40 Wonderful Vintage Photographs Show What Life Looked Like in the 1950s _ Us

   

In the aftermath of WWII’s significant instability came the 1950s, suburbia, and the dream of a “picture-perfect” family.

 
The 1950s were boomer years. The economy boomed, and everywhere individuals were feeling the need for family and security after arduous years of the war. So, in 1950s family life, there was also a marriage boom, birth rate boom, and housing boom.
 
These wonderful photos were found by Dean Avants that show what life looked like in the 1950s.
 
"LOOK OUT FOR CATTLE", circa 1950s

 

1951 Oldsmobile on Arizona highway

 

Bear at Yellowstone, 1951

 

Family at Niagara Falls, 1951

 

 
Fishing bridge, Yellowstone, 1951

 

Wawona Tunnel Tree, Yosemite, California, 1951

 

Young man lying in field, Mount Vernon, Virginia, 1951

 

Sunbathing group of friends, 1955

 

Woman posing, Colorado, 1955

 

Performers at Cypress Gardens, South Carolina, 1956

 

1950s family with sunglasses

 

Boys fishing, circa 1950s

 

Cars at Chicago Airport, circa 1950s

 

Child standing tall with cactus, circa 1950s

 

Children playing with toy guns, circa 1950s

 

Cowboy jamboree, circa 1950s

 

Dallas skyline, circa 1950s

 

Easter egg hunt, circa 1950s

 

Family in front of blue car, circa 1950s

 

Family portrait in the 1950s

 

Funny couple with Oldsmobile, possibly Wyoming, circa 1950s

 

Handsome couple greeting crowd, San Francisco, California, circa 1950s

 

Hoppy's Bond Bread Ranch Chuck Wagon, circa 1950s

 

In the kitchen, circa 1950s

 

Lady and two children posing with fixed coin-binoculars, circa 1950s

 

Oil wells, probably Oklahoma or Texas, circa 1950s

 

Passengers disembark American Airlines flight, circa 1950s

 

Passengers on cruise, circa 1950s

 

People at the beach, circa 1950s

 

S.S. Lurline cruse ship, circa 1950s

 

 
Smiles from the backseat, circa late 1950s

 

Social gathering, circa 1950s

 

Sunbathing on cruise, circa 1950s

 

Twin Navion aircraft, Southwest Airmotive, Arizona, circa 1950s

 

Two brothers with matching Roy Rogers shirts, circa 1950s

 

Two girls hurrying to a 1957 Ford Fairline convertible

 

Two girls walking and locking arms, probably Iowa, circa 1950s

 

Women and children standing in flowered area, circa 1950s

 

Young woman on the couch, circa 1950s

 

"DADDY", White Sands, New Mexico, circa 1950s