This Is What That Looked Like in the 1950s

During the 1950s, the world witnessed major cultural, social and economic upheavals. People's daily lives are shown through vivid images, from happy family pictures to unique fashion styles. Emerging industries, such as the auto industry and aviation industry, have shaped urban spaces and changed the way people access transportation. Through the images and memories of this decade, we have insight into the life and development of that era.

Here we go...

 

  This is what alot of oranges looked like at the Miami Orange Bowl Game, 1951.

 

This is what a canoe on a 1957 Ford Fairlane 500 looked like in 1957.

This is what 5 best friends from grammar school in the 1920s looked like in 1950.

This is what a string of keepers looked like.

Thats the 5 best friends with their children. The kids moved away, but the moms lived in the same city their whole life.

This is what being ignored at a photoshoot looked like in 1957.

This is what a monster tv with just 2 knobs looked like. This apparently is also where Ba-Ba-Loo-icious comes from.

This is what a backyard barbeque looked like.

This is what a photoshoot at a photo club looked like in 1957.

This is what moms legs looked like.

This is how to romance a lady in 1959 with a weird cat-looking thing in the background.

This is the last thing Joe remembered before blacking out in 1950. We are not allowed to speak of this.

This is what a Daisy Bikini looked like in 1955

This is how to make a chameleon spontaneously combust.

Thats a golfing birthday cake for golfer number one in the house in August 1954.

This is what Niagara Falls looked like in 1957.

This is what a scooter death trap looked like in Florida, and the dog seems to know its life is in danger.

This is what a Christmas tree in a swimming pool looked like in 1957.

This is what Japanese-Americans, Kitty & June, looked like on an airforce base in Japan 1954.

This is what a gangster looked like in the late 1950s.

Thats a Cub Scout 1st prize blue ribbon for a father son cooking contest on April 4, 1954.

Thats how to build a boy scout tent in the 2nd grade in 1951.

This is what oldschool monkeybars looked like at Silvergate Elementary School, Point Loma, San Diego, CA., September 1954.

This is what real bikes looked like on July 12, 1954,

This is what a stunning bathing suit looked like in 1956, with ever-so curious boys in the background.

This is what the craziest lamp ever looked like in 1959 with Florida souvenir sword fish next to it.

This is what One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer looked like, and 6 ash trays, great lamps, an orange chair, a fabulously striped wall, incredible shoes, and wonderful socks!.

This is what airline stewardesses looked like.

This is what a pair of fabulous shoes and a 1956 Ford Thunderbird looked like in 1956.

This is what the luckiest man in the world looked like.

This is what a driving test looked like.

Thats neighborhood kids with no blood relation getting together to take a pic in 1953.

This is what kids did in 1958 before video games.

This is what tee pees looked like at Disneyland in 1959.

This is what hep cats looked like.

This is what people who eat fruit on a picnic looked like.

This is what the remains of a red fish looked like in 1959.

This is what a porche at a small town car show looked like in July 1952.

This is what a 1952 Jaguar looked like in 1953. Nobody noticed it because it was parked next to the green hornet.

This is what a yellow bikini looked like in 1951.

This is what a Marilyn Monroe look-alike looked like in Washington DC standing next to a 1950 Cadillac.

This is what gossip looked like in 1954.

This is what the biggest beach hat looked like.

This is what young women canoeing on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe looked like in 1959.

This is what different shades of red looked like in New York, early 1960. That's also what snowtires looked like on the back of a 1956 Pontiac.

This is what the first drone looked like in Dayton Ohio, 1953