Color Found Photos Document Everyday Life of an American Family in the Mid-1950s

   

A found photo set from The Cardboard America Archives shows life of an unknown American family from 1954 to 1955.

 
At Flossie & Terry's
 
At Flossie & Terry's

 

At Flossie & Terry's

 

The pause that refreshes after guests are gone

 

Getting ready to leave


The pipe

 

Ready to go out

 

Mink stole

 

Return from Madison Ave. Morning after night before Bachelor Benedict debutante ball

 

Just before Pan American reception. Mother & daughter

 

Happy birthday

 

Family gathering

 

Mom & children in the side yard

 

Mom & children in the side yard

 

After a hard day at GAO

 

Relaxing but impatient for dinner

 

Sidewalk cafe on 42nd St., New York

 

Heading out for a night on the town

 

The cousins

 

Family photo

 

 
Good times abound