This is just one of those posts that started with a single photograph which gave me such nostalgia for an era I’ve never actually lived through, that I proceeded to compile my own imaginary photo album of the perfect 1950s vacation– all shot in 35mm kodachrome of course. It was this tiny vacation cottage that got me started, found on Flickr, captioned “Wisconsin, 1950 … a picture of my wife’s uncle Ward in front of a rental cottage”. The rest of my make-believe photo album comes from the rather incredible archive of Kodachromes by Electrospark, bringing us “ephemera liberated from attics, garages and closets of America’s mid-century vacationers”. Enjoy…
Santa Barbara 1947
Vacation Cruise to Europe – 1950s
Cityrama Tour Bus — Paris 1960
Fruit Stand, Floral City, FL — 1955
Somewhere in Minnesota. Anyone know what make this is? The kids got a grip on Dad’s shirt. Also note the high-tech boarding stairs.
One of the mighty Florida steamships, the Hiawatha was built at Palatka in 1904, and abandoned in 1919, at Hart’s Point, East Palatka. It was removed in the early 1980s.
Southeast Vacation — 1956
Cafe Du Monde, New Orleans – 1958
Peace Garden and Altar of Freedom, San Francisco, CA – 1968
Daytona Beach — 1956
Parade on Cleveland St. – 1950s
The Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas — 1958
Guam – 1953
Bermuda 1953
Bermuda Easter parade 1953
1965 Amphicar, Model 770 — 1965 (I have an entire post all about this car)
A fishing Story – 1966
Misty Yacht Trip – 1950s
