40 Amazing Color Photos Capture Everyday Life of the U.S. Just After WWII

   

Following World War II, the United States emerged as one of the two dominant superpowers, turning away from its traditional isolationism and toward increased international involvement.

The United States became a global influence in economic, political, military, cultural, and technological affairs. The unprecedented growth of the U.S. economy translated into prosperity that resulted in millions of office and factory workers being lifted into a growing middle class that moved to the suburbs and embraced consumer goods.

The role of women in U.S. society became an issue of particular interest in the post-war years, with marriage and feminine domesticity depicted as the primary goal for the American woman. The post-war baby boom embraced the role of women as caretakers and homemakers.

The post-World War II prosperity did not extend to everyone. Many Americans continued to live in poverty throughout the 1950s, especially older people and African Americans.

Voting rights discrimination remained widespread in the south through the 1950s. Although both parties pledged progress in 1948, the only major development before 1954 was integration of the military.

Here below is a set of amazing color photos that shows everyday life of the United States in the late 1940s.

 
Colorado. Mother and baby in field of flowers

 

 
Arizona. Lady at the Grand Canyon

 

 
California. At the Lutheran Church in Easton
 
California. Beach bronzes

 

California. Birthday party in Los Angeles

 

 
California. San Francisco street scenes

 

 
Colorado. Drowsy Water Ranch, Granby

 

Colorado. Drowsy Water Ranch, Granby

 

 
Colorado. Drowsy Water Ranch, Granby

 

 
Colorado. Drowsy Water Ranch, Granby

 

 
Colorado. Rocky Mountain National Park

 

Colorado. Three girls at the beach, Granby

 

Couple in the desert

 

 
Dappper dudes of the 1940s

 

Driving in the desert

 

Driving on cold weather

 

Drving in the mountains

 

Family on boat at lake

 

Girl with dog friend

 

Girl with smile holding a Coke bottle while lying on the beach

 

Maryland. Washington Monument, Boonsboro

 

Massachusetts. Car at 50 Maple St., Attleboro Falls

 

Mother and children at beach

 

Mother with son at the beach

 

Nevada. Family posing with Nevada US 50 Highway Sign

 

New Jersey. At the shore, Cape May

 

New York. Women at Shelter Island

 

Oklahoma family on the road in Oldsmobile

 

Oklahoma family with Oldsmobile

 

Oklahoma. Child on porch tasting watermelon

 

Oklahoma. Women with babies standing in front of Health Foods store

 

San Francisco. Seventh Day Adventist Youth Congress.

 

San Francisco. Seventh Day Adventist Youth Congress

 

Texas. Lovers on the bridge

 

Three sitting ladies

 

Washington. Woodland Park Rose Garden, Seattle

 

 
Women pose by the train

 

Wyoming. Horse carriage parade

 

Wyoming. Laramie

 

 
Wyoming. Yellowstone National Park