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35 Vintage Photos Of The Early 1950s - 

Matt Staff 3-4 minutes

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Last Updated on June 6, 2025 by Matt Staff

The early 1950s featured gleaming chrome, black-and-white TV screens, and an array of jukebox melodies that still carried with them the faint, haunting echoes of wartime memories. This collection of 35 vintage photos from the early 1950s can serve as its own powerful time capsule, swiftly transporting you to a bygone era.

1. Someone’s mom on her wedding day in 1951

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2. A boy and his new dog in 1951

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3. Dancing in Paris, circa 1951

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4. Portland, Oregon, circa 1951

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5. Ohio in 1951

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6. Keeping cool in the office in Dallas, Texas, 1951

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7. Young men in East End, London, UK, 1951

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8. Road workers in South Wales, 1951

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9. Downtown Ville Platt, Louisiana, 1951

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10. Christmastime in Arlington, MA, 1951

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11. Hopscotch, NYC, 1951

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12. Inside a Neiman Marcus in Dallas, TX, 1951

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13. A student studies in her dorm room in Vassar College, 1951

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14. Some women and children pose for a photo in Karachi in 1951

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15. New Yorkers spending a hot day at the Flushing Meadows pool in Queens, NYC, 1951

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16. Everyone seems to be having a good enough day of it back on this day in 1951

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17. Someone’s grandpa outside enjoying himself on an extra sunny day in Angelo, Texas, circa 1951

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18. Children boxing in Kent, England Gypsy Camp in 1951

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19. Greenport, New York, circa 1952

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20. A striking shot of New York City in 1951

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21. Albert Pierrepoint with his dog in England in 1952

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22. Tijuana, Mexico, 1952

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23. A mother and her 10 daughters in Boston, 1952

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24. Mainstreet, Moscow, Idaho, 1952

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25. A grim looking shot of an Idaho winter in 1952

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26. Someone’s grandmother way back in the day with her puppy in 1952

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27. A young couple in early ’50s Germany

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28. A Hollywood freeway under construction in Los Angeles, circa 1952

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29. The Longhorn Café in Port Arthur, Texas, 1952

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30. Young boys drive an oxcart full of grain home from a field in India, 1952

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31. Hamburg Fish Market, lemon seller, 1952

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32. A milkman all the way back in 1953

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33. The 1953 North Sea flood

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34. A 100-year-old lady grinding coffee in her kitchen, Pittsburgh, April, 1953

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35. Lunch ladies serving up lunch in North Carolina, circa 1953

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