Working class

Construction in 1929. Photo stolen from Mr. Stewart of Vintage Haberdashers

Working class Edwardian men still had the misfortune of being able to afford only secondhand clothes and very cheap ready-made clothing. Men worked hard labor jobs for six-day, 52-60 hour weeks in factories, railroads, mines, and farming operations. --> Jump to buy clothing. New immigrants may have been given uniforms or clothing as part of

kids, candy, cigarettes, circ 70's-80's

See what it meant to "dress like a woman" in 1917.

The clothing brand Dickies wanted to celebrate its 50th anniversary of their signature pair of trousers, so they commissioned George Muncey to take a

In the summer of 1965, riots broke out in the Watts neighborhood of southern Los Angeles. Over a six-day period, 34 people were killed, 1,032 injured and over 3,438 arrests were made. In 1966, LIFE magazine revisited the site of the worst riots America had ever seen in its history. The photo essay d

Construction Worker Breaking Up Concrete Pavement, San Francisco, 1987. Man & Jackhammer. Photo Victor Arimondi.