Vintage photos show what it was like to eat at McDonald's in the 1970s

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Product shot of a McDonald's Big Mac hamburger in 1977.

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Photos show how much grocery shopping has changed since the first supermarkets opened a century ago

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A child in a bucket hat looks at grocery store items on a shelf
A child browses at an unknown grocery store in the 1940s.

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25 photos show what life looked like for Americans 150 years ago

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America looked very different in 1870.

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Vintage photos show how the role of women in the workforce has evolved in the last 100 years

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A woman in a knit dress with flared sleeves works at an early model desktop computer made by Servus, 1970s.

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25 vintage photos show what life was like in New York City 100 years ago

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An ariel view of downtown Manhattan from the 1920s features an elevated train track, a much wider Battery Park, and the South Ferry Terminal.

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Vintage photos show how the military has evolved

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Today, most military missions don't involve ground soldiers.

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Vintage photos show Alaska before it became a state

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circa 1950: A typical scene of the Aleutian Islands with a volcanic cone in the background
circa 1950: A typical scene of the Aleutian Islands with a volcanic cone in the background

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30 vintage photos show how different camping used to be

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Camping in the '50s involved bringing a hammer.

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21 vintage photos show how desperate and desolate America looked during the Great Depression

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Thousands of unemployed people waited in lines for food during the Great Depression.

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Vintage photos show how people decorated for the holidays over the last 100 years

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A family gathers around the Christmas tree while a young girl opens her present.
A family gathers around the Christmas tree while a young girl opens her present.

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