the 1950s was known as the ‟nostalgic ‶ decade because looking back everything seemed simple and...
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The 1950s was known as the ‟nostalgic‶decade because looking back everything seemed simple and optimistic. America was in a post war boom after World War 2.
Manufacturing was converted for peaceful usages such as the auto industries, and the T.V.. The 1950s was the hay day of manufacturing, being middle class and being able to afford mostly anything. The middle
class were able to be well dressed without spending as fortune. Larson‵s pictures depict the New Yorkers at work and at play. Everything was beautifully built such as subways. It was the elimination in 1963 to cause Jackie Kennedy to build a movement to preserve
architecture such as Grand Central Station.
Frank Oscar Larson
Fashion 1950s After World War Two, short skirts and squared shouldered tops were no longer worn. Instead long skirts for women and rounded shouldered tops were worn. Nylon, polyester, Orlon, and Spandex were new materials that were used. Hats, gloves, and pearls were very popular since the 1950s clothing for women were very feminine looking .Poodle Skirts and Cocktail dresses were worn for evening events. New York was influenced by England which is why Teddy Boys was the new style for boys.This consisted of skinny ties and short trousers. Men wore flared jackets, long overcoats, and bowler hats.
The Rolleiflex Camera was one of the most popular cameras used in the 1950s especially for studios and professional news.
Times Square with pigeons 1954
The Balloon Seller 42nd and Broadway April, 1954
Invaders from MarsApril 1953
Coffee shop conversation - Times Square - 1954
Black Widow #1 - October 28, 1954
Ticket Booth in Times Squareca 1954
Today Show window - April, 1954
AP window
Chrysler reflection42nd Street near 5th Ave
ca 1953
Ticket Counter, Grand Central - December, 1954
Street Work November, 1954
Calligraphy demonstration - Nov, 1954
Souvenir shop - November, 1954
Man waiting for A train - 1954
Under the ElPark Row 1953
Central Park skylineca 1953
Tree and shadowKissena Park, Flushing 1955
Cloisters archway, nycca 1953
Shoe ShineApril, 1954
In the kitchen1953
School girlsca 1953
Girl on Handrails
Officials veiwing paradeca 1955
Clergy - ca 1955
Mott Street corner, Chinatown - January, 1953
Chinatown Workersca 1953
Feeding the elephant, Bronx Zoo - 1953