lacmtalibrary:

001 - L.A.T.L. 5 Line Car 1409 Eagle Rock & Colorado Blvds. 19550126 on Flickr.
Photographer: Alan Weeks Los Angeles Transit Lines streetcar no.1409 on Line 5 at Eagle Rock Boulevard and Colorado Boulevard. January 26, 1955.

lacmtalibrary:

001 - L.A.T.L. 5 Line Car 1409 Eagle Rock & Colorado Blvds. 19550126 on Flickr.

Photographer: Alan Weeks

Los Angeles Transit Lines streetcar no.1409 on Line 5 at Eagle Rock Boulevard and Colorado Boulevard. January 26, 1955.

varietas:

Jacques Rouchon: Voyage à Rome, années 1950.

varietas:

Jacques Rouchon: Voyage à Rome, années 1950.

Reblogged from varietas with 1,076 notes / Jacques Rouchon Rome Roma 1950s 

theincompletenesstheorem:

Yousuf Karsh, Georgia O’Keeffe, 1956Gelatin silver print

theincompletenesstheorem:

Yousuf Karsh, 
Georgia O’Keeffe, 1956
Gelatin silver print

blyve:

Glenn Gould, photographed by Gordon Parks for LIFE magazine, 1955-1956.

(Source: poetryprosepeopleandplaces)

nevver:

Hot Wheels

Reblogged from nevver with 1,120 notes / Ferrari Berlinetta 1950s 

Jean Cocteau Vintage Lithographic Poster for an exhibition at Galerie Matarasso, Nice. Printed by Mourlot.

Jean Cocteau Vintage Lithographic Poster for an exhibition at Galerie Matarasso, Nice. Printed by Mourlot.





Letter from James Dean to Barbara Glenn, dated 5-19-54, 

Letter from James Dean to Barbara Glenn, dated 5-19-54

Reblogged from loverofbeauty with 262 notes / James Dean Letter 1950s 

losangelespast:

Angels Flight ferrying passengers up and down Bunker Hill, seen in its original location at 3rd and Hill on a sunny day in the late 1950’s.

losangelespast:

Angels Flight ferrying passengers up and down Bunker Hill, seen in its original location at 3rd and Hill on a sunny day in the late 1950’s.

losangelespast:

Beautiful color still of a Los Angeles Transit Line trolley picking up a passenger on Monte Vista at Avenue 50, Highland Park, 1954. Barney’s Liquor is still there.

losangelespast:

Beautiful color still of a Los Angeles Transit Line trolley picking up a passenger on Monte Vista at Avenue 50, Highland Park, 1954. Barney’s Liquor is still there.

laflaneuse8:

Tony Vaccaro, Jackson Pollock, 1953

laflaneuse8:

Tony Vaccaro, Jackson Pollock, 1953

Reblogged from wishflowers with 105 notes / Jackson Pollack 1950s 

bbook:

Charles and Ray Eames: Simply Genius

Reblogged from bbook with 71 notes / Charles Eames Ray Eames Design 1950s 


Federico Fellini, photographed by Cornel Lucas, 1958.

Federico Fellini, photographed by Cornel Lucas, 1958.

Reblogged from bellecs with 163 notes / Federico Fellini 1950s 

rvlvr:

Charles Eames, RAY EAMES, Charlie Chaplin, Isamu Noguchi and Shirley Yamaguchi during a Japanese tea ceremony held at the Eames House, 1951.

What the fuck. Can I crash this shit. I’ll be good. Also why’d you leave out Ray? She’s right there.

rvlvr:

Charles Eames, RAY EAMES, Charlie Chaplin, Isamu Noguchi and Shirley Yamaguchi during a Japanese tea ceremony held at the Eames House, 1951.

What the fuck. Can I crash this shit. I’ll be good. Also why’d you leave out Ray? She’s right there.

bobertsbobgomery:

Giulietta Masina in Paris, 1956

bobertsbobgomery:

Giulietta Masina in Paris, 1956

(Source: mariondavies)

deforest:

Sidney Poitier, 1952

deforest:

Sidney Poitier, 1952

Reblogged from jewahl with 623 notes / Sidney Poitier 1950s Hello Nurse!