Teenage telephone essay, 1950s © Grey Villet

chnela:

Peter Stackpole, May 1951.

life:

In lieu of a stethoscope, Albert-André Nast, a blind doctor in France, holds his ear to the back of a 3-month old, 1953.

The story of a remarkable photograph that captures medicine the way it should be practiced.

(Thomas D. McAvoy—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)

theniftyfifties:

Photo by Karen Radkai, 1957.

Not published in LIFE. Spectators watch a race at Churchill Downs on Derby day, 1955 — see more photos from the ‘55 Kentucky Derby here.

(John Dominis—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)

theniftyfifties:

A girl dressing a shop window in London, 1954. Photo by Inge Morath.

heart-shaped-apple:

got stockings?

hollyhocksandtulips:

Zippo lighters, 1951

66lanvin:

DIOR par YVES, Automne-Hiver Circa 1958………No.1

theniftyfifties:

‘The Queen of Soho’, 1956. Photo by Thurston Hopkins.

vintagegal:

Tender Hearted Harlot, paperback cover by Harry Barton

vintagegal:

Illustration for World Without Men, True Cases of Women in Crime, November 1952

A couple making out at the Drive-In movie theater. Ohio, 1950s

hollyhocksandtulips:

Window shoppers, 1956

1955. Photo by Erwin Blumenfeld