/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
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Here we find Desi Arnaz in the role of the producer of the two-part TV-movie "The Untouchables" (1959), which launched the TV series of the same name.
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Grace Kelly (1956)
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Rita Moreno (1955)
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"Little Bitty Pretty One" By Thurston Harris (1957)!!
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Hope Emerson earned herself an Academy Award nomination for her portrayal of Evelyn Harper, a malicious matron in a women's prison, in "Caged" (1950).
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Tony Curtis and Marilyn Monroe doing "Some Like it Hot," 1959.
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Sonny Liston - The Champ Nobody Wanted Documentary (2001) Full Movie - A nuanced look into the life of the heavyweight champion
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Tommy Ivo (Actor and Racer) with his Four-Engine Dragster! 1959
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Comedian Jack Benny poses for a photo, September 1st, 1954.
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Here we see Rita (Barbara Nichols) who has discovered the high price she has to pay to sell cigarettes in the Elysian Room of the 21 Club (in "Sweet Smell of Success" 1957).
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Here we find Henry Fonda behind bars in "The Wrong Man" (1956).
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1940s Gas Station Relaxing Ambience: 1 Hour 40s & 50s Music In The Background | Relax, Study, Work |
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Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, director Vincente Minnelli, and Liza Minnelli on set of THE LONG, LONG TRAILER (1953).
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Kid Gavilan Highlights - The legendary "Cuban Hawk" had a chin to match his fighting skills, only being knocked down twice in 143 bouts & over 1,300 rounds - He would often fight up in weight, twice having competitive bouts with Sugar Ray Robinson
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In 1953, the NSU factory at Dusseldorf Germany has introduced the “Double-Lambretta.”
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Janet Leigh in a wardrobe test for Prince Valiant (1954)
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Listening to music in art class, Photo by Francis Miller (1957)
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Eva Bartok (1950s)
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Here we find Coleen Gray looking lovely in "Kansas City Confidential" (1952).
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Elizabeth Taylor (c.1954)
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Kim Novak (1950s)
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Little Richard - Here's Little Richard vs Chuck Berry - Chuck Berry Is on Top
Which album do you like more?
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Jeanne Carmen (1950s)
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"Detective Story" (1951) provided the pairing of Kirk Douglas and William Bendix.
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Gloria Grahame by Murray Garrett, 1954.
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Jerzy Srokowski - Poster advertising Orbis Polish Travel Bureau (1958)
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Yves Saint Laurent at Dior (1958)
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Keeping Independence on the Move (1956)
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69 years ago today, April 12th, 1955, Jonas Salk's polio vaccine was declared safe and successful, Salk was hailed as a "miracle worker," and the day almost became a U.S. national holiday.
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In 1959, on "The Untouchables" TV series, Bruce Gordon first portrayed Frank Nitti, the prototypical gangster in his pinstripe suit. Gordon would make 28 appearances on that series in that role.
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