25 Vintage Photos of America That Don't Look Real

1.

April 1939. "Salvation Army, San Francisco, California. Unemployed young men pause a moment to loiter and watch, and then pass on." Photo by Dorothea Lange

2.

December 1940. "Christmas trees for sale at a gas station. Woonsocket, Rhode Island." Medium format negative by Jack Delano

3.

February 5, 1922. "Louise and flower shop auto."

4.

Circa 1919. "Studebaker motor car in repair shop with garage mechanic." 6.5 x 8.5-inch glass negative from the Wyland Stanley collection of San Francisco historical memorabilia. (Colorized)

5.

Circa 1930. Piglet race, Hermosa Beach, California

6.

January 11, 1959, around 3:30 PM. A baby-blue 1955 Ford meets an untimely demise at the prow of northbound Metropolitan Transit Authority (ex-Pacific Electric) blimp interurban no. 1537 at the intersection of American Avenue and 16th Street in Long Beach, California.

7.

Circa 1930. "Snowstorm in Boston" by Leslie Jones.

8.

Circa 1920s. Oil derricks over Venice Beach, Ca

9.

Circa 1908. Titanic’s propellers

10.

1979. Mexicans being arrested in San Ysidro, California, after crossing the border into the US. Photograph: Alex Webb/Magnum Photos

11.

1938. Women posing in front of surfboards on Waikiki Beach in Honolulu, Hawaii.

12.

1952. Two women in lobster costumes at the Maine Lobster Festival.

13.

1979. Times Square, NYC

14.

1960s. Mall parking lot. Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts

15.

1944. A group of teen girls enjoying some fruit, cake, and milk. Photo by Nina Leen.

16.

May 1943. Pushcart fruit vendor at the Fulton Fish Market in New York.

17.

1986. A man getting a cup of coffee at The Horn & Hardart Automat Cafeteria, New York, New York. Photo by Eugene Gordon

18.

1943. New York. Forty-second Street and Fifth Avenue on a rainy day.

19.

July 18th, 1962. Firemen scramble to escape falling wall on 137th Street. photo by Neal Boenzi for the NYTimes

20.

Circa 1933. The U.S.S. Macon Helium Airship flying over Manhattan.

21.

1933. A view of Manhattan from a snowy Central Park

22.

1947. Tourists in the Statue of Liberty’s crown.

23.

Circa 1950s. Snowy city street.

24.

May 1939. "Mission & Gulf Rig". Photo by Robert Yarnall Richie

25.

Circa 1955. In the Manhattan showroom of an underwear manufacturer, a buyer looks at a new Sarong brand bra and pantie combination garment modeled for him. Photo by Vecchio