r/1950s 59m ago

Celebrity - Female with Context Swedish model/actress Anita Ekberg poses in a boat for promotional photos for her lates film "La dolce Vita", 1959. Unknown location but probably still Italy.

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r/1950s 1h ago

Daily Life Kodachrome shot of model for nikon camera products, 1955.

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r/1950s 42m ago

Fashion Great grandmothers (possibly) eyeliner

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Could anyone identify this eyeliner? I believe it’s from the 40s or 50s. Found it looking through a case of my great grandmothers stuff and it’s pretty interesting! :-)


r/1950s 1d ago

Celebrity - Female with Context Sophia Loren posing and having fun outside of the studios of Cinecittà, Rome, Italy, 1957. This was in rest during production of "Legend of the lost", Italy/USA co-produced film.

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r/1950s 1d ago

Daily Life Kodachrome shot of a young lady at Tropic Terrace Motel, Treasure Island, Florida, 1955

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r/1950s 22h ago

1950s-related (weekend only) 1953 to 1954 Korean War USO show tour archive

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Archive of the Korean War USO show taken by photographer, Alan Goodleman of the 226th single company. All original prints including Marilyn Monroe, Bob, Hope Jane Russell and many more iconic celebrities of the time. Army medical records of the photographer “Alan Goodleman” and pictures of Alan Goodleman himself. Total collection around 200 pictures documenting the Korean War in life after for Alan Goodleman as he spent a lot of time in Atlantic City, where he captured photos of many other famous people. Such as Rocky Marciano famous musicians of the time and much more. Trying to find an appraiser, I do not want to split the collection up.


r/1950s 22h ago

Humor PODCAST with a real rowdy 91 year old

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Hi all! My name is Ethan, and my grandma Clare and I have started a podcast that I hope some people in this subreddit would be interested in. https://linktr.ee/clareandethan

She is already pretty famous on tiktok for being a 91 year old who looks 61 and acts 41. She talks a lot about her life in the 50's, including her marriage and raising kids after being married at 21. We'd love for you all to listen and give some feedback, and also to call in! with anything you need advice on!


r/1950s 22h ago

Commercials / Advertisements An advertisement for the Woody Woodpecker cartoon “The Hypnotic Hick”, 1953

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r/1950s 2d ago

Celebrity - Female with Context Kodachrome shot of Marilyn Monroe done by photographer Eve Arnold at the playground in Mount Sinai, Long Island, New York. Done to promote more Marilny's most recent film: The Seven Year Itch.

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r/1950s 1d ago

Daily Life A Young Elvis Presley with his cousin Gene Smith at the Mid-South fair in Memphis Tennessee in 1953. This was before his popularity.

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r/1950s 2d ago

Daily Life Young lady at Capri, Italy on vacation, June of 1959. Kodachrome slides

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r/1950s 2d ago

Music My grandparents with a young Jerry Lee Lewis before fame in the late 50s

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r/1950s 2d ago

Daily Life Two Detroit policewomen practicing on the department gun range, circa 1958.

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r/1950s 2d ago

Daily Life Glamour portrait of my Grandfather in 1956

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r/1950s 3d ago

Daily Life Young lady giving a smile while posing in the Bermudas, 1958. Kodachrome slide

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r/1950s 2d ago

Home Media Colored photo of my Grandfather in 1952!

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r/1950s 2d ago

Music Billie Holiday • “Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone” • 1959 [Reel...

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r/1950s 3d ago

Celebrity - Male or Group Elvis Presley and Bill Black performing at the Louisiana hayride 1956. 🎙️

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r/1950s 3d ago

Celebrity - Female with Context Sophia Loren posing for photographers in press conference in Stockholm, Sweden, December of 1955. She was there to promote 2 of her films:"The White Angel" & "The Gold of Naples"

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r/1950s 3d ago

TV 1950s Yuban Coffee—Wrap Your Hands Around That Aroma!

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r/1950s 3d ago

Celebrity - Male or Group Elvis Presley on Deck USS Hancock aircraft carrier Milton Berle show 1956

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r/1950s 3d ago

Daily Life Kodachrome slide of a ladies at a winter resort in Switzerland, 1955.

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r/1950s 4d ago

Celebrity - Male or Group The legendary musician and actor Ricky Nelson on a Velocette British bike in 1958.

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r/1950s 4d ago

TV How 'The Jack Benny Program' Provided the Building Blocks for the Television Sitcom

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One of the things that surprised me while researching this article was how many techniques we associate with modern sitcoms were already being developed on The Jack Benny Program decades earlier. Historian Geoffrey Mark argues: "It isn't that Jack Benny created the first sitcom. He created the elements that make sitcoms work."

Media historian and author Kathy Fuller-Seeley points out that Benny and his writers gradually shifted from jokes and monologues to recurring characters, continuing storylines and ensemble relationships—the very things that sitcoms still rely on today.

I spoke with Geoffrey, Kathy and Jack's daughter, Joan Benny, for a look at how one of radio's biggest stars helped shape television comedy. If you'd like to check out the full story, you can do so by doing a search for Jack Benny womansworld. If you do, I hope you'll enjoy it.


r/1950s 4d ago

Daily Life Spectators at a 6th grade football game between Casa View Elementary and Reinhardt Elementary, Texas, 1956. Photo by Joe Scherschel for LIFE Magazine.

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