The 1950s was known as the ‟nostalgic‶decade because looking back everything seemed simple and optimistic. America was in a post war boom after World War 2.

Manufacturing was converted for peaceful usages such as the auto industries, and the T.V.. The 1950s was the hay day of manufacturing, being middle class and being able to afford mostly anything. The middle

class were able to be well dressed without spending as fortune. Larson‵s pictures depict the New  Yorkers at work and at play. Everything was beautifully built such as subways. It was the  elimination in 1963 to cause Jackie Kennedy to build a movement to preserve

architecture such  as Grand Central Station.  

Frank Oscar Larson

Fashion  1950s   After World War Two, short skirts and squared shouldered tops were no longer worn. Instead  long skirts for women and rounded shouldered tops were worn. Nylon, polyester, Orlon, and  Spandex were new materials that were used. Hats, gloves, and pearls were very popular since the  1950s clothing for women were very feminine looking .Poodle Skirts and Cocktail dresses were  worn for evening events. New York was influenced by England which is why Teddy Boys was  the new style for boys.This consisted of skinny ties and short trousers. Men wore flared jackets,  long overcoats, and bowler hats.  

 The Rolleiflex Camera was one of the most popular cameras used in the 1950s especially for  studios and  professional news.  

Times Square with pigeons 1954

The Balloon Seller 42nd and Broadway April, 1954

Invaders from MarsApril 1953

Coffee shop conversation - Times Square - 1954

Black Widow #1 - October 28, 1954

Ticket Booth in Times Squareca 1954

Today Show window - April, 1954

AP window

Chrysler reflection42nd Street near 5th Ave

ca 1953

Ticket Counter, Grand Central - December, 1954

Street Work November, 1954  

Calligraphy demonstration - Nov, 1954

Souvenir shop - November, 1954

Man waiting for A train - 1954

Under the ElPark Row 1953

Central Park skylineca 1953

Tree and shadowKissena Park, Flushing 1955

 

Cloisters archway, nycca 1953

 

Shoe ShineApril, 1954

In the kitchen1953

School girlsca 1953

Girl on Handrails

Officials veiwing paradeca 1955

Clergy - ca 1955

Mott Street corner, Chinatown - January, 1953

Chinatown Workersca 1953

Feeding the elephant, Bronx Zoo - 1953