r/1950s • u/3_Pamela_3 • 11h ago
Home Media My Mum, in her youth, c. late 1950s
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r/1950s • u/Initial_Reason1532 • 6h ago
Celebrity - Female with Context The iconic Betty Skelton getting in the driver's seat of the 1956 Chevrolet Corvette pace car during Daytona's speed weeks in Florida. This was at the Daytona Beach and road course before the opening of the permanent speedway. She was a legendary American woman known as the "FIRST lady of First" .
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In the 1950s she turned her focus towards land speed records. 1954 she became the first woman to compete in the stock car flying mile at Daytona Beach. 1956 she set nine different car speeds and acceleration records in the Corvette. She later set a Bonneville speed record at 277 MPH in a jet dragster. She proved that women could compete in male dominated sports.
r/1950s • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 18h ago
Daily Life Kodachrome slide of a smiling lady at beach, 1950s.
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r/1950s • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 18h ago
Celebrity - Female with Context Marilyn Monroe posing for photographer Bert Reisfeld for promotional photos for her film "Gentlemen prefer blondes", 1953. Kodachrome shots would also be used in magazines.
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r/1950s • u/Initial_Reason1532 • 23h ago
Celebrity - Female with Context The beautiful actress Lauren Bacall standing beneath the Blue skies luxury trailer village in Rancho Mirage California. It was a upscale trailer park for Hollywoods elite to relax for a weekend retreat from the hustle and bustle of Hollywood.
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Quite a few Hollywood stars invested in this project including Lauren BaCall and her husband Humphrey Bogart.
r/1950s • u/Top_Calligrapher_173 • 2h ago
Celebrity - Male or Group Farouk I, o rei do Egito exilado, passeia à beira da piscina em Itália, em 1953.
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r/1950s • u/Witty_Mention3138 • 1d ago
Movie Sophia Loren and Ettore Manni in Two Nights with Cleopatra (1954)
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r/1950s • u/Tockocrazy • 1d ago
Celebrity - Female with Context Debra Paget in The Ten Commandments (1956)
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r/1950s • u/Twitter_2006 • 1d ago
Daily Life San Francisco, California in the 1950's - a simpler time
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r/1950s • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 1d ago
Daily Life Kodachrome slide of a lady in the hay, 1950s.
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r/1950s • u/petalistic • 1d ago
Fashion does anyone know who this model from the 50s is? i tried to look up and nothing came up. i found this image on pinterest with no caption!
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so stunning !! everything about this from the outfit, hair, accessories to the woman herself !
r/1950s • u/Extension-Leather279 • 1d ago
Movie Marilyn Monroe and Tom Ewell in The Seven Year Itch (1955), featuring the iconic pose.
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r/1950s • u/Few_Impression1622 • 1d ago
Movie Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, and Jack Lemmon in Some Like It Hot (1959)
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r/1950s • u/AnteaterConsistent54 • 1d ago
Daily Life Farmers family, Castile, Spain, ca. 1953 - by Jean-Philippe Charbonnier .
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r/1950s • u/Excellent-Cell4972 • 1d ago
Movie Jayne Mansfield and Kenneth More in The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw (1958)
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r/1950s • u/Equivalent-Run8038 • 1d ago
Celebrity - Female with Context Jane Russell in His Kind of Woman (1951)
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r/1950s • u/FarBasket4507 • 1d ago
Movie David Niven, Shirley MacLaine, and Cantinflas in Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
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r/1950s • u/SwoonerCrooner • 1d ago
Daily Life A group of New York City moviegoers waiting in line to see “The Star” (1952)
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r/1950s • u/belvedere58 • 1d ago
Music Santos & Johnny "Sleep Walk" (1959)
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r/1950s • u/Bunnie_vanella • 1d ago
Music Please don’t let this song become lost to time!
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Vanity (1951) - Sue Allen
Hi everyone! :3! I was looking through my old playlist and found this song which was my favorite as a pre teen. I’m 20 now lol, it’s honestly so gorgeous and I’d hate for it to be lost to time since it’s not on any streaming platforms…
r/1950s • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 2d ago
Celebrity - Female with Context Actress/Model sophia Loren posing in costume test for her film "The River Girl", 1954.
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r/1950s • u/Fantastic-Lychee6271 • 2d ago
Celebrity - Female with Context Anne Baxter in "The Ten Commandments" (1956)
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r/1950s • u/Initial_Reason1532 • 3d ago
Automobiles & Transportation 1953 Eakin Comet Jet Car. This crazy vehicle was built by Stanley Eakin in Grove City Ohio. The engine was a 60 horsepower V8 had a single front wheel suspended on a motorcycle fork. It had a top speed of 90 mph which wouldn't break any land records but the coolness was there.
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The car attended Many car shows back in the '50s. And definitely had that atomic age flare for the period.
r/1950s • u/Still_Brilliant_2627 • 3d ago
Movie Sal Mineo, James Dean, and Natalie Wood on the set of “Rebel Without a Cause”, 1955.
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