1940–1960
The Modern Age
World War II galvanized the nation, and the postwar boom built the suburbs, the highway system, and the American middle class. A new world was taking shape.
164 photographs
Jonathan Club, Los Angeles, California
1940
![[New Orleans - General]](/photos/0474-new-orleans--general.jpg)
[New Orleans - General]
1940
![[New Orleans - General]](/photos/0475-new-orleans--general.jpg)
[New Orleans - General]
1940
![[New Orleans - General]](/photos/0476-new-orleans--general.jpg)
[New Orleans - General]
1940
![[New Orleans - General]](/photos/0477-new-orleans--general.jpg)
[New Orleans - General]
1940
![Orleans St., N.O. [New Orleans], La.](/photos/0492-orleans-st-no-new-orleans-la.jpg)
Orleans St., N.O. [New Orleans], La.
1940
![[New Orleans - General]](/photos/0493-new-orleans--general.jpg)
[New Orleans - General]
1940
![[New Orleans - General]](/photos/0494-new-orleans--general.jpg)
[New Orleans - General]
1940
![[New Orleans - General]](/photos/0495-new-orleans--general.jpg)
[New Orleans - General]
1940
![[New Orleans - General]](/photos/0496-new-orleans--general.jpg)
[New Orleans - General]
1940
![[New Orleans - General]](/photos/0497-new-orleans--general.jpg)
[New Orleans - General]
1940
![[New Orleans - General]](/photos/0498-new-orleans--general.jpg)
[New Orleans - General]
1940
![[New Orleans - General]](/photos/0499-new-orleans--general.jpg)
[New Orleans - General]
1940
Pittsburgh vista
1940
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
1940
Chicago, Illinois
1940
San Francisco '34 waterfront strike
1940
In convention assembled, Philadelphia, 1940
1940
![Arab factories & gen[eral] improvements in Nablus. Match factory. Group of workers outside of factory](/photos/0799-arab-factories--general-improvements-in-nablus-match-fac.jpg)
Arab factories & gen[eral] improvements in Nablus. Match factory. Group of workers outside of factory
1940
![Arab factories & gen[eral] improvements in Nablus. Match factory. Group of workers outside of factory](/photos/0800-arab-factories--general-improvements-in-nablus-match-fac.jpg)
Arab factories & gen[eral] improvements in Nablus. Match factory. Group of workers outside of factory
1940
Talkin' dust bowl blues
1940
Dialogue on the dust bowl
1940
Dust bowl refugees
1940
Dialogue on Okies and the dust bowl
1940
Dust bowl blues
1940
Dust bowl refugees
1940
Chicago mounted police, Chicago, Illinois
1941
Chicago mounted police, Chicago, Illinois
1941
Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, Illinois
1941
Coal barge in Chicago River, Chicago, Illinois
1941
Photo engraver at Chicago Defender. Chicago, Illinois
1941
Cattle at Chicago Union Stockyards. Chicago, Illinois
1941
Cattle at Chicago Union Stockyards. Chicago, Illinois
1941
Publisher and editor of Chicago Defender, Negro newspaper. Chicago, Illinois
1941
Chicago, Illinois
1941
Chicago, Illinois
1941
Chicago, Illinois
1941
Chicago, Illinois
1941
Chicago, Illinois
1941
Cattle, mostly Herefords, for sale in Denver stockyards. Denver, Colorado
1941
Cattle, mostly Herefords, for sale in Denver stockyards. Denver, Colorado
1941
Cattle, mostly Herefords, for sale in Denver stockyards. Denver, Colorado
1941
Cattle, Hereford mostly, for sale in Denver stockyards. Denver, Colorado
1941
Cattle, mostly Herefords, for sale in Denver stockyards. Denver, Colorado
1941
Cattle, mostly Herefords, for sale in Denver stockyards. Denver, Colorado
1941
Buyers discussing cattle for sale in Denver stockyards. Denver, Colorado
1941
Stockyards. Denver, Colorado
1941
Stockyards. Denver, Colorado
1941
Stockyards. Denver, Colorado
1941
Stockyards. Denver, Colorado
1941
Stockyards. Denver, Colorado
1941
Stockyards. Denver, Colorado
1941
Plant construction. Denver ordnance plant, Denver, Colorado. Lineman bringing power to the ordnance plant at Denver, Colorado, which will produce small arms ammunition
1941
Visiting Washington Monument. Washington, D.C.
1941
![[World War II]](/photos/0920-world-war-ii.jpg)
[World War II]
1941
![[World War II]](/photos/0921-world-war-ii.jpg)
[World War II]
1941
Negro fireman, New York(?), New York
1942
New York, New York. Rockefeller Center
1942
New York, New York. "Morgue" of the New York Times newspaper. Old and new dictionaries
1942
Chicago, Illinois. A Chicago and Northwestern Railroad streamliner on its way into Chicago
1942
Chicago, Illinois. Chicago and Northwestern Railroad locomotive shops
1942
Chicago, Illinois. A Chicago and Northwestern Railroad roundhouse
1942
Sign. San Francisco, California
1942
Denver, Colorado
1942
Los Angeles, California. Shoppers
1942
Los Angeles, California. Street scene
1942
Los Angeles, California. Street scene
1942
Los Angeles, California. Street scene
1942
Los Angeles, California. Window shopping
1942
Los Angeles, California. Downtown street scene
1942
Los Angeles, California. People on the street
1942
Los Angeles, California. People on a downtown street
1942
Los Angeles, California. Sign on a closed laundry
1942
Los Angeles, California. Newsstand on a street corner
1942
Los Angeles, California. Japanese store in Little Tokyo
1942
Los Angeles, California. A store in Little Tokyo
1942
Los Angeles, California. Street scene in Little Tokyo
1942
Los Angeles, California. Street scene in Little Tokyo
1942
Los Angeles, California. Street scene in Little Tokyo
1942
Los Angeles, California. Street scene in Little Tokyo
1942
Los Angeles, California. Street scene in Little Tokyo
1942
Los Angeles, California. Street scene in Little Tokyo
1942
Washington, D.C. Washington yacht basin
1942
Washington, D.C. Washington yacht basin
1942
Washington, D.C. Washington yacht basin
1942
Washington, D.C. Washington yacht basin
1942
Washington, D.C. Washington yacht basin
1942
Washington, D.C. Washington yacht basin
1942
New York, New York
1943
New York, New York. New England fisherman
1943
New York, New York. Washington Square
1943
New York, New York. Italian violinist
1943
New York, New York. Italian violinist
1943
New York, New York. Harlem newsboy
1943
New York, New York. Harlem newsboy
1943
New York, New York. Times Square
1943
New York, New York. Italian violinist
1943
New York, New York. Italian violinist
1943
New York, New York. Scene in Harlem
1943
New York, New York. A Harlem resident
1943
New York, New York. Barrels of codfish
1943
"U.S.S. San Francisco"
1943
Boston Red Sox ... 1944
1943
Los Angeles, California. Yards at night
1943
Los Angeles, California. Sign on Wilshire Boulevard
1943
Philadelphia Athletics
1944
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Powell Room
1944
San Francisco welcomes President Truman
1945
Washington, D.C. Views from Washington Monument
1945
Washington, D.C. Views from Washington Monument
1945
Washington, D.C. Views from Washington Monument
1945
Washington, D.C. Views from Washington Monument
1945
Washington, D.C. Views from Washington Monument
1945
Washington, D.C. Views from Washington Monument
1945
Washington, D.C. Views from Washington Monument
1945
Philadelphia. Girard College
1946
Boston from the air
1946
Chicago Civic Opera Building, Chicago
1947
Germantown, Philadelphia. Vernon
1947
Philadelphia. Sweetbrier Mansion
1947
Philadelphia. Strawberry Mansion
1947
![[San Francisco and San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge from Yerba Buena Island]](/photos/0151-san-francisco-and-san-franciscooakland-bay-bridge-from-yer.jpg)
[San Francisco and San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge from Yerba Buena Island]
1947
Washington's inauguration at Philadelphia
1947
Philadelphia. June '48. Republican Convention
1948
Mural of Los Angeles at night
1948
To help solve Los Angeles' traffic problem
1949
Chicago Historical Society, Chicago
1950
Chinatown, Chicago
1950
Coliseum, Chicago
1950
Chicago Arena
1950
Boston circa 1832
1950
Boston - Allegheny Airlines
1950
Los Angeles - fly TWA!
1950
Chicago pattern
1952
Greetings from Los Angeles California
1955
![[Chicago Federal Center, Chicago, Illinois. Exterior]](/photos/0089-chicago-federal-center-chicago-illinois-exterior.jpg)
[Chicago Federal Center, Chicago, Illinois. Exterior]
1955
![[University of Chicago Law School, Chicago, Illinois. Section]](/photos/0107-university-of-chicago-law-school-chicago-illinois-sectio.jpg)
[University of Chicago Law School, Chicago, Illinois. Section]
1955
South Station exhibit, Boston, Mass.
1955
![[Ennis House, Los Angeles, California. Exterior]](/photos/0380-ennis-house-los-angeles-california-exterior.jpg)
[Ennis House, Los Angeles, California. Exterior]
1955
![[African American woman, seated on ground, fishing, at the Tidal Basin, Washington, D.C.]](/photos/0429-african-american-woman-seated-on-ground-fishing-at-the-t.jpg)
[African American woman, seated on ground, fishing, at the Tidal Basin, Washington, D.C.]
1957
![[San Francisco Waterfowl Hunting]](/photos/0155-san-francisco-waterfowl-hunting.jpg)
[San Francisco Waterfowl Hunting]
1958
![[San Francisco Waterfowl Hunting]](/photos/0156-san-francisco-waterfowl-hunting.jpg)
[San Francisco Waterfowl Hunting]
1958
![[San Francisco Waterfowl Hunting]](/photos/0157-san-francisco-waterfowl-hunting.jpg)
[San Francisco Waterfowl Hunting]
1958
![[San Francisco Waterfowl Hunting]](/photos/0158-san-francisco-waterfowl-hunting.jpg)
[San Francisco Waterfowl Hunting]
1958
![[San Francisco Waterfowl Hunting]](/photos/0159-san-francisco-waterfowl-hunting.jpg)
[San Francisco Waterfowl Hunting]
1958
![[San Francisco Waterfowl Hunting]](/photos/0160-san-francisco-waterfowl-hunting.jpg)
[San Francisco Waterfowl Hunting]
1958
![[San Francisco Waterfowl Hunting]](/photos/0161-san-francisco-waterfowl-hunting.jpg)
[San Francisco Waterfowl Hunting]
1958
![[San Francisco Waterfowl Hunting]](/photos/0162-san-francisco-waterfowl-hunting.jpg)
[San Francisco Waterfowl Hunting]
1958
![[San Francisco Waterfowl Hunting]](/photos/0163-san-francisco-waterfowl-hunting.jpg)
[San Francisco Waterfowl Hunting]
1958
![[San Francisco Waterfowl Hunting]](/photos/0164-san-francisco-waterfowl-hunting.jpg)
[San Francisco Waterfowl Hunting]
1958
![[San Francisco Waterfowl Hunting]](/photos/0165-san-francisco-waterfowl-hunting.jpg)
[San Francisco Waterfowl Hunting]
1958
![[San Francisco Waterfowl Hunting]](/photos/0166-san-francisco-waterfowl-hunting.jpg)
[San Francisco Waterfowl Hunting]
1958
![[San Francisco Waterfowl Hunting]](/photos/0167-san-francisco-waterfowl-hunting.jpg)
[San Francisco Waterfowl Hunting]
1958
![[San Francisco Waterfowl Hunting]](/photos/0168-san-francisco-waterfowl-hunting.jpg)
[San Francisco Waterfowl Hunting]
1958
![[San Francisco Waterfowl Hunting]](/photos/0169-san-francisco-waterfowl-hunting.jpg)
[San Francisco Waterfowl Hunting]
1958
![[San Francisco Waterfowl Hunting]](/photos/0170-san-francisco-waterfowl-hunting.jpg)
[San Francisco Waterfowl Hunting]
1958
![[San Francisco Waterfowl Hunting]](/photos/0171-san-francisco-waterfowl-hunting.jpg)
[San Francisco Waterfowl Hunting]
1958
![[San Francisco Waterfowl Hunting]](/photos/0172-san-francisco-waterfowl-hunting.jpg)
[San Francisco Waterfowl Hunting]
1958
![[San Francisco Waterfowl Hunting]](/photos/0173-san-francisco-waterfowl-hunting.jpg)
[San Francisco Waterfowl Hunting]
1958
![[Nathan Hale plaque, New York City, New York]](/photos/0039-nathan-hale-plaque-new-york-city-new-york.jpg)
[Nathan Hale plaque, New York City, New York]
1958
![[Tablet - James Beekman House, New York City, New York]](/photos/0053-tablet--james-beekman-house-new-york-city-new-york.jpg)
[Tablet - James Beekman House, New York City, New York]
1958
Chicago - fly TWA
1960
![[Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 5905 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, California]. [Interior]](/photos/0370-los-angeles-county-museum-of-art-5905-wilshire-blvd-los-a.jpg)
[Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 5905 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, California]. [Interior]
1960
![[Boston Government Service Center]](/photos/0216-boston-government-service-center.jpg)
[Boston Government Service Center]
1962