/r/1950s
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
/r/1950s
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Jerry Lee Lewis "Breathless" Saturday Night Beech-Nut Show. February 14, 1958
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Rita Hayworth
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Mamie Van Doren (1950s)
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Diana Dors (1950s)
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Lucy And Desi Photographed By Ernest Bachrach
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audrey hepburn relaxing on the terrace of the restaurant hammetschwand at the summit of burgenstock, switzerland in 1955
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Tina Louise (1954)
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Lex Barker and wife, Lana Turner, 1953
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Argus C3 Camera ad (1953)
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Hollywood Legend Jayne Mansfield. 1950s
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Julie Andrews, 1950s.
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Sandra Edwards, (1950s).
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America's 1st Satellite Launches in 1958. The Explorer 1. Discovered the Van Allen Radiation Belt. Helped in the formation of NASA
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Ed Holovchik aka Ed Fury (1951)
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Marilyn Monroe
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Grace Kelly in “Rear Window” (1954)
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Bettie Page, 1954.
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Ava Gardner, c.1951
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Audrey Hepburn in 1954. In 1954, she starred in 'Sabrina' opposite Bogey and William Holden.
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Ava Gardner.
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Actress Jane Russell in the pool of her home, circa mid 1950s. Color by kodachrome.
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Gina Lollobrigida in something that maybe had inspired Carrie Fisher costume in SW VI.Circa mid 1950s.
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Grace Kelly
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The 5 Satins (1950s)
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Elvis Presley (1950s)
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Anita Ekberg in 'War and Peace' (1956).
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Here's a pick worth the time to spot some of your favorite stars from 50s and 60s TV
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