/r/1950s

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A place to share articles, stories, photos, and videos from America's halcyon days.

The cars, the clothes, the music, the movies, the art, and the culture: it all belongs here.

Feel free to post items of substance - the Civil Rights Movement was in full swing, the Cold War and Space Race were hot, environmentalism was nascent, and under society's pristine veneer was an undercurrent of new thinking and the unstoppable force of change.

Just a place to share articles, stories, photos, and videos from America's halcyon days.

The cars, the clothes, the music, the movies, the culture: it all belongs here.

Nothing past 1959, please.


1950s Posts By Type:

 • Car
 • Event
 • Humor
 • Image
 • Literature
 • Movie
 • Music
 • Personality
 • Product
 • Stage
 • Tech
 • TV


1950s Posts By Year:
 • 1950
 • 1951
 • 1952
 • 1953
 • 1954
 • 1955
 • 1956
 • 1957
 • 1958
 • 1959


20th Century Subreddits:
 • /r/1910s.
 • /r/1920s/.
 • /r/t:1930s/.
 • /r/1940s/.
 • /r/1950s.
 • /r/1960s and /r/Sixties.
 • /r/1970s and /r/seventies.
 • /r/1980s and /r/80s.
 • /r/1990s.


Suggested Links:

 • Old Photos Multi-Reddit
 • History Network
 •Rockabilly


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/r/1950s

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Tony Curtis and Jan Sterling promo shot for FLESH AND FURY (1952)

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2024/11/10
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Brian Keith, Jan Sterling, and Robert Ryan promo shot for Jerry Hopper‘s ALASKA SEAS (1954)

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2024/11/10
16:02 UTC

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Denise Darcel (1950)

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2024/11/10
15:26 UTC

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Kathleen Hughes (1950s)

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2024/11/10
14:45 UTC

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1950s girl’s bedroom

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2024/11/10
14:24 UTC

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Suzy Parker (1953)

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2024/11/10
11:19 UTC

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Joe DiMaggio, Marilyn Monroe and David Wayne in a dressing room at the Martin Beck Theater on September 13, 1954.

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2024/11/10
08:08 UTC

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Woman using the roman chair to train quads with some weights. You can see the sweat by how much she has been working out, Mid 1950s.

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2024/11/10
07:30 UTC

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Unknown woman sits in the front of a car (cadillac? chevrolet?) while drinking a beer bottoms up, 1950s

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2024/11/10
07:28 UTC

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Anne Baxter, 1956

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2024/11/09
21:08 UTC

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Chet Baker, Hollywood (1954)

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2024/11/09
20:07 UTC

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Natalie Wood.

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2024/11/09
11:54 UTC

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Debra Paget, 1952

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2024/11/08
20:40 UTC

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Betsy Palmer (1950s)

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2024/11/08
11:54 UTC

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Marilyn Monroe asking a soldier in Korea, how does the gas mask works, February of 1954.

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2024/11/08
09:12 UTC

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Natalie Wood.

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2024/11/08
06:49 UTC

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Rita Moreno poses on the set of the 20th Century Fox/Henry King western Untamed, 1955.

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2024/11/07
21:06 UTC

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Bettie Page (1954)

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2024/11/07
19:07 UTC

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Natalie Wood.

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2024/11/07
17:23 UTC

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Marilyn Monroe's passport photo taken in January, 1954.

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2024/11/07
16:38 UTC

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Virginia Mayo

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2024/11/07
15:43 UTC

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General Electric mainframe computer (1953).

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2024/11/07
13:39 UTC

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Elect Casey by Norman Rockwell (1958)

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2024/11/07
10:31 UTC

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Green Bay Packer star end Billy Howton hauling in a pass against the Bears in 1954

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2024/11/06
22:13 UTC

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Teacher gave us these in Grade 4 class To 'View' History.

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2024/11/06
12:18 UTC

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The Fat Man (1951)

Look for Rock Hudson in one of his early performances.

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2024/11/06
11:14 UTC

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