The Wagon Wheel Motel, which was destroyed by fire earlier this month, was among five that were built on the stretch of Route 7/20 between Pittsfield and Lenox in the ...

Theater “usherette,” radio repairman, blouse presser at a shirt factory, switchboard operator, pipe fitter at Mare Island, hospital attendant, prune sorter and even soda jerk.

An open-air museum that brings 1940s and 1950s history to life through “immersive exhibits” has won the UK Art Fund Museum of the Year, the world’s largest museum prize. Beamish, The Living Museum of ...

After reading Ms. Johnson's letter on Sept. 11, I felt obligated to respond. Ms. Johnson doesn’t believe going back to the 1950s is a good idea. Really? I grew up in the ’50s and think it was a ...

The Bad Waitress terrorizes customers. She chain smokes cigarettes as she jots down food orders. She penciled Groucho Marx eyebrows above her drooping eyelids and a beauty mark onto her face where a ...

Explore 1950s fashion history and how the silhouette represents gender roles post-World War 2. From shorter skirts to hourglass figures, discover the era's emphasis on femininity. Questions swirl ...