40 Amazing Kodachrome Snaps Show What Life Looked Like in the Late 1950s

   

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 amazing Kodachrome slides from George Broff that show what life looked like in the late 1950s.
 
Couple at the beach

 

Air show

 

Barbeque

 

Bathing suit girl

 

Beach couple

 

Beer cheers

 

Couple checking a map

 

Crystal store

 

Dinner group

 

Family portrait

 

Flowers and old people

 

Girl in a hat on a rock

 

Girl with a broken ankle

 

Girls in a car

 

Group in flowers

 

Group portrait

 

Hiking group

 

Kissing couple

 

Kissing couple

 

Ladies conversation

 

Lady in bathing suit

 

Lounging guy in a hat

 

Mountain climbing spring skiing, might be Tuckerman's Ravine in the White Mountains of New Hampshire

 

Mountain table

 

Old man on bench with dog

 

On the rocks

 

Outdoor group

 

Pan American World Airways

 

Home party

 

Plane girls

 

Ski posing

 

Skiing group with a dog

 

Smiling group

 

Tug of war

 

Two traveling ladies

 

Ukulele group

 

Unidentified Lady

 

Vintage photographer

 

Vintage photographer

 

Waterskin canteen and camera