The America We Lost: 77 Amazing Color Photographs Of People Living In 1950s You’ve Probably Never Seen
The United States in the 1950s experienced marked economic growth – with an increase in manufacturing and home construction amongst a post-World War II economic boom. Here’s a great collection of color photographs that will take you down memory lane and have you think about those happy golden days in the 1950s.
Glen Cove, Long Island, 1956
On the lake, 1952
Nash Ambassadors, Nebraska
Hawaii, 1952
Picturing with girls, 1955
Waiting for customers on the gas station
Rambler Cross Country on the road in Utah, 1957
Buick, 1951
Big city visitors, 1951
Buick Centry, 1954
Buick Special, 1954
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Cadillac Coupe Deville on the highway, 1957
Buick Roadmaster Limited 75, 1957
Ford Fairlane, 1958
On the seaside, 1957
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Pool time, 1959
A visit to the dentist, 1959
A man and his Pontiac Catalina, Florida, 1953
Trailer park, 1958
Western Airlines, Florida, 1953
Annapolis, Maryland, 1957
Picnic time in Massachusetts, 1957
After the hurricane, Xenia, Ohio, 1950
Oldsmobile, 1958
USAF, Florida, 1953
Washington, DC
Captain and his B-26 Invader, 1953
Chrysler New Yorker, 1959
Party time, 1956
Daytona Beach, Florida, 1951
Easter time, 1956
Family photo on Easter, 1959
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Party time in San Diego, California, 1956
Indiana, 1955
Grand Canyon, Arizona, 1956
Grand View Ship Hotel, 1953
Eating an ice-cream in 1956
Los Angeles, California, 1956
Kids drinking a Coca Cola on Jones Beach, New York, 1956
New York, 1954
Kids playing on the street, 1958
Oyster seller, 1955
Los Angeles, California, 1955
Young burger maker, 1958
Ford Fairlane, 1956
Boy and duck, 1953
Firefighters in Princeton, New Jersey, 1956
Rockaway Beach, New York, 1950
City tour bus, San Francisco, California, 1956
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Ice fishing in Michigan, 1955
… sometimes it takes failure
Summer of 1958
Gas station, 1950
Thanksgiving Day, 1950
Jaguar Mark 1, 1959
Golden Gate Bridge parking
Florida, 1956
Philadelphia, 1957
Phoenix airport, 1953
Illinois, 1950
Florida, 1951
Hawaii, 1950
Alexandria, Virginia, 1956
