Driving Lessons with the Drivotrainer
Average American family, Detroit, Michigan, 1954. All this on a Ford factory worker’s wages!
School report from 1957, aged 7
Times Square, 1957
Family outing at Chicken Bone Beach, the segregated section of Atlantic City’s beach area, New Jersey, 1950s (photographed by John W. Mosley)
Woman inspecting this new thing, the security belt in her car, circa 1950s.
New car shopping, 1950s
Getting cooled air piped into the car while enjoying a meal at a drive-in restaurant. Houston, Texas, 1957.
In the days before fast-food, roadside picnics were the highlight of every road trip, 1958
McDonald’s Prices in the 50’s
Woman works out on a plastic sweat suit.
1957 – The “Elvis cut” for Women
Main St. Salt Lake City Utah – 1955
Young couples at a formal dance
Students dance at Sock Hops in a Carlsbad high school gyn. The music was provided by a 12-piece student band.
Rada Alexander, 19, a bookkeeper, earned $200 a month in a job she got with an auto firm after graduation
Disneyland on opening day, July 17, 1955
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