Vintage photos show what it was like to eat at a diner in the 1950s

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Teenagers sitting at a diner counter circa 1950.

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Vintage photos show how flying first class has changed over the past 70 years

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Passengers sleeping on recliners with a flight attendant assisting in the 1950s.
The first-class section of a passenger plane in the 1950s.

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Vintage photos show how presidential limousines have changed, from open convertibles to Biden's $1.5 million armored Cadillac known as 'The Beast'

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President Ronald Reagan waves from the back of his limousine in 1984.

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Vintage photos taken 100 years ago show what life was like in 1924

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Three models from Washington's spring fashion show raise the hems of their dresses so they can wade through the waters of Arlington Beach in 1924
Three models from Washington's spring fashion show raise the hems of their dresses so they can wade through the waters of Arlington Beach, Virginia, in 1924.

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Vintage photos of fast-food restaurants show what it was like to go to McDonald's and other chains back in the day

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The exterior of a McDonald's fast food restaurant in South Dakota in 1970
The exterior of a McDonald's fast-food restaurant in South Dakota in 1970.

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Vintage photos show what it was like to work in a US car factory a century ago

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1914: Flywheel production at the Ford motor plant in Highland Park, Michigan.
Flywheel production at the Ford motor plant in Highland Park, Michigan.

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