The 1970s was a time before the internet and before every moment was captured on a phone. When you look at old photographs from that decade, you see something different, something without the polished perfection of a social media post. Photographer Arthur Pollock allows us to see the texture of everyday life: the clothes, the cars, the expressions on people’s faces. These pictures may bring back memories of an America that’s gone but not forgotten.
#1: Pride’s Crossing – Beverly, 1980
In the small Massachusetts town of Beverly, a woman reads her paper on a bench marked “REPUBLICANS.” Just across the way sits an empty, identical bench labeled “DEMOCRATS.” The image is so direct it’s almost funny, capturing the divide we’ve lived with for so long. It wasn’t about cable news shouting matches back then, but the separation was just as clear.
