It used to be taboo for women to get tattoos, and women with tattoos were considered immoral, uncouth and not fit for marriage in "polite society" where men with tattoos were just considered a bit rough around the edges....

There are more animated shows and movies made toda...  ...& Jerry during its golden age, circa the mid- 1940s .The pics are from a chapter in the classic Gene B...

It's not uncommon to see people hitting treadmills...  ...and ellipticals to get in shape, but back in the 1940s an exercise machine called the Streamliner was in...

[http://youtu.be/HL1zUcz3-rs] (YouTube link)Ben Sa...  ...ster, England, has fashioned his life around the 1940s -especially his home, which is completely furnish...

(vimeo link) The British Council has released a...  ...as released a collection of films produced in the 1940s to show the world how the British lived and worke...

You may have heard that the first rock 'n' rol...  ...the blues and the rhythm & blues songs of the 1940s . So what was the first recorded rock 'n' roll son...  ...ates for the title -and four of them are from the 1940s ! Listen to them and tell us what you think. Link

Minnesotastan's mother was a member of American Airlines 1941 graduating class for the fairly new profession called "stewardess." She passed along some interesting tidbits about the business in those days, such as ho...

I don't know about all of you, but I'm a sucker for vintage photos shot in color and these gorgeous WWII images from the Library of Congress are both fascinating and stunning. You can find more of them over at The At...