With every passing decade comes a whole slew of images, photos, and memories to look back on and remember. Every decade is unique and plays an important role in society. Every decade has its own places, gadgets, events, toys, games, and so much more that make it stand out and beloved by the people who lived in it. While nostalgia is specific to every person, there are also many moments of nostalgia that everyone can remember.
It's interesting to take the time to look back at a specific decade in the past to see just how much things have changed over the years. These images featured are from a time known as the 'war years.' This decade, the 1940s, came with a lot of emotion, revolution, change, and fascinating images that have now been shared online.
Take a moment to experience the lifestyle that people in the 1940s endured. From small moments in everyday life to big events and memorable people who made the decade so iconic and interesting. Enjoy over 100 images from the 1940s.
Making a snowman in LA, 1949
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A bride in the 1940s
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Rolling to work in the 1940s
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A wartime selfie from the 40s
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A man and his guitar in the 40s
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A wedding in Brazil in the 1940s
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A couple in Taiwan in the 1940s
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Susan Hayward
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Family supper in the 1940s
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Hedy Lamarr
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The American look, 1945
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A secretary worker, 1949
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School photos in 1940
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Swinging from lamp posts, 1943
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A soldier and his rollerskating girlfriend, 1940s
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Style in the 1940s
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A couple at a frat party, 1940s
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A couple in the 1940s
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On a beach date, 1949
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Al Pacino and his parents in the 40s
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Robert Wadlow, the tallest man in history, Petersburg, FL, 1940
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Having a picnic, 1949
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Dating in the 40s
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Dressing rebelliously in the 1940s
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Miami Beach in the 40s
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Lauren Bacall
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Eating watermelon at the Florida Watermelon Festival, 1948
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Swimming, 1949
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An afternoon on the water, 1943
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Teenage girls tuning on a show, 1949
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A 1940s guide for how bosses should treat women
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Yvonne De Carlo, 1940s
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Waiters at a diner in Dallas, Texas, 1940s
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Virginia Mayo, 1940s
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Heading to a wedding, 1949
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A mother reads to her child through a basement window during the 1949 Polio epidemic
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A woman on the streets, 1940s
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Hedy Lamarr and James Stewart in Hollywood Park, 1940
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Teens in the 40s
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Lucille Ball, 1940s
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A man stationed in the Aleutian Islands, 1949
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Virginia Mayo, 1940s
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New York City, 1945
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Christmas, 1945
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The Mercury train, 1940s
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Friends in the 1940s
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Appearance advice from a 1940s teen magazine
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Feeding the pigeons, 1940s
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Tattoo-Jack in his parlour in Copenhagen, Denmark, 1940s
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Main Street in Fayetteville, North Carolina, 1941
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A young couple in the 1940s
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Siblings in East St. Louis, 1940s
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1940s high school prom
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A drive-in liquor store, 1949
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At the hairdresser, 1949
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Lucille Ball, 1940s
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A boy and his dog, 1940s
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Nuns watching TV, 1949
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A moment at a wedding, 1949
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Several celebs on the bus in 1940s…
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Family photo from the 1940s
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Elvis and his mom, 1940s
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Rita Hayworth, 1940s
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A man working at a soda shop, 1940s
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The beginning of a 1940s road trip
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Women in Harlem, NY
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Jane Russell, 1945
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A cool kid in New York, 1945
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A woman greets her husband returning home from war, 1945
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Cheerleaders in the 1940s
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Car seats, 1940s
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A secretary, 1949
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A man and his cool car, 1940s
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Gene Tierney, 1940s
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A girl and her cat, 1949
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The Three Stooges out of character
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London in the 1940s
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Swing dancing in the 40s
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Betty White, 1940s
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A pig, photobombing a wedding
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1940s fashion
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Marilyn Monroe
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Kristine Miller
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A high school basketball team, 1945
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Taking airline reservations before computers, 1945
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Times Square, NYC, 1945
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A kindergarten class, 1940s
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Bar tending, 1940s
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A soldier and his girlfriend, 1940s
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Norma Jeane, before she was Marilyn Monroe, 1940s
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Veronica Lake, 1940s
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Playing dress up, 1949
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Sailor at a taxi dance hall, 1945
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A girl in school, 1945
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Playing dress-up, 1940s
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Living the dream, 1940s
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A sailor meets his baby for the first time after being at sea, 1940s
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Kids playing marbles, 1940
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