Photo of many subdivisions in America in 1958.
Brigitte Bardot makes her cinematic debut in 1952.
High school cheerleading squad in 1956.
Two teen age girls in a clothing store in 1956.
Group photo of teens in 1957.
Typical teen hangout in 1957.
Future hall of famer, Willie Mays with the New York Giants in 1951.
"I Love Lucy", top TV program of 1952.
3-D movies were all the rage in 1953.
Polio vaccines weren't popular with the children of 1955.
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on a bus setting off the Civil Rights movement in 1955.
The New York Times heralds the coming of the Space Age in 1957.
The hula hoop craze of 1958.
America's first seven astronauts are introduced in 1959.
The Red Scare had many families building bomb shelters in 1954.
A little girl plays with a telephone in this 1955 photograph.
A Southern Negro school in 1955.
Ku Klux Klan members trying to intimidate bus boycotters in 1957.
Playboy magazine started in 1953 and by 1958 was a top seller.
Vice-President Richard Nixon makes a point with the USSR's Nikita Krushchev in 1959.
US soldiers in the Korean War in 1950.
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg convicted of spying in 1952.
President Dwight Eisenhower was popular in the 1950's.
Elvis Presley claimed the throne as the King of Rock-n-Roll in the 1950's.
1958 saw the emergence of the Barbie doll.
Toys from a Sears' Christmas catalogue in 1956.
Senator Joe McCarthy conducting the "Red Scare" hearings in 1954.
The main street of a midwestern town in 1959.
Two young girls attempt to bake a cake in 1958.
Actor and teen idol, James Dean dies in a car accident in 1955.
The beautiful sport of unlimited hydroplane racing, shown here in 1957, was once, more popular than NASCAR.
In 1955, the $64,000 Question was a very popular game show.
A sleepy little girl with her doll in this 1954 photo.
A little girl with her dog in 1957.
"The Ten Commandments" hit the movie theaters in 1956.
A young girl in her school dress in 1958.
The early 1950's saw the popularity of "artsy" pin-ups come into vogue.
Popular model, Betty Brosmer, shown here circa 1958.
Country music star, Hank Williams, dies of a heart attack at the age of 29 in 1953.
Early bikinis of the 1950's.
A 21 year old woman takes a break at work in 1958.
A Kentucky drive-in restaurant in 1957.
Grade school children enjoy a rare treat in 1957---a film in class.
A prize winning dog in a dog show in 1952.
"Peanuts" comic strip made its debut in 1950.
A pretty young teen in 1957.
A farm couple in 1955.
Some children at Christmas in 1957.
A school portrait of a young boy in 1956.
A family snapshot in 1957.
Friends aboard a cruise ship in 1951.
Three generations in 1957.
Relaxing on her front porch in 1955.
Two young men strike a pose in 1953.
A football pose by a young boy in 1958.
A happy young couple in 1956.
Three sisters enjoying the night in 1957.
A first grade portrait of a little boy in 1958.
A family poses for a snapshot in 1959.
A couple and the woman's father in 1959.
Photo of a young family in 1950.
A bunch of kids in 1956.
A line of Chicago police cars in 1955.
The 1957 Chevrolet was a popular patrol car across the country.
The bikini continued to evolve in this 1959 photo.
A county fair beauty queen in 1958.
Two students walk home from school in 1958.
A young couple studies on the steps of their high school in 1958.
A group of high school girls at their prom in 1959.
Five girls enjoying an outing in 1958.
A teacher points out the blackboard to a student in 1959.
A school crossing guard with children in 1956.
A high school basketball team in 1957.
Typical cheerleading move in 1956.
A cheerleading squad in 1959.
Tired high school students in 1957.
Sam Shepard is found guilty of murdering his wife in 1954.
The Mickey Mouse Club was very popular in 1958.
A painting that captures the essence of drive-in movies of the '50's.
Two girls on a windy beach about 1957.
Sophia Loren in New York in 1952.
Jerry Lewis clowns with a chimpanzee in 1951.
Girls dance in their gingham dresses in 1958.
Rock-n-roll dancing gets wildly popular by 1956.
A model poses by a 1958 Corvette.
Sack dresses are popular in 1959.
A mother with her three children and a nephew in 1956.
Two little cousins in 1956.
A busy Friday afternoon in a small town in 1958.
A family gets ready for a trip in 1954.
The murder of the Clutter family, in Holcomb, Kansas, on November 15,1959, shocked the nation.
The killers of the Clutters.
An early McDonald's in the late '50's.
Shirley MacLaine and Frank Sinatra on the set of "Some Came Running" in 1958.
"Highway Patrol" was a top cop show from 1955 to 1959.
"Leave it to Beaver" debuted in 1957.
Charles Starkweather goes on a murder spree in Nebraska with Caril Fugate in 1958.
Roy Bryant and JW Milam acquitted in the senseless murder of Emmett Till, in a sham trial in 1955.
Detroit 1956--Short shorts come into vogue.
Gunhild Larking, a Swedish high jumper, after her defeat in the 1956 Olympics.
Teens fill malt shops and listen to jukeboxes.
A modern kitchen, 1950's style.
A family checking out a road map in 1956.
An ad for TV sets in the 1950's.
A family watching television in the 50's.
Drive-in restaurants were popular in the fifties.
More fifties family togetherness.
Parchester Villiage in California for African-Americans in the fifties, Levittown style.
Unloading groceries in 1957.
Gen. George C. Marshall being sworn in as US Secretary of State in 1950.
The hula-hoop craze reaches Paris in 1958.