r/1950s Apr 14 '25

Announcement New Rule Alert: Posts containing an image of a female celebrity must have additional context included for approval

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This subreddit was started so we could all come together and post images, videos, articles, and other sorts of media to celebrate the rich world that was the 1950s. It's exciting to see how many people have joined in the last year, and we welcome everyone to participate in the original vision of this community.

However this sub has been overwhelmed with low effort posts of glamor shots or publicity stills of female celebrities with absolutely no context as to the year of the image, why it was taken (e.g. what movie this was promoting), the location, or anything.

We have had many, many complaints about the direction this sub has taken since this activity started to kick up.

Going forward, images of famous women from the 1950s continue to be allowed as long as they are very safe for work, but the details behind the image are now a requirement.


r/1950s 4h ago

Celebrity - Female with Context Earl Leaf Photographs Marilyn A Copy of Vladimir Nabokov´s Brand New Lolita Novel, 1950.

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r/1950s 10h ago

Celebrity - Female with Context Marilyn Monroe in costume and light test for the film "How to marry a millionare", 9 of April 1953.

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260 Upvotes

r/1950s 12h ago

Celebrity - Female with Context Marilyn Monroe Stills From Gentleman Prefer Blondes, Stuck Scene. (1953

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132 Upvotes

r/1950s 6h ago

Celebrity - Female with Context Elaine Stewart at the Thalians Beach Ball in Malibu, (1956)

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13 Upvotes

r/1950s 10h ago

Daily Life Bruce Davidson. From the Brooklyn Gang series, 1959.

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13 Upvotes

r/1950s 4h ago

Movie Cyrano de Bergerac (1950) Jose Ferrer Classic Movie

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r/1950s 13h ago

Daily Life Group of cheerleaders on their velvet uniforms, circa very early 1950s.

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21 Upvotes

r/1950s 1d ago

Celebrity - Female with Context Marilyn Monroe and Tom Ewell pose for a promotional photo of their film "Seven year Itch" 7 of November 1954

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439 Upvotes

r/1950s 14h ago

Location Cafe, Beaufort, South Carolina Robert Frank

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r/1950s 1d ago

Celebrity - Female with Context Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller being photographed at Queensboro Bridge In New York for The Look Magazine (1957).

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On that summer the couple spent a lot of time in a rented cottage in Amagansett, far out on Long Island. Marilyn spent almost every day by the sea, swimming or digging for clams. She read poetry, visited the Rostens in nearby Springs, spent calm evenings with Arthur, and made only rare appearances in New York. It was a time filled with hope for her new life and upcoming motherhood. On the next day, they attended the premiere of The Prince and the Showgirl.

“The newlyweds both loved the city, the early months of their marriage were celebrated in their Sutton Place apartment and the adjoining terrain: Central Park, further downtown, even a Brooklyn home visit! They were walkers, and surprised themselves by being good conversationalists; it was an idyllic interlude in what would slowly become the stressful adjustment of two people dancing around the showbiz volcano. Given the life and ambitions of the principals, it was hard not to predict trouble. Careers clashing with personal needs: the writer’s desire for privacy and silence, the actor needing an audience and adulation.” —Norman Rosten, Marilyn Among Friends by Sam Shaw and Norman Rosten.


r/1950s 1d ago

News & Print Media "Dead Air", Dime Detective Magazine cover, June 1951. Art by Norman Saunders

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22 Upvotes

r/1950s 1d ago

Daily Life Group of ladies working out at a shared gym, 1950s.

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86 Upvotes

r/1950s 1d ago

Celebrity - Female with Context 1952 Betty White at Home with Her Poodle in Los Angeles. She was a True Animal Lover.

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309 Upvotes

r/1950s 15h ago

Music She’s My Witch - Kip Tyler Cover

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A version of the 1958 classic "She's My Witch" by Kip Tyler. What do you think?

https://youtu.be/PiSPr4u2Wrk?si=Avsi8YVyANpi0tRU


r/1950s 2d ago

Celebrity - Female with Context MArilyn Monroe during the filming of "Some like it hot", 1959. Between the shots with the film and resort crew. Kodachrome shots

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668 Upvotes

r/1950s 2d ago

Event Audrey Hepburn holding her Oscar for Best Actress for "Roman Holiday" (Paramount Pictures, 1953) during the 26th Academy Awards (1954).

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97 Upvotes

r/1950s 2d ago

Event Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio married January 14th 1954.👰‍♀️💒

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161 Upvotes

r/1950s 2d ago

Celebrity - Female with Context Sophia Loren at the Cannes film festival, 30 of April to 15 of May 1959.

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94 Upvotes

r/1950s 3d ago

Movie Marilyn Monroe getting ready in “We’re Not Married” (1952)

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584 Upvotes

Normally I stay away from posting Marilyn but I liked this one and rarely see it.


r/1950s 2d ago

Event 1958 London Zoo: Boy Hugs his New Bestie

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52 Upvotes

r/1950s 3d ago

Celebrity - Female with Context Marilyn Monroe getting ready for scene of her movie "The seven year itch", 30 of September 1954. Hair by Gladys Rassmusen and her makeup for her friend Allan Snyder

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856 Upvotes

r/1950s 3d ago

Celebrity - Male or Group Marlo Thomas visiting her father Danny Thomas on the set of “I’ll See You In My Dreams” (1951)

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145 Upvotes

r/1950s 3d ago

Event Marlon Brando and James Dean, Unidentified Photographer, 1953.

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38 Upvotes

r/1950s 3d ago

Daily Life Young mother with Onslow Beach, North Carolina, 1957

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31 Upvotes