A selection of interesting and unusual photos from the USA (21 photos)

Let's go to the USA and see what life was like in different parts of the country during the 20th century.





Collecting prickly pears for cattle feed during a drought in Texas.

The Opuntia family includes upright and creeping shrubs, often cushion-shaped. This type of feed is not quite suitable for cattle, but times were apparently hard.



A girl protests against wearing bras, San Francisco, August 1, 1969.

In the late 60s, American feminists took up arms against bras and declared them a symbol of women's oppression, inequality and something else.



Cold air supply to a car at a fast food restaurant. USA, Texas, 1957.

The United States is a car country, people are used to doing everything in cars: eating, watching movies (drive-in theaters), making love and much more.



A Man, a Tree, and Hurricane Carol. Brooklyn, 1954.



The first day of the already open Golden Gate Bridge, USA, 1937.



A bomb shelter on Santa Monica Boulevard in Los Angeles, 1951.



Walking on stilts. Los Angeles, 1942.



Winter traffic in Idaho, 1952.



A female crocodile farm worker, USA, 1926.

What kind of nerves do you have to have to stand so calmly among hundreds of huge crocodiles.



Women's room in an American dorm, 1968.



NASA OV1-8 PASCOMSAT satellite, 1966.

A military satellite launched in 1966. Diameter 9 meters, weight at launch 10 kg, in working condition 3.



Sunbathers on the beach near the World Trade Center, 1977.

The whole essence of the consciousness of people in America in the 70s is in these photos, progress as urbanism, stockbrokers' offices and empty sand by the ocean. Nothing bad or good, it is amazing how the landscape conveys the feeling of time.

Later, the elite quarter of Battery Park City will be built here.



A young Indian mother with a child at a train station. USA, 1930.



Acrobats, Muscle Beach. USA, 1949.

"Muscle Beach" was opened in 1943 in the city of Santa Monica, is a place for gymnastics, acrobatics and bodybuilding. The beach still exists and attracts sports, fitness and healthy lifestyle enthusiasts from all over California.



Al Capone and his gang. Chicago, 1928.

The world-famous American gangster of Italian descent, who operated in the 1920s and 1930s in the Chicago area.



A steam locomotive passing over a highway. Detroit, 1950.



Mobile library. USA, 1948.

Libraries on wheels were quite popular in the States in the mid-20th century. And the first "bookmobile" appeared in Warrington, England, in the late 1850s. It wasn't even a car, but a horse-drawn carriage that delivered 12,000 books in its first year of service.



Fred Astaire and his dancing shoes, 1941.

The legendary American dancer, singer and actor is one of the greatest masters of the musical genre in cinema. He danced literally all his life, from childhood to old age. You can find videos of him dancing on the Internet.



Contrasts of New York, 1980s.

This work is by the famous photographer Elliott Erwitt. He is most popular for his black and white photos, taken in an ironic manner. He was born into a family of emigrants. In the 1950s, he visited the Soviet Union, where he took many interesting shots.



Snowstorm, New York, 1967.

A cute girl watches the snow apocalypse from a warm bus.