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

   

Back when life was simple, a color slide collection from ennailuj shows daily life of an American family in the mid-1950s.

"My husband's grandfather took a lot of photos, mostly slides. The photos were for the most part taken in Nebraska and California, with a smaller number taken on Whidbey Island in Washington and in Bemidji, Minnesota."

 
S, H & C by trailer

 

Mother and son

 

Father and son

 

Newborn S, C & H inside trailer

 

Mother, son, and cake

 

Father, son, and cake

 

Mother and son

 

Happy family

 

Family portrait

 

Look Ma, I'm on TV!

 

Bowtie

 

4 generations

 

Birthday cake

 

Carole & Ann in red kitchen

 

Chairlamp

 

Family gathering in Bemidji, Minnesota at the picnic

 

Frank goes fishing

 

Grandson and grandfather

 

Great grandma Mimi is in the chair, Grandpa George is in the center. Glam-Mom, Carole (aka Gigi) is holding my husband. The other little boy is my brother in law

 

Frank,Sr & fish

 

George with fish

 

George, Kay and Roy. Kay and Roy were twins.

 

Grandma Kay and two women

 

H & C dressed up

 

H & C with hat and fish

 

Kay and Frank, Sr. on the sofa

 

Knotty pine kitchen

 

On the sofa, eating saltines

 

Overalls

 

S & friend

 

S and Great Grandma Meme

 

Son and father

 

The cool kitchen

 

Two boys in highchairs

 

Young couple

 

 
Unknown Woman and Grandma Kay

 

 
Two couples. Taken at Grandma Kay's house, 2518 Worthington, Lincoln, Nebraska