Think the 1950s were all sock hops and suburban housewives? Think again! Scroll down to see a few of the coolest black and white photos from the 1950s.
Children’s home in Pittsburgh
Women walking down the street.
1950s fashionistas posing.
PURE gas station.
1950s Pin Up
A couple hanging out on a lawn in Las Vegas, 1950.
A soldier leaning out of a train to kiss his girl goodbye.
A tram in Hamburg, 1950s
Airline TCA welcomes its 3 millionth passenger. July, 1950.
An engineering student takes a robot through its paces, 1950.
Baby transport, New Zealand, 1950s.
Bowling night
Women on their bikes
Posing in the wind
Women with their rifles to protect their homes.
Gym class, Finland, 1950.
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, 1950.
Photo booths offering 4 poses for 25 cents
Shoe cleaning in the 1950s, Helsinki.
Playing stickball in New York City
A street full of pigeons.
To draw people’s attention to a new line of bathing suits, a department store in Tokyo used human models instead of mannequins to show off the suits. June 5, 1950.
Volleyball on stilts, Venice.
That really is a boss ride in top pic. Bet it would be worth a bomb now.
These images take me in to the past. Beautiful images
Memories of the 50’s Rock around the Clock Roller Skating, Ice Skating where small lakes were frozen
Dancing to juke boxes Hamburgers, cokes friends
just having fun. Wonderful time
Family, education church and sooooo much fun Miss
it very much Had to qualify with good grades to go to college So much fun was had by all age groups These are my memories and I surely miss them
Fantastic days. Rock and and Roll, pizza rock and roll.
We had paradise and let miscreants steal it from us. When we saw how good we had it, we should have protected it jealously and never let it go!
1957 was happiest in UK … all downhill since then owing to world population too high see 17billion dot net and growing fast around the world. Maybe when we reach 17billion people the end of the world is nigh? Enjoy it while you still can.