early 1960s

  • Split image: On the left, a man in boxing shorts poses underwater. On the right, four men in flight suits stand and sit near a military aircraft, posing for the camera. Both photos are in black and white.

    31 Vintage Photos That Show Exactly What Life Looked Like in the Early ’60s

    From JFK's presidency to the Civil Rights Movement, these pictures show what life in the early 1960s was like.

    The early 1960s teetered between tradition and transformation — sock hops and rotary phones on one side, space missions and civil rights movements on the other. Black-and-white TVs buzzed with Kennedy’s speeches and the addicting song of “The Addams Family,”…