Category: 1950s

That Weird Friend Who Overextends Her Neck

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In most cases, the lady donning a lavender turtleneck with a sunflower gold vest would clearly be the one who makes bad judgment calls. But in this case, it’s Blondie with the arched back. Or perhaps it’s not arched at all. Perhaps she is planking on another piece of cinder block, tightening those abs while she gazes into Kurt’s crow’s-feety eyes. What a colorful crew this is! CokeLifeSep55-007

All I know for sure is that the hamburger buns are well done. And that if you’re grilling up meat out on the lake, ain’t nobody got time for brushing after meals. P.S. Whatever happened to GL-70? And how cute is this box turtle? Talk about neck extension.

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“Taste Its Extra-Brite Tang”

Life, Sep 12, 1955
Life, Sep 12, 1955

Once again, no decade looks more fun the 1950s. The way the middle gal set her hand upon her hip says it all. All-American teens going back to school in style. I can even overlook the ginormous genie/perfume bottles in the background.

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Before Hitchhiking Got You Murdered

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Actually, no one car could pick up all of those hitchhiking girls at one time. They’d need a caravan–or just a van in general.

Well, however and wherever they wound up, they were still alive in the morning. Look how refreshed and alert these early risers are.

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TGIF, y’all. TGIF.

 

Surfeit Of Style

The University of Colorado was a veritable hotbed of fashion in 1955, teeming with a plethora of clothing and accessories. (I did it! I used three vocabulary words in a context sentence.)

Here you see Olde Dick in a foxy graphic print, guaranteed to lure the ladies.

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Next, Cat’s-eye Cathy sports the popular seashell skirt, purchased when she summered in Nantucket.

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And what woman wouldn’t like this lovely pixie cut to bring out her cheekbones and dark, manly caterpillar eyebrows? My advice? First, grow the hair out. Then buy the flatiron.

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Punished pledges donned straw hats.

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Stepping outside of the box (and back into it, and then back out) were members of Calico and Boots, in barn-dancing regalia.

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Aloha!