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## 1950s


* ![Anonymous snapshot from the book American Dream, curated by Sylvie Meunier and Patrick Tourneboeuf—Les instantanés ordinaires.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt306962a3f35e06dc/6988bf872dce0138dc9ecbcb/american-dream-cars-road-trip4-0341.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 29, 2017  
## [These Found Vintage Snapshots Are a Testament to Americans' Love of Their Cars](https://time.com/4709681/american-dream-photo-book-vintage-cars/)  
[HISTORY](/section/history/)  
by Alexandra Genova
* ![USA. Coney Island, NY. 1959. Brooklyn Gang. On the boardwalk at West Thirty-third Street, Coney Island. Left to right: Junior, Bengie, Lefty.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta2ba7c4f7e0d31f2/6988b573ab6d7731f36ac769/bruce-davidson-brooklyn-gang-magnum-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 13, 2017  
## [Inside a 1950s Brooklyn Gang](https://time.com/4597194/bruce-davidson-brooklyn-gang/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Alexandra Genova
* ![March 5, 1951 cover of LIFE magazine.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4d0d486123b75204/698874b22dce0112659e6e15/151209-1950s-life-covers-09.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 2, 2016  
## [See the Best Fashions of the 1950s](https://time.com/4143569/see-the-best-fashions-of-the-1950s/)  
by Lily Rothman and Liz Ronk
* ![In aura of fun and well-being, students dance in gym of Carlsbad's high school at weekly "Sock Hop" to music of a 12-piece student band.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt810e46f7b77b58ab/6987630f3c163998e944f521/141028-1953-teens-01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 29, 2014  
## ['The Luckiest Generation': LIFE With Teenagers in 1950s America](https://time.com/3544391/the-luckiest-generation-life-with-teenagers-in-1950s-america/)  
by Ben Cosgrove
* ![The Rev. Billy Graham in 1952.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte7721a924d7f798e/6988459aa988ca700a6b168c/ugc1142391.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 5, 2014  
## [Rare Photos From the Early Years of Bill Graham's Career](https://time.com/11296/billy-graham-rare-photos-from-early-years-of-his-career/)  
by Ben Cosgrove  
* ![Grace Kelly reveals a sunnier, more casual side, and a hint at her versatility as an actress, 1953.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt66fb1acd63006541/6988482f0b72e320be6e31d4/05_112502488.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 11, 2014  
## [Grace Kelly: Portraits of a Star](https://time.com/3880666/grace-kelly-photos-of-a-hollywood-legend/)  
by Ben Cosgrove
* ![Elvis Presley](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc674880c65cc4e26/69884c3d524fc060cfdf238c/inv143201.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 5, 2014  
## [Elvis in the Beginning: 'That's All Right' Lights the Rock 'n' Roll Spark](https://time.com/3880346/elvis-in-the-beginning-thats-all-right-lights-the-rock-n-roll-spark/)  
by Phil Bicker
* ![Crowd at Lenin Stadium during a sports festival, with some holding flowers for the winning athletes, 1956.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6cb4ca092807c9d2/698849eee20a871adea8aae4/03_00960104.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 2, 2013  
## [Lisa Larsen's Curiously Intimate Crowd Photos](https://time.com/3876852/life-photographer-lisa-larsens-curiously-intimate-pictures-of-crowds/)  
by Liz Ronk
* ![Gordon Parks fashion photography from the 1950s.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta7c20a86028949f5/69884b44524fc0d831df21ba/140206-gordon-parks-fashion-03.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 30, 2012  
## [Beyond Boundaries: Gordon Parks’ Fashion Photography](https://time.com/3878981/beyond-boundaries-gordon-parks/)  
by Ben Cosgrove
* ![The following images are from Ken Russell's January 1955 series <em>The Last of the Teddy Girls</em> <br>  
14-year-old Jean Rayner in the exploratory stage of Teddyism.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt83ba3ec0ad0030f3/69879b0e428a9ed9f6cc8a01/1etpm0172413.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 20, 2011  
## [Cool Cats and Tom Boys: Ken Russell's 'The Last of the Teddy Girls'](https://time.com/3784147/cool-cats-and-tom-boys-ken-russells-the-last-of-the-teddy-girls/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Phil Bicker

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