Author: Mid Century

Marilyn Monroe, 1957. Photo taken by Richard Avedon

Tony Curtis – Janet Leigh (Houdini) 1953 From his beginnings as a “wildman” carnival act to the…

1955 Hamilton Jubilee Washer and Dryer ad

Diana Dors 1956

Shirley Jones in the 1950s Shirley Jones in the 1950s

Kaye Ballard – Jane Powell (The girl most likely) 1958 Dodie dreams of marrying a millionaire so…

Julie Newmar eating a Frankfurter from a street wagon in NYC, 1950s

“Parents’ Reveille” by Amos Sewell (1954)

Deadwood South Dakota – 1954