The 1950s were a defining decade for American culture. As the nation bounced back from the devastation of World War II, a vibrant new era emerged. Iconic cars, pin-up girls, and bustling cities ...

This drop in the city’s Portuguese population mirrored a decline in all of Lowell’s immigrant communities in the post-World War II period. As shown in Table 7, all of the city’s immigrant populations ...

The fire that recently destroyed the Wagon Wheel Motel on Route 7/20 brought back my childhood memories of this and other nearby motels that were built in the early baby boom years. Motels were ...