Fascinating Found Photos Show How Life of the U.S Looked Like in the 1960s _ OLDUS

   

The 1960s were a decade of revolution and change in politics, music and society around the world. It started in the United States and the United Kingdom, and spread to continental Europe and other parts of the globe.

 
Life of the United States in the 1960s

 

The 1960s were an era of protest. In the civil rights movement blacks and whites protested against the unfair treatment of races. Towards the end of the decade more and more Americans protested against the war in Vietnam. Many people in the United States thought that Americans had no reason to fight in war that was so far away from home.

Female activists demanded more rights for women, whose role in society began to change. The birth control pill and other contraceptives were introduced, making it possible for women to plan their careers and have babies when they wanted them.

After World War II people all over the world started working hard and respecting the values they were brought up with. Especially in Europe, it was an era of recovery and rebuilding. In the 1960s many young people started doubting such values. They protested against society and everything that was mainstream. They had hair long and wore unusual and strange clothes.

These fascinating photos were found by Dean Avants that shows how life of the United States looked like in the 1960s.

 
Chula Vista gift shop, Branson, Missouri, 1962

 

Florida gulf, 1962
 
House and car, DeLand, Florida, 1962

 

 
Loc-Wood boat dock, Bagnell Dam, Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri, 1962

 

 
Times Square, NYC, 1963


 
Boy with “JUST MARRIED” car, Virginia, 1964

 

Two girls hurrying to a 1957 Ford Fairline convertible, 1964

 

 
Two ladies outside a camping trailer, circa 1964

 

 
42nd street, NYC, 1966

 

 
Chicago skyline from Civic Center, Illinois, 1966

 

Demonstration in Greenwich Village, NYC, 1966

 

Dinosaur Land, Vernal, Utah, 1966

 

Dodge City, Kansas, 1966

 

Entrance to America the Beautiful in Circarama, Disneyland, 1966

 

Greenwich Village, NYC, 1966

 

Johnson Wax Headquarters, Racine, Wisconsin, 1966

 

Lady reading pamphlet on street, Boston, Massachusetts, 1966

 

Laurent House, Illinois, 1966

 

Radio City Music Hall, NYC, 1966

 

Reno, Nevada, 1966

 

Reno, Nevada, 1966

 

Students on field trip, somewhere in Oklahoma, 1966

 

Times Square, NYC, 1966

 

University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1966

 

“It's a Small World” ride, Disneyland, 1967

 

Girls on the beach, California, 1967

 

Tombstone, Arizona, 1967

 

White Sands, New Mexico, 1967

 

1968 Ford Mustang in driveway at NW 47th and Villa, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1968

 

Cycle race, Daytona Speedway, Florida, 1968

 

Girl at Alabaster Caverns, Oklahoma, 1968

 

Golf game in the mountains, 1968

 

Small group of friends at Alabaster Caverns, Oklahoma, 1968

 

 
Photo shoot, Maryland, 1969