these were not colorized pictures , they were simply color pictures , except , maybe the very first one

And everyone was thin and lovely. The women looked like fashion models. Unlike today.....obese, slovenly dressed, blue and purple mancut hair, nose rings like swine, tattoos, etc.

And you didn't need an engineering degree to change oil!

Yeah and also back when people like me were hated for the color of their skin!

@@Andre-iv7ys Brotha!

The cars looked like shit, actually.

As long as I can have air conditioning..which wasn't just everywhere in the 50s..😊😊

@@alanhumphrey4198 A surprising number of residences and buildings had air-conditioning in the 1950's. A/C has been around for a long time. The first completely air-conditioned house was located just outside Chicago in 1914. During the 1920's A/C really started taking off. The first major installations were movie theaters and railroad cars. The early A/C systems were often a hybrid of ice/electrical/mechanical types. A lot of A/C systems by the 50's were wall or window units that department stores and the like carried. And they were very popular too! My great but tightwad grandparents even bought a window unit in 1961 that they keep going for many years thereafter!

@@louislamonte334 Thanks for the comment. I am a native of and have always lived in South Georgia. We did not have air until the 60's and I had some grandparents who only got it just years before they passed.Believe me, with our humidity, the summers are brutal. For reference, I was born in 1955.

And get drafted to kill and die for no reason

@ safffff1000. True, but now volunteer kill and die because there’s no way out of the hood.

Don't be shy is wearing nice dresses like that. There are many places that sell similar dress styles if you don't want to buy dresses that look like you stepped straight out of the 50's (though there are plenty of shops that sell those types of dresses too). A nice dress that shows off shape without flaunting everything will always turn heads. It tells people you are confident and that you value yourself enough to take pride in your appearance :-)

@@eviek3809 - I haven't seen similar dress styles at the stores; maybe the very expensive ones, but nothing like it used to be before the late sixties. In the past, it was more affordable, now forget it! Too expensive!

Being born in the 50s has been such a gift - we literally grew up with the BEST MUSIC, most exciting breakthroughs in manufacturing & technology, & a time when people were happy & knew how to have fun.

80's was awesome as well.

'Fer sure, and is it just 'nostalgia', or did folks generally look happier and _'healthier'_ back then?!

wasn't good for minorities at all

The 80s caused the downfall of today

We also need the tax rates back, unions and a time when income inequality wasn't so ridiculous.

It's not going to happen. America is the head of Babylon the Great Whore. The great apostasy was always predestined to become the death of America. After your demise a new world order is going to arise from the ashes of the old one. Things are never going to be the same again. Neither is the west going to recover from the great genocide. Have a blessed end times.

Politicians destroyed it all, going away from the gold standard. It will never ever be the same. In my opinion, it will only get worse. There’s just too much division in our society and our politicians are to blame. Look what society did to Jesus.

Trump 2024 is your only hope

@@davidmitchell6873 We don't have the things that you claim are going on today! If there is inequality its because government intervention in private life and business... A decades long thing! What we don't have is morality, no man can make a baby with a man nor can a woman with a woman! There are no morals, because understanding is not to be had because there are no real parents to nurture the way.

For men, yes

​@@ursulasmith6402 Man has been the dominant species since beginning of time so stop whining.

@@ursulasmith6402 for white men. You celebrate the 1950’s based on the color of your skin

You must have seen so many things changes over the course of time ⏲️

Wish I was…😢

My Dad was born in 1929. He used to have great stories to tell about those times. I wish I would of had him write his history down. He passed away two years ago.

My father was born in 1934 in Ireland. He visited his Uncle Dave in Detroit ( via a very long flight from Dublin to New York ) in 1955. He told us the stories of the flght; meeting relatives in NYC; walking around Detroit; Uncle Dave's workshop at his house. His sister ( my Aunt ) is 95 and sadly Alzheimer's is slowly claiming her. Her short term memory is almost non existent. But Dad tells me she can recall things from decades ago. At other times she tells stories that Dad knows can't be true, but the doctor said the brain can compensate by giving false memories, so for her she's telling true stories. All the best and greetings from Prague, CZ

Thats brilliant, My Dad born in 1926 passed in 2013 and lost Mum born 1929 in 2016. I Wish you more time with your Dad. I miss my folks every day.

he still kicking?

I agree with you on that time period. My late dad was born in 1934, graduated high school in 1950 (his school jumped him a grade in early years and only 11 grades in those times). We used to talk about how he really saw some of the U. S. best years all the way around. I was born in 1955 and was just a kid so life was what it was. He missed service in Korea some how or other..he was prime age; he and mom were married in 1952. He lived until early 2020. He had a good career and a lot of experiences in those 85 years..we miss him so.

As someone born during that time period I have to agree. It was a totally different world. 🌎

Amen.

It was great for white people.

Totally agree.I actually thing 1959 was the high point of American life and it’s been all downhill since then lol,

What happened in the USA is that the rich became richer and poor became poorer all the time. Here all have wealth, they do not work two jobs because wages became lower and lower, and what to eat is unhealthy eat and most if it fast food. It actually started shortly after, the dark money in politics. To get tax lower for the rich and feed the poor suffering fairy tales.

Much MUCH less government over reach, beauracracy and red tape (hoops to jump through at the DMV etc) back then as well. That was the best part. We were truly free and the govt served us, not the other way around like it is today.

A mix of the 50s with some of the conveniences and health and safety of today would be perfect. Things were promising in the 90s but its gone downhill rapidly since then imo.

@@maccagrabme indeed.

I’m with you ..

I'll never forget when my Dad came home driving a brand-new 1956 Chevy Bel-Air. We went on a ride, and that car was like a Caddie, to me!

Thank you for serving out Republic. 🇺🇸😎

I live in Kansas! May I ask what town this was? I’ve enjoyed exploring old ruined school houses and buildings in my area when I was a kid.

Well done and thank you for sharing your journey. Reading about Vietnam War at the moment coincidentally. I visited the country in 2010, and trying to imagine what it was like when you were there. Greetings from Prague, CZ

@@Czechbound Thank you, sir. A day doesn't pass when I don't think about my best friend, Smitty, who died so long ago. I came close to it, myself. By the way, I had several relatives who came from Czechoslovakia. Our ancestors weren't so far away, they lived in Prussia.

The only rule we had as far as going out to play was to be on time for dinner ,it`s was a cool time to be a kid.......peace

What would you have changed if anything?

Sock hops!!!

Paladin. Cheyenne. Sea Hunt.

They still lynched black people in the 50s and white women and children posed in pictures in front of the dead bodies.. Such great times

Now they are fat tattooed freaks saying the "F" word in every sentence

Remember when you dressed up for air travel?

back then if you didnt put a suit on when going out to buy a newspapaer you were considered a BUM.

@@trinihammer Today we have slob culture. Been to Walmart lately?

@@marknewton6984 yeah maybe it is slob culture but it was also downright silly to put on a suit polish your shoes slick back your hair just to step outside to walk 100 yards to buy a loaf of bread to then walk back the 100 yards to then take all those lovely clothes off just to show the neighbours you were'nt a BUM.

Before the baby boomers took over.

@@davidmitchell6873 No the boomers weren't the problem. Never were. Stop swallowing the propaganda they are feeding you to keep you from looking at the true culprits behind our destruction: "America is a golden calf and we will suck it dry, chop it up, sell it off. We will turn it into the world's largest welfare state." ~Netanyahu "Give me control of a nation's money and I care not who makes it's laws" - Mayer Amschel Bauer Rothschild “If my sons did not want wars, there would be none.” Gutle Schnapner Rothschild "Let us reduce the ephah and increase the shekel; let us cheat with dishonest scales. Let us falsify the scales by deceit, That we may buy the poor for silver, And the needy for a pair of shoes-Even sell the chaff with the wheat..."Amos 8:5-7 "The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low. He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail." Deuteronomy 28:43-44 The "stranger among us" is the FED aka Rothschilds aka Wroth Children of Cain/Esau/Synagogue of Satan-Rev 2:9 and 3:9 They were expelled from more than 109 countries in the past, 359 times for a reason. It was because of unjust usary ("interest"), filth and degeneracy along with sacrificing children behind the scenes (and this is still happening). These frauds want all Christians and white people to cease to exist.

And women did not have tattoos!

People had Morals

@freedomstar3814 Your rose colored glasses are showing. Waaay more racism and domestic violence that people just ignored. "Pride in dress" just means insecurity and fear of others' opinions.

So much better... for who?

​@@Rob774 For the people who created the country, risked fought and died for it.

@@ghostlyimageoffear6210 Created this country? You mean STOLE this country and betraying and then nursing the indigenous owners. Oh... and then enslaving others to build this country. What a swell group.

@Jim Rolfe Didn't Australia start out as a crime colony?

@@Rob774 You think things are better now? Please tell me what is better now. There is no group of people including black people who are happier now.

Same here, I have fond memories of my first couple years of life, as a little boy, born in 1956.

Born December 1955 and you're right..like going through old family pictures. I have some memories of things when I was 4/5 years old.

Same here, I was born Oct. of '56.

You did well to remember when you were 3-4 years old

@@hblock8361 Actually l remember things that happened when l was at least two or maybe even younger lol. We moved from the house where l was born when l was three and a half and l remember everything about the house and the things that were in it and things that happened there and were said.

I agree. Take me back.

Social media is what is wrong.

They were a damn sight closer to perfect than today, in every conceivable way.

your kidding, right? the klan and smaller white supremacy groups ran wild in the 50's and 60's. things didn't start getting better until the mid 1980's. it wasn't just the blacks, latinos, etc. that suffered, if you were white and economically depressed, you were a target for the middle class through lower wages, socially shunned, violent attacks. all of those things made us a better nation because, despite those short comings, the majority of the people in this country stood up against these horrible things, but it was a generational project with the 50's and 60's being some of the worst, and sometimes by the people that get the most accolades today.

And PATRIOTISM! It's sad that we have a so-called President in 2023 that tells us that we should be ashamed to be Americans.

@@michaelnazaruk4100the people would have been disgusted with brandon. Actually I think 70% are today but the media, etc. is so dishonest

…when Democrats and Republicans could grill out together as friends.

So true!

White much?

My bike was never stolen back then.

A wonder!... for white people only. That time was indeed marked by the disgrace of racism.

And when you f d up you got your ass smoked and was taught respect and you were taught manners

Weird, I haven't locked my doors in 45 years, unless I was going away. Woke up this morning at 5, cleared and resurfaced the driveway, removed damaged trees from a late evening Tstorm, etc. That live up to bbn your high standards?? LOL! Get your ass out of the past...

@@codymoe4986 You like the way things are today?

Looks are deceiving

@@fenian123 nah. My mom, dad, Nan and Grandad say it’s there favourite decade.

@@welshlad6427 The 50s would fun to visit for a day or two again, I wouldn't want to stay. Life is a lot easier today and better in a lot of ways

@@fenian123 disagree but hey wouldn’t life be boring if we agreed on everything.

@@welshlad6427 True, I will say if had to go back I would want to be young, would not want to be an old man and told I have something that is easily curable in the 2020s

Because we didn't have technology. Since TV was new and rare because TV's cost a kidney back then, people got outside to have fun. No sitting in front of a TV tube turning into a vegetable, no cell phones or computers to sit at until you turned into a fat blob. The economy also boomed because more people were out and about. So many benefits to ditching new technology...

The diets were better, there was less chemicals, hormones, etc. in food and people had healthier lifestyles, and probably less stress!

And they all smoked!

No hormone chicken and GM food. Fast food were in their infancy.

@@patrickcannell2258 Absolutely!

because we are in end times.....back then we were at our peak

@@domenicv7962 We have been going down since then and are about to enter free fall.

@@ohreally8929 agree

But didn’t the junk food culture started in those same fifties...?

Born in '47 and can remember my Dad bought a new Forest Green Chevrolet '52 (stick shift) Sedan. The '50 's was the greatest decade of the 20th Century, just my opinion.

Why the hell cant they make cars that look like that anymore ? And so much room . You could stretch out.

@@paulmicelli5819 Yes you were either a Chevy or Ford family!

@@marknewton6984 Working class were, the elite rode in Caddy's/ Chrysler Imperials!

@@correctpolitically4784 Had a 1972, Oldsmoblie 98 and you could sit in the middle of the bench seat in back and stretch your arms out and never touch the window on either side!

Doubt that....dark times ahead !

I'll go too!

​@@marknewton6984Would you go if the only way was to have black skin?😅

@@jstravelers4094 Probably not.

It was wonderful.

Better than you'll ever understand based on the basics themselves. There's a certain feeling you get when you look at pictures, some people get the feeling of hot asphalt and unnatural retro colors of in a leave it to beaver setting, kids saying "gee golly wow" and wives who are robots and unhappy....they are the people who fight the 1950s and call it miserable and horrible. I see the 1950s as a culmination of everything before it, the 1940s and its sturdy willingness and clean streamlining, the 1930s for its shrilling class and culmination of the two decades before it. Everything leads to the next, and that is exactly what humanized life for me all the more. Life was amazing then, automobiles came in great variety, metallics, light summer breezy colors, bold tones for the city, and darks to separate the palette. I can in honest, say that the best time in America was 1940. Was the cleanest time by far, and of course war had to interrupt the direction everything was going in.

@@WitchKing-Of-Angmar if you want a clean city now have to go to Moscow

​@@mars188Fail

Definitely. Great soundtrack too.

That might have been CA but it wasn't everywhere.

I graduated in 1965. The last great year...

DITTO

So would I!!

being a black man i would'nt go back to the 1950s

@@trinihammer Thanks so much for reminding us old timers about that because it wasn't nice for people of color, that's for sure~!! ✌

@@rickmcdonald1557 i dont know if you are white or black but if you are white then i respect you for your honesty in saying what you said. there are a lot of white people on this forum who wont admit that it was a horrible time for people of colour and look at the 1950s with their head in the sand a bit like the germans in ww2 we were only following orders kind of attitude nothing to do with me.

Next to Germany between 33 and 39, America in the 1950s was practically perfect. You cant find a better era in all of human history

And you didn't have to be rich to be happy!

💯💯💯😂

You got it. Purple, green florescent colored hair on young girls, and even older women, ugh!

​@Nicky Naime I'm totally with you on that, Nicky.👍

How did you manage to type bold font in your comments?

@@2mikelim Bold: Place asterisks ** before and after your text sentences = *text*

I noticed that also. No overweight people.

back then everybody drank milk with peanutbutter and jelly sandwiches.

OBAMA got you social justice enjoy

I don't know, a lot of people smoked their brains out, drank continuously, and didn't eat very well. But they were still happier because it was the ' most free ' time ever. If you had a couple bucks there was so much you could do. Even without money there was still a lot to do. You could hang out on the corner and TALK with people, something you can't do much today.

Because you're white.

People used to dress up on airplanes!

Good luck with that.😊

You can never explain to young people the joys of black and white tv with a shared culture, playing baseball (long base) in the street, gathering on Saturdays or during the summer, with 75 cents in our pocket riding our bikes exploring the area, and just being home before dark for dinner. Dressing up to go out to eat or to travel. Great Christmases and Easters. Dairy products brought by the “milkman” and Helms 8:51 bakery( in Socal suburbs) delivering baked goods. Other people on farms riding horses. A father could buy a house and support a family on a regular single income.

Be glad you're white.

Would you go back as a black person?😅

Thanks for throwing some really cold water in my face and I see your point and Thanks~!! @@jstravelers4094

100%

Yes, the ladies were not only beautiful but they had class.

The worst from back then were 100% better than what we got today

FAx

In all fairness the men took more care themselves and look pretty good in their suits and casual attire. The hair gel not so much.

It's a '56 Chevy.

No, I don't like orange and green shag carpet. and bead curtains or Lava lamps.

I'd go back in a minute.

It was wonderful to be white in America in the fifties!

Thanks for the 50's!

Tail fins!

civil rights bill ruined the black family.

Oh, bless your heart. Are you alright?

What a hypocrite! that time was indeed marked by the disgrace of racism. Black families were worthy, yes, but also suffered and mistreated.

​@tomnudho4202 yeah your right.....more baby mama will solve the problem......

​​@@tomnudho4202Racism yes, but the majority of the north was non racist. This is directly proven amongst other forms I can name, when Emmet till tried to do the same charm talk he would do in Chicago, to the clerk in Alabama was it...he has no cognition that there would be a negative impact, his friends felt he was too big for his britches, and the "consequence" which should have been the lady freaking out and running into her special car to take her away, turned out to be devastating. I'm glad that mother made it in an open casket, I'm glad everyone got to see exactly what they did to that baby.

I had a great American boyhood in the 50's. Girls were slender and pretty with no tattoos. And the cars...wow! I also loved Esther Williams and girls who water skied in Florida. Best times ever!

Where are the happy black folks?😊😊

5:20 Different cultures, different places, and all this for love. Genesis 2:18 @@jstravelers4094

Me too

Get off of my lawn you kids!!!

​@@davidmitchell6873 😂 there was also "get that mutt off my lawn"😅

Sorry you missed it, it was a great time.

​@@kathyrobertson4493For white people.

@@matrox I never count that year. What's 12 months from being a boomer.

You are part of the Silent Generation.

@@Colorado_Native I've never been silent. I was conceived in 1944 when my dad came home from Germany temporarily to attend his brothers funeral then went back to the war.

@@joebrown1382 Thanks for the reply. I was stating the name of your generation, not your personal habits. The Greatest Generation is 1901-1924, Silent Generation 1925-1945, Baby Boomer 1946-1964 (me), Generation X 1965-1979, Millenials 1980-1994, Generation Z 1995-2012, Generation Alpha 2013-2025.

you are a war baby.....no boomer. .....but close enough!

The Baby Projectile carseat. To the moon!

So would I.

1969 here as well. Loved the 80's when people were not smartphone/tiktok zombies.