History

Michael explained how gender norms and fashion choices that were seen as ‘masculine’ and ‘feminine’ have changed over time.

“My great-grandmother sketched her teachers in 1924. I found it in her school notebook.”

“My dad in a white cap hitting on some girl at a Fleetwood Mac concert, 1970s”

Alfred E. Neuman...

“I found this 1970s Panasonic alarm clock/radio in my dad’s old stuff, and it still works like new!”

While this isn’t a huge surprise, it’s worth mentioning that women of Ancient Rome were expected to stay home and work on raising a family. Some wealthy women were able to attempt to get an education, and others were even able to work for a business. Sadly, the majority of business work that women had to do was manage slaves.

A man taking a photograph of people on the beach of Atlantic City, New Jersey in c. 1912.

“This is the same doll, one after 32 years of love, the other still pristine.”

Floppy Disks, Dodge Ram. The Oregon Trail Game, Greenpeace...

A three-bed property in Parbold, West Lancashire, UK, has gone on the open market for the first time with an asking price of £475,000 – and is proving popular because it looks like it is frozen in 1970s.

Located in Indiana, the 2,476 square-foot house comes with a bunch of features that would have been huge 50 years ago.

Woman finds a 1986 costume book with some extremely weird DIY costumes…

There was a Samurai who was actually worried about how obsolete their system had become and now that Samurais were no longer needed in Japan.

“We sifted through our stuff in our old apartment, and found many interesting things.”