source: Thomas Payne with CC License)
Lost Generation | Medicine Park, Oklahoma This is third in a series of picture posts featuring pages from the WWI-era photo album I found at Mary’s Flea Market in Oklahoma City. This selection features historic images of Houston’s Settegast Park and Bath Lake in Medicine Park, Oklahoma. Click here...
ring Future Helicopter Parents | Two Gen-Xers on a scary carnival ride, 1971. Giant Swing! Toddlers on a Scary Carnival Ride at a Texas County Fair When I first saw this 35mm slide image for sale I knew I had to buy it. Featuring two Gen-Xers on a scary carnival ride known as the giant swing, it...
The Lost Generation, b. 1883-1900 The Lost Generation was the 9th generation of Americans. Born between 1883 and 1900, they were defined as a Nomad generation by two prominent historians, the late William Strrauss, and Neil Howe. Generation X shares their archetype and mirrors their life...
In 1976, my entire 3rd-grade class went on a field trip to a YMCA swimming pool in Colorado Springs. I was so excited! It was going to be the best field trip ever. I didn’t have a swimming suit so the night before the big day my older sister Becky altered her bright blue check bikini with the hot...
An above ground pool is the backdrop for this priceless picture of Laura and Nana, Early 1980s Laura, Her Nana and the Fab Above Ground Pool Laura L. sent me this photo of her with her Nana standing in front of an above ground pool. She wrote, “Me, with my Nana and my softball glove, in...
Meet the greatest concret dinosaur that ever was! This is Generation X’s Purple Dinosaur, Dino Flintstone, a Snarkasaurus. Yes, before the big purple Millennial dinosaur Barney there was Dino of Fred Flintstone fame. Concrete Dinosaur Photo from 1976 I purchased this vintage snapshot of kids...
Southern Baptist Girls’ Auxiliary Organization The Southern Baptist Church (SBC) Girls’ Auxiliary Organization began in 1913 or 1914. It was designed for school-aged girls and originally called the Sunbeam Societies or Sunbeams. In the 1970s, the organization was renamed Girls in Action (GA) and...
Class of 1983 A little brother with many sisters graduates high school and gets a cool car. The photo was taken in 1983. I bet he had fun driving that car in the pastures of the family farm. (Source: Reddit) If you know the make and model of this car let us know in the comments section. Members of...
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