Father’s Day Times Seventeen
Think you have a busy Father’s Day? Meet the Joachim family from our 1958 article, “How to Raise a Multitude.” Twelve girls and five boys made for an interesting household.
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Tag Archives: 1950s
An Author Tries the Royal Scam for Fun
A novice imposter meets one of the greats, and out-nobles him.
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They Gamble on Offshore Drilling
This Post article from 1955 attempted to explain the then-new venture of drilling for oil in the Gulf.
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Oil Boom and Bust
America’s gas gauge kept dropping, but few paid attention.
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They Will Never Be Forgotten
A look at some of our fallen soldiers’ beautiful resting places around the world.
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Art Linkletter Writes for the Post
In the 1950s, the Post hired Art Linkletter, a rising young star, to write two series.
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Love and Marriage: A Cartoon Gallery
The Post has a rich history when it comes to humor and cartoons.
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The Troubles of an American Ideal
America was tired of manufactured heroes — movie stars; politicians, bootleggers; flagpole sitters — and then came Lindbergh, the real thing: modest, courageous, ingeneous, and quietly self-confident.
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Mother’s Day Vintage Ad Gallery
Not your mother’s advertisements … oh wait, yes they are. Check out these vintage Mother’s Day ads from the 50s. (Is that a Zippo?)
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“I’m Going To Step Inside Where I Cannot See It”
If you look closely at this famous photograph, now 73 years old, you can see one era end and another begin.
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The Royal Role of Grace Kelly
If she hadn’t won an Academy Award and married the Prince of Monaco, would the media still be writing about Grace Kelly after all these years? Probably, yes.
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A True Tough Guy
The Post catches up with baseball legend Bob Cerv, the pitch-hitter who stepped up to the plate after having his jaw wired shut.
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“The Refugee,” by Bernard Malamud
“There seems to be no writer of [Malamud's] background,” comments critic Alfred Kazin, “who makes one feel so keenly the enigmatic quality of life.”
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The Fall of the American Hat
Once a fashion necessity, the hat has become an archaic accessory, worn only on special occasions.
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The Book of Numbers
Those of you who joined us in the last 20 years probably don’t know how much previous generations relied on telephone directories.
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Thanksgiving … 1950
Hard, hard it is, this anxious autumn, To lift the heavy mind from its dark forebodings; To sit at the bright feast, and with ruddy cheer Give thanks for the harvest of a troubled year. The clouds move and shift, withdraw to new positions on the hills; The sky above us is a thinning haze—a ... More
