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Bowlin’ Night c.1950s

Ralph Crane

[1950sunlimited]

Firebird III, 1959

x-ray delta one

[historyinposters]

Chevrolet Corvette advertising poster from 1958

[unexplained-events]

Nuclear Test Dummies

Used in the 1950s during nuclear bomb testing. These were used before the development of the hydrogen bomb, which was much more powerful.

It’s the fact that, these dummies lay torn in half admist the debris of their own bodies with smiles on their faces, that makes these images so creepy.

[1950sunlimited]

Safety first, 1950s

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Fast Food Design

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An educational video back in 1951  telling children safety procedures if an atomic bomb should come. 

My history teacher showed us this it was the funniest thing. 

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Atom Bomber

[todaysdocument]

The controversial trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg concluded on March 29, 1951 with their conviction of espionage for passing atomic bomb secrets to Soviet agents.  Both were ultimately executed on June 18, 1953.

Among the exhibits introduced at their trial was a Jell-O box, specially cut into matching pieces to be used by the spies to confirm their identities. It was not the original box, but “trial transcript shows that the prosecution introduced this facsimile Jell-O box to represent the recognition signal.” 

(via Prologue: Pieces of History » Fat Man, Little Boy, A Packet of Jell-O)

[klappersacks]

Arbor Room Coffee Shop, A Delightful Experience!, Bethesda, MD by SwellMap on Flickr.

[1950sunlimited]

How to Survive an Atomic Bomb, 1950

this government-promoted book suggested that men wear wide brimmed hats to protect against the heat flash when the bomb exploded. 

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1961 Ford Gyron

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Can Martians Mate With Humans?

[vintagetoyarchive]

HUBLEY: 1954 ATOMIC DISINTEGRATOR Repeating Cap Pistol

[midcenturymodernfreak]

Googie Architecture | SAMBO’S Restaurant Chain

These photos look like they were taken just yesterday. Well, not really. They’re actually 40-50 years old (Kodak Vericolor Type L film with a 4 x 5 view camera and 90 mm wide angle lens)! Photographer Tim Putz was a personal friend of the Battistone family, the original owners of the Sambo’s Restaurant enterprise. They commissioned him from 1964 to 1970 to photograph the first 25 Sambo’s restaurants in the growing chain.

At one time there were 1200 locations across America. Today, only one Sambo’s Restaurant remains — the very first one that still stands at its original location on the beach in Santa Barbara. - Via: 1 | 2

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[1950sunlimited]

1959 sex in space