In the 1950s, a drive-in movie theatre
Drive-in theatres aren’t as common as they used to be, but they were an important part of 1950s American culture. People could watch a movie from the privacy and comfort of their own cars at a drive-in. In 1915, Las Cruces, New Mexico, had the first drive-in movie theatre. Setting up a drive-in isn’t too hard. All you need is a big parking lot, a projector, a white wall, and big speakers. However, some drive-ins also use small speakers next to each car.
Vintage “Selfies”
Before we uploaded our filtered faces to Instagram and had high-tech cameras in our phones, cameras were big, heavy, and had slow shutters. Two men are holding this selfie, which was taken with an old-fashioned analogue camera, at arm’s length. These selfies were more like photo experiments than ways to promote yourself. The first selfie was taken by Robert Cornelius in 1839. At the time, it was called a self-portrait.