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Issues 1950s Teenagers, Generation Years, Warren Beatty, Splendour In The Grass, Teddy Boys, Name Meaning, Marlon Brando, The Beach Boys, Civil Rights Movement

Silent Generation, generation of people sandwiched between the “Greatest Generation,” which fought World War II, and the “baby boomers,” the generation born during the surge in births in the United States and other countries in the years immediately following the war. The range of birth years

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We can and should revere the experiences, skills and knowledge of previous generations, but never should we be so naïve as to as to unfavorably compare them to who we are today. Indeed, the sacrifices and knowledge needed in the past don’t elevate the people of the past, rather what we don’t know and know how to do compared to them speaks to human evolution that makes each generation greater than the previous one.

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WASP pilots FrancesGreen, Margaret Kirchner, Ann Waldner and Blanche Osborne at the four-engine school at Lockbourne Army Airfield, Ohio, with a Boeing B-17. (U.S. Air Force) Jeanne Paquin, Wwii Women, Paul Poiret, Four Women, Female Pilot, Women's History, Womens History Month, Fly Girl, Photos Of Women

24 April 1943: The first class of the Women Airforce Service Pilots, Class 43-1, graduated from the four-month flight training program and earned their wings as U.S. Army pilots. The class entered with 38 trainees and 24 graduated. Each woman had a civil pilot’s license and at least 200 hours of flight time. Over 25,000 … Continue reading 24 April 1943 →

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WWII couple! (Why are couples from the Greatest Generation so sweet?) Couples Vintage, Old Fashioned Love, Military Couples, Mode Retro, Vintage Pics, Vintage Couples, Vintage Versace, Look Retro, Vintage Romance

Love doesn't change though the years do. Sometimes it can be difficult to remember that people in photos from bygone eras had the same concerns, hopes, dreams, and loves that we do. On a whim one morning, I was browsing vintage photos and came across these wonderful pieces of art. Some of them moved

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