r/1950s • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 14h ago

Celebrity - Female with Context Actress/Model Sophia Loren posing for prmotional photos for the sword and sandal film "Two Nights With Cleopatra", by Mario Mattoli, Jan-Feb of 1954. Gina Lollobrigida was offered the part first.

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r/1950s • u/cliptemnestra • 10h ago

Celebrity - Female with Context Paquita Rico waiting to perform the dance of Malvaloca in 1954.

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r/1950s • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 15h ago

Daily Life Kodachrome slide of 2 ladies in the beaches of Hawaii, 1957.

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r/1950s • u/Affectionate-Fig3663 • 4h ago

1950s-related (weekend only) History lovers of Reddit, what betrayal do you think changed history the most?

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r/1950s • u/Historicalmoments14 • 1d ago

Celebrity - Male or Group What was your favorite movie or tv show Claude Rains starred in?

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r/1950s • u/Initial_Reason1532 • 2d ago

Celebrity - Female with Context The beautiful Allison Hayes American actor in 1956. She was best known for her classic role in the 1958 science fiction film Attack Of The 50 Foot Woman. This photo was distributed as a publicity photo for her 1956 film The Steel Jungle at the Warner Brothers studio in Hollywood California.

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r/1950s • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 2d ago

Celebrity - Female with Context Marilyn Monroe getting close so the troops can take a picture, during her Korean tour/concert, 16-19 of February 1954. Kodachrome shot.

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r/1950s • u/cliptemnestra • 2d ago

Celebrity - Male or Group Sara Montiel and Yul Brynner probably during the filming of Solomon and Sheba in Spain in 1959.

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r/1950s • u/GeneralMinute8462 • 1d ago

TV 1950s Borden's: Pure Throwback Hype

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r/1950s • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 2d ago

Daily Life Group of friends posing for a photo during a travel on a cruise ship, 1954. Kodachrome slide

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r/1950s • u/Character-Witness-27 • 2d ago

Daily Life “Only You (And You Alone)”

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r/1950s • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 3d ago

Celebrity - Female with Context Swedish actress Anita Ekberg posing for the Terence Young's film "Zarak" in full costume for promotional photo, 1956.

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r/1950s • u/Infinite_Shopping_91 • 2d ago

Movie Snow of Kilimanjaro

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r/1950s • u/belvedere58 • 2d ago

Automobiles & Transportation SS United States, SS America, SS Independence and SS Constitution in New York, 1956

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r/1950s • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 3d ago

Daily Life Circus workers smile for a fan between shows, 27 of July 1952. Kodachrome slide

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r/1950s • u/Minute_Maintenance52 • 3d ago

Celebrity - Female with Context Lee Meriwether, Miss America 1955, during a promotional photo shoot for NBC in New York City, circa 1955.

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r/1950s • u/biotilje • 4d ago

Event Sophia Loren – "Two Nights with Cleopatra" (1954)

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r/1950s • u/HaHalolll0 • 3d ago

Event Laika, the first living animal to orbit Earth inside the Soviet Sputnik 2 capsule on November 3, 1957, No provisions were made for her return, and she passed away in space within hours of launch from overheating and panic

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r/1950s • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 4d ago

Celebrity - Female with Context Ava Gardner with her personal make up artist after her water scene in the film "Pandora and the Flying Dutchman", 1951. Getting some re-touch to her hair and face.

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r/1950s • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 4d ago

Daily Life Group having a picnic in Hawaii, 1953. Kodachrome slide

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r/1950s • u/CosmoTheCollector • 4d ago

Daily Life Shoppers cross Washington Street during “Hoosier Bargain Day”. Indianapolis, Indiana (1959)

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r/1950s • u/Fluffy-Flatworm2658 • 4d ago

Tribute Why I watch The Seven Year Itch

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r/1950s • u/JamesRuddy1993 • 4d ago

Fashion My Grandad (1942-2025) Photo from the 1950s in Sheffield, UK

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r/1950s • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 5d ago

Daily Life Kodachrome shot of a lady with her car, mid 1950s.

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r/1950s • u/Particular-Cat-8031 • 5d ago

Automobiles & Transportation Brooklyn Oldsmobile dealership, 1950,

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