Does anyone notice how healthy wholesome and happy the people looked." Times are always a bit tough in different ways but a less complicated life in many ways".
I grew up in the fifties and sixties, so my memories are that of a kid. I would love to time travel back to those years for a vacation as an adult to view how my parents saw things then and get a different perspective of those years.
@@wdd3141 And a period of opportunity for the working middle class before outsourcing manufacturing, jobs at home being done by illegals, technology replacing humans in what used to be customer service, and the middle class disappearing into upper poverty. It was a time of hope and optimism for our country after the war. All gone now, sad!
I was a product of the 60-70s and I had an idyllic childhood, yes we weren’t rich, we didn’t have the latest “must have fashion statement” and we certainly didn’t have a care in the world, long hot summers spent outdoors, fishing, camping, being allowed to stay out until it got dark, not a care at all, and if I could go back and do it all over again I would not change a thing, my memories could be seen as through “rose tinted spectacles” but I know that they are NOT, times were hard, but they were still great.
@@allandavis8201 treasure your happiness and remember it fondly. As a matter of perspective I grew up in the 70's in a poor, single parent family without overly abundant anything and I feel exactly the same way as you about my childhood 😉
I'm 75 & lived through both decades! The 1950's were pretty great, but the 1960's was a decade of great change & a lot or turmoil! I will admit that you didn't know what was going to happen next, from day to day! Pretty exciting!
I was only born in 1971, but it sure seems the period after WWII to about 1970 would have been just about the finest time to have lived through as an American.
A key part of this was the fact that food was truly food with significant nutritional value. The food supply available to the average person has changed significantly during the past 50 years. People who are under 50 have generally been exposed to food like substances that have little or no nutritional value their entire lives.
I was a baby back then and this was the time period of my parents. Frankly it looks like the good times are a thing of the past not only in the USA but in most places like me in Europe. I don't know why but it seems people were of a different breed - not many people being obese to start with - and it looks like life was much more enjoyable, people looking more optimistic and perceived more as individuals. If I could choose I would opt for the lifespan of my parents (1930 - 2010).
Back in the 60s there was plenty of good paying jobs going around where the man of the house only needed to work and enjoy a home cooked healthy meal everyday with money at the end of the week to spend on the family and where you can see a doctor w/or with out health insurance no questions asked.
What if I was black ? Would I have loved segregation ? Using the "Colored Only" entrance ? Redlined out of neighborhoods by racist corporate America ? Attending sub-par "Blacks Only" schools ? Is that what I would've loved ?
I love these. Just one thing though. The picture of the "teens" having a burger and milkshake appear to be a promo pic of the actors that play Archie and Veronica on the show Riverdale from the CW network. Not a picture from the 50 or 60's, but a current one.
@@dr.OgataSerizawa Exactly. It's kind of sad all these people thinking their life somehow peaked in the 1960's. They're really the ones who've missed out on life.
I remember the car seat in this video very well, my aunt had one in her car for my cousin. I guess those were for rich kids because all I had was a couple of Sears and Roebuck catalogs to sit on .... with no seat belts. As a child of the 50's and 60's, I would love the see a video full with just photos of baby things like car seats, cribs, strollers, high chairs, walkers, etc. from that era. It would be kind of cool to see these things again. Also it would go along way into proving why most of us are as tough as we are!!
My younger sisters had a car seat similar to the one shown. These were not made for safety. They were for children to be able to see out of the window. But they were very dangerous. There was no headrest and the seat was not secured at all. They must have been some of the first car seats, and like the cars they were put in, little thought was given to the safety of the people that occupied them.
A time of building, not of destroying, and OMG, rows of cars each different and each identifiable. No the cookie cutter world of today. I miss it an awful lot.
Let's not forget, not long prior to this "Belle Époque" was a major depression, followed by a devastating world war that stimulated the economy (and there was still the Korean War). There were good times here, but at such a high price!
I totally agree, there was a huge price that was paid, but consider the alternative, Hitler could have realised his 1000 year Reich, communism could be the only thing we have ever known, WWIII could have happened already, but these scenarios have not happened, and all because of the greatest generation to ever walk this earth, and that was a huge price and sacrifice that they, mostly, were willing to, and did, pay for the limited freedom we have today. Without WWII the Great Depression, which affected the whole world, could have dragged on for years more than it did, and the good ole USA could be just another country, the United Kingdom could still be a world power and the huge advances that came about due to war might never have been realised, we owe such a huge debt to the greatest generation, Lest We Forget.
@@allandavis8201 My dad was a Pearl Harbor survivor. In 1951, he was in Korea. Panmunjom, I think. He was a crypto analyst. Received a battlefield commission in Korea. Was killed by a drunk driver in 1983. I’m older now than he was. It doesn’t seem right…..
What i see from these photos and also lived through was ladies in dresses. When was the last time, besides on screen, have you seen a lovely lady in a dress. Miss those times.
You saw that hurricane comment too. Looks like a good foot of snow, but not as good as Jan 1st of '78. 20 below out working the power lines that snapped off
This was my era too. Everyone looked like an individual not a blonde skinny cookie cutter. We had beautiful clothes shoes hair. We would dress up to go out. The best years of my life I wish I could go back too. Oh, can't forget the music. I'm from Lima, O
Since I didn't see anyone else point it out, 4:42 "Teens enjoying milkshakes and burgers" is a scene from the TV show, Riverdale (2017). The two sitting there are actors, Lili Reinhart and KJ Apa.
Friday November 22Nd 1963. That is when it all ended. Lyndon Johnson assumes the Office of the President and ends up ruining what was once a first rate, first class, first World super power. And we are still seeing it today. Now on a happier not. Does anyone remember any of the GREAT old TV Shows from these wonderful times? God Bless.
You mean like "Father Knows Best" and "Ozzie and Harriet"? Rather idyllic stuff that overlooked a lot of things. Don't forget, there were also juvenile delinquent movies during the 1950s, and John Howard Griffin's "Black Like Me" was written in 1958.
@@wdd3141. OK. Father knows best and Ozzie and Harriet. Well we have the shows everyone still remembers. I love Lucy, Superman, Highway Patrol, Bonanza, Gunsmoke, The Twilight Zone, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Leave it to Beaver, Dragnet ( 1950'S Episodes ) The Lone Ranger. And many more. Now how about the shows we don't hear of any longer. Police Station, Calling all Cars, Have Gun will travel, Naked City, Captain Video, The Sisco Kid, Sky King, Lassie, London The Littlest Hobo, Suspense Theater, The Donna Reed Show, The Danny Thomas Show, The Dinah Shore Show, The Debby Drake Show ( Excercise Show ), Court of Last Resort, Lock Up, The secret door, Outcasts of the City, The real McCoy's, C.P. 49 ( British ), Rescue 58, Chopper 4, Burke's Law, The Betty White Show, Steve Alan's laughback ( And I guarantee he had us all rolling ), The Joey Bishop Show, The Steve Alan, The Jack Parr Show, The Buella Show, Amos and Andy, One Mans Family, Moma, Mr. Peepers, I got a secret, National Velvet, The Californians, The Alaskans, 77 Sunset Strip, The Untouchables, The Westerner, One step beyond, The World beyond, Science fiction theater, The Ann Southern show, The Deena Clark show, The Betty Hutton show, The Alan Young show, The Bob Hope show, The Bob Hope Chrysler theater, Wagon Train, Walt Disney presents the wonderful World of color, The Mickey Mouse Club ( Annette Funicello, Questi Bedda Americana Siciliana Signura, oh Mama Mia ). And so many more. And I almost forgot. Stage Coach West. Well there are plenty more and thank you for the reply. God Bless.
@@wdd3141. Well here are some more oldies that should be in a Museum. Now first of all the Andy Griffith show, Gomer Pyle USMC are still widely remembered to this day. Now for the ones that should be in a Museum. The Loretta Young show, The Gary Moore show, The Dennis O'keefe show, Bowling for dollars, He said She said, The Honeymooners, Love that Jill, I married Joan, Tightrope, Assignment Everglades, Johnny Staccato, River Boat, Tugboat Annie, Fibber McGee and Molly, Pete and Gladys, Bourbon Street Beat, Peter Gunn, Bronco, Hawaiian Eye, The Robert Young show, Rawhide and Bronco. And many others. Thank you and God Bless.
@@davidfrehlini968 We got some of those shows in Australia but I loved star Trek time tunnel land of the giants voyage to the bottom of the sea and others I have forgotten lol.
No. Shooting Kennedy, the lies about Viet Nam. The GQP, liars like Nixon and his crew. Then came the biggest liars of them all - the t-rump administration. Ruined the country. And now the "Stolen Election" and other wild conspiracies along with a politicized SCOTUS. We are doomed. The re-puke-licans ruined the USA.
I always enjoy these photo trips back to the “good old days.” But some things were worse (e.g., segregation, dental visits) and some eerily prescient (e.g., “Keep Florida Green” car plate motto). One of the “typical” teenagers is a shot from a modern day TV series based on Archie comic books. And who was that great independent gal smoking a cigar, drinking from the bottle (she had a glass) and her leather briefcase by her side? Best photo in the bunch!
Modern medical care and infant mortality rates debunks anyone who claims that the good old days were in fact good. I don't think losing child after child to diarrhea, cold viruses or even basic infections from injury are worth celebrating.
I’m not sure that segregation was a bad thing. Both the whites and blacks in these photos look so much better than today. Look at the wide-scale crime and violence in America’s large cities that are now integrated. Chicago, Baltimore and Philadelphia used to be beautiful. I wouldn’t set foot in any of them today, due to the criminality of the current inhabitants.
The 63 Corvette and Mustang are the two best looking American cars ever made. Today cars look like six year olds designed them. All the same, all totally bland, all nearly exactly the same. Even the new colors are depressing.
This was the golden age even thought other eras are cool this is always what america arleast in the end was about but sadly this was around 40-50 years before my time
I'm 75 & she was voted the "most beautiful women in the world", twice 1962-1963 & they were forced to drop the contest, because no one could 'dethrone' her!
@@kolbpilot #1 largest economy in the world. #1 in technology. #1 military. I am sorry that you hate America. If you are living here then I suggest you leave and go live somewhere else. Putin's looking for soldiers to replace all those young men who fled the country to avoid consciption. Why don't you pull a Lee Harvey Oswald, defect to Russia and join the fight ?
The one outstanding thing I didn’t like from the 50-60s was the spectacle design, they were just hideous, not very flattering at all. Can you imagine the reception the “Cadillac Cowgirls” would have received because of the way they were (almost) dressed even 10+ years before this photograph was taken, I doubt that it would have been at all complimentary, but the world had been changed irrecoverably in the preceding decades, attitudes were never going to be the same again, I’m glad to say. That’s one great way to go ice fishing 🎣.
@@hughstephenson2957 no, it’s a planned take down and we are living through the final phases of it. The New World Order, where you will either be killed off or made into a slave.
Well a key part of this is the fact that the food supply back in the 50's and 60's available to the average person was drastically different. In the past 50 years, the food supply available to the average person has been significantly compromised. Proof of this is the fact that much of the food consumed in America today would not be consumed in Europe or Canada.
"Is this the America that got lost?" Well, seeing as leaded gasoline was still widely in use and black people still had virtually no rights, it's probably a good thing that version of America got lost, isn't it?
I had a similar thought. It sure was great to be a middle class white person back then. Rural poor, white or black, anyone of color in general did not have it so swell. My mom, born 1932, in far southern rural Illinois, did not live in a house with running water until she went to nursing school at age 18. That would be 1950.
Well, there's a poster above who tells us that black people had it better during segregation. Because only white people know what's best for black people, I guess
Does anyone notice how healthy wholesome and happy the people looked." Times are always a bit tough in different ways but a less complicated life in many ways".
Your right. I didn't see any fat people 🤔
@@stuart207 Sugared corn starch changed it all
"Does anyone notice how healthy wholesome and happy the people looked." YES!
@@steveluth3139 Exactly! I cut out sugar and refined carbs and lost a ton of weight!! Now everything has sugar in it.
Yes, life in America was peaceful and wholesome before diversity.
every time I feel blue I look at images of the 1950s & makes me feel better :)
I grew up in the fifties and sixties, so my memories are that of a kid. I would love to time travel back to those years for a vacation as an adult to view how my parents saw things then and get a different perspective of those years.
I grew up in the Sixties I still remember vividly a lot of things.
The period could be construed as a lull in a history of constant conflict.
@@wdd3141 And a period of opportunity for the working middle class before outsourcing manufacturing, jobs at home being done by illegals, technology replacing humans in what used to be customer service, and the middle class disappearing into upper poverty. It was a time of hope and optimism for our country after the war. All gone now, sad!
I was a product of the 60-70s and I had an idyllic childhood, yes we weren’t rich, we didn’t have the latest “must have fashion statement” and we certainly didn’t have a care in the world, long hot summers spent outdoors, fishing, camping, being allowed to stay out until it got dark, not a care at all, and if I could go back and do it all over again I would not change a thing, my memories could be seen as through “rose tinted spectacles” but I know that they are NOT, times were hard, but they were still great.
@@allandavis8201 treasure your happiness and remember it fondly. As a matter of perspective I grew up in the 70's in a poor, single parent family without overly abundant anything and I feel exactly the same way as you about my childhood 😉
the very first picture awesome 63 Vette. Only year with the split window. Great pictures. I was pretty young in the 60's. I LOVE all the vintage cars.
Also the 53 vette later.
@@erbewayne6868 The 1953 Vette was only a convertible so no split rear window and it was earlier, not later.
Photos bring back memories.
The best two decades this country has ever seen. Gone forever ! Sad.
I'm 75 & lived through both decades! The 1950's were pretty great, but the 1960's
was a decade of great change & a lot or turmoil! I will admit that you didn't
know what was going to happen next, from day to day! Pretty exciting!
I was only born in 1971, but it sure seems the period after WWII to about 1970 would have been just about the finest time to have lived through as an American.
@@Schneids71 yeah if you are white skin-color! from what I`ve seen 80s were better!
Why is It sad
@@Earth11111
If you have to ask, you probably wouldn’t understand the explanation.
No tattoos, no overweight people, no PC crap. Just people who spend their lives in the outdoors reading, learning, travelling, and talking to others.
Ditto
A key part of this was the fact that food was truly food with significant nutritional value. The food supply available to the average person has changed significantly during the past 50 years. People who are under 50 have generally been exposed to food like substances that have little or no nutritional value their entire lives.
I watched several of these videos. The music always seems so perfect!
I was a baby back then and this was the time period of my parents. Frankly it looks like the good times are a thing of the past not only in the USA but in most places like me in Europe. I don't know why but it seems people were of a different breed - not many people being obese to start with - and it looks like life was much more enjoyable, people looking more optimistic and perceived more as individuals. If I could choose I would opt for the lifespan of my parents (1930 - 2010).
Me too, by the way the lifespan of my parents is the same as yours.
Back in the 60s there was plenty of good paying jobs going around where the man of the house only needed to work and enjoy a home cooked healthy meal everyday with money at the end of the week to spend on the family and where you can see a doctor w/or with out health insurance no questions asked.
@@victorsuarez3546
That’s a long-ass sentence, broheim.
@@dr.OgataSerizawa
They used more punctuation back then. It was such a happier time
Great pic of the ship hotel on the Somerset/Bedford county line in Pennsylvania along US rt.30. It was destroyed in a fire several years ago.
I remember this great period well. You would have loved it!
What if I was black ? Would I have loved segregation ? Using the "Colored Only" entrance ? Redlined out of neighborhoods by racist corporate America ? Attending sub-par "Blacks Only" schools ? Is that what I would've loved ?
I love these. Just one thing though. The picture of the "teens" having a burger and milkshake appear to be a promo pic of the actors that play Archie and Veronica on the show Riverdale from the CW network. Not a picture from the 50 or 60's, but a current one.
Noticed the station wagon in the window late 60’s early 70’s?
Betty & Archie on Riverdale
A simple Google image search would have proven that this is NOT a photo of those actors.
I loved the way people dressed back then people cared about their appearance. No one is walking around with every inch of their body pierced
great pix, great audio
USS Breckenridge 176! I sail on her across the Pacific from Japan - Pearl Harbor - San Francisco in 1964 as a child! WOW!!
I loved it. Nostalgic
4:42 that's from the show Riverdale lol, that's Archie and Betty at pop's diner, which was intentionally designed to look like a 50's to 60's diner.
Yeah wtf 😂
No, it isn’t. Do a google search.
what an era ✨
4:42 ah a nice relaxing Andrew Garfield, I hope his burger was good
You left me wanting more. Great photos
I bet you're not black
When the world looked forward to a brighter future.
And was scared to death of nuclear war.
😓😓😞
And what a disappointment its been. We as women can learn alot from the ladies of the past.
@@skydiverclassc2031 No, not really. More nuclear weapons exist today and more countries have them. Are you scared to death of nuclear war?
That my friend is called a nutshell summation
we cant comprehend what weve lost because its huge. weve lost the ability to enjoy life, especially with covid 19.
No, because you believe covid 19 actually is an epidemic despite all evidence that proves it isn’t and never was.
Life is what you make it.
@@dr.OgataSerizawa
Exactly. It's kind of sad all these people thinking their life somehow peaked in the 1960's.
They're really the ones who've missed out on life.
I remember the car seat in this video very well, my aunt had one in her car for my cousin. I guess those were for rich kids because all I had was a couple of Sears and Roebuck catalogs to sit on .... with no seat belts.
As a child of the 50's and 60's, I would love the see a video full with just photos of baby things like car seats, cribs, strollers, high chairs, walkers, etc. from that era. It would be kind of cool to see these things again. Also it would go along way into proving why most of us are as tough as we are!!
My younger sisters had a car seat similar to the one shown. These were not made for safety. They were for children to be able to see out of the window. But they were very dangerous. There was no headrest and the seat was not secured at all. They must have been some of the first car seats, and like the cars they were put in, little thought was given to the safety of the people that occupied them.
A strong arm and quick reflexes protected the child from hitting the dash.
@Amy
I sat on a ‘Monkey Wards’ catalogue.
A time of building, not of destroying, and OMG, rows of cars each different and each identifiable. No the cookie cutter world of today. I miss it an awful lot.
I love the music as much as the video ❤
Music: 'Whales Of The North' by Vadim Krakhmal
It’s magnificent isn’t it?
Please could someone tell me what the music is, it is powerful......
Music: 'Whales Of The North' by Vadim Krakhmal
4:34 Firetruck was NEW when the pic was taken. LOL
Let's not forget, not long prior to this "Belle Époque" was a major depression, followed by a devastating world war that stimulated the economy (and there was still the Korean War). There were good times here, but at such a high price!
I totally agree, there was a huge price that was paid, but consider the alternative, Hitler could have realised his 1000 year Reich, communism could be the only thing we have ever known, WWIII could have happened already, but these scenarios have not happened, and all because of the greatest generation to ever walk this earth, and that was a huge price and sacrifice that they, mostly, were willing to, and did, pay for the limited freedom we have today. Without WWII the Great Depression, which affected the whole world, could have dragged on for years more than it did, and the good ole USA could be just another country, the United Kingdom could still be a world power and the huge advances that came about due to war might never have been realised, we owe such a huge debt to the greatest generation, Lest We Forget.
Never met anyone who longs for 'Duck & Cover"
@@allandavis8201
My dad was a Pearl Harbor survivor. In 1951, he was in Korea. Panmunjom, I think. He was a crypto analyst. Received a battlefield commission in Korea. Was killed by a drunk driver in 1983. I’m older now than he was. It doesn’t seem right…..
@@allandavis8201 What a beautiful statement. Not the country mess we have today
@@dr.OgataSerizawa : Sorry for your loss. Yes, "it doesn't seem right"
the world was a totally different place than what it is today. So peaceful.
You must not have read much about the 60s..... Lot's of unrest: civil rights movement, vietnam war.......
@@him8012 Prior to the 60s. 30, 40 and 50s were very good. Things went bad in the 60s
My favorite was A Boy and a Duck.
What i see from these photos and also lived through was ladies in dresses. When was the last time, besides on screen, have you seen a lovely lady in a dress. Miss those times.
Cadillac Corvette cowgirls, a lesser known sports model..
5:26. There was a huge blizzard in Xenia in 1950, no hurricane. Hurricanes in Ohio are as rare as hen's teeth.
You saw that hurricane comment too. Looks like a good foot of snow, but not as good as Jan 1st of '78. 20 below out working the power lines that snapped off
This was my era too. Everyone looked like an individual not a blonde skinny cookie cutter.
We had beautiful clothes shoes hair. We would dress up to go out.
The best years of my life I wish I could go back too.
Oh, can't forget the music. I'm from Lima, O
@@judybrown6666
If you go back, take me with you!💋
Back in the '50s even the weather was all white.
That's what made it all better back then.
After the hurricane? I think you mean blizzard...
Since I didn't see anyone else point it out, 4:42 "Teens enjoying milkshakes and burgers" is a scene from the TV show, Riverdale (2017). The two sitting there are actors, Lili Reinhart and KJ Apa.
Good GOD!!.. This SEEMS like a different Earth & SURELY a different Time... Was born in 1952... As the Phrase goes: "Those Were The Days"!!
Not if you were black
4:43 hahaha lol that’s from riverdale
4:42 from the show called Riverdale is not from the 50s 60s
Caddilac cowgirls should be more correctly called Corvette Cowgirls.
Could look at these photos for hours on end, the world would have been an easier time to be alive, 👍
Not for black people.
Friday November 22Nd 1963. That is when it all ended. Lyndon Johnson assumes the Office of the President and ends up ruining what was once a first rate, first class, first World super power. And we are still seeing it today. Now on a happier not. Does anyone remember any of the GREAT old TV Shows from these wonderful times? God Bless.
You mean like "Father Knows Best" and "Ozzie and Harriet"? Rather idyllic stuff that overlooked a lot of things. Don't forget, there were also juvenile delinquent movies during the 1950s, and John Howard Griffin's "Black Like Me" was written in 1958.
@@wdd3141. OK. Father knows best and Ozzie and Harriet. Well we have the shows everyone still remembers. I love Lucy, Superman, Highway Patrol, Bonanza, Gunsmoke, The Twilight Zone, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Leave it to Beaver, Dragnet ( 1950'S Episodes ) The Lone Ranger. And many more. Now how about the shows we don't hear of any longer. Police Station, Calling all Cars, Have Gun will travel, Naked City, Captain Video, The Sisco Kid, Sky King, Lassie, London The Littlest Hobo, Suspense Theater, The Donna Reed Show, The Danny Thomas Show, The Dinah Shore Show, The Debby Drake Show ( Excercise Show ), Court of Last Resort, Lock Up, The secret door, Outcasts of the City, The real McCoy's, C.P. 49 ( British ), Rescue 58, Chopper 4, Burke's Law, The Betty White Show, Steve Alan's laughback ( And I guarantee he had us all rolling ), The Joey Bishop Show, The Steve Alan, The Jack Parr Show, The Buella Show, Amos and Andy, One Mans Family, Moma, Mr. Peepers, I got a secret, National Velvet, The Californians, The Alaskans, 77 Sunset Strip, The Untouchables, The Westerner, One step beyond, The World beyond, Science fiction theater, The Ann Southern show, The Deena Clark show, The Betty Hutton show, The Alan Young show, The Bob Hope show, The Bob Hope Chrysler theater, Wagon Train, Walt Disney presents the wonderful World of color, The Mickey Mouse Club ( Annette Funicello, Questi Bedda Americana Siciliana Signura, oh Mama Mia ). And so many more. And I almost forgot. Stage Coach West. Well there are plenty more and thank you for the reply. God Bless.
@@wdd3141. Well here are some more oldies that should be in a Museum. Now first of all the Andy Griffith show, Gomer Pyle USMC are still widely remembered to this day. Now for the ones that should be in a Museum. The Loretta Young show, The Gary Moore show, The Dennis O'keefe show, Bowling for dollars, He said She said, The Honeymooners, Love that Jill, I married Joan, Tightrope, Assignment Everglades, Johnny Staccato, River Boat, Tugboat Annie, Fibber McGee and Molly, Pete and Gladys, Bourbon Street Beat, Peter Gunn, Bronco, Hawaiian Eye, The Robert Young show, Rawhide and Bronco. And many others. Thank you and God Bless.
@@davidfrehlini968 We got some of those shows in Australia but I loved star Trek time tunnel land of the giants voyage to the bottom of the sea and others I have forgotten lol.
@@michaelellams9105
One Step Beyond. Outer Limits. Twilight Zone.
We were the envy of the world. Where did it all go wrong ? Probably with Teddy Kennedy and Jacob Javits.
No. Shooting Kennedy, the lies about Viet Nam. The GQP, liars like Nixon and his crew. Then came the biggest liars of them all - the t-rump administration. Ruined the country. And now the "Stolen Election" and other wild conspiracies along with a politicized SCOTUS. We are doomed. The re-puke-licans ruined the USA.
Probably when we got rid of all those "Colored Only" entrances.
Or maybe it was Watergate
Johnson, Kennedy, Javits, and others. Some are even worse today!!
I always enjoy these photo trips back to the “good old days.” But some things were worse (e.g., segregation, dental visits) and some eerily prescient (e.g., “Keep Florida Green” car plate motto). One of the “typical” teenagers is a shot from a modern day TV series based on Archie comic books. And who was that great independent gal smoking a cigar, drinking from the bottle (she had a glass) and her leather briefcase by her side? Best photo in the bunch!
Modern medical care and infant mortality rates debunks anyone who claims that the good old days were in fact good. I don't think losing child after child to diarrhea, cold viruses or even basic infections from injury are worth celebrating.
Dental visits were fine. Even the shots had numbing before administered. My dental work done in that era is still good today.
I’m not sure that segregation was a bad thing. Both the whites and blacks in these photos look so much better than today. Look at the wide-scale crime and violence in America’s large cities that are now integrated. Chicago, Baltimore and Philadelphia used to be beautiful. I wouldn’t set foot in any of them today, due to the criminality of the current inhabitants.
@ 10;18 that is 53 Corvette not a Caddy....
Not Glen Cove, Bayville Beach, not Cadillac Girls, they're sitting on a Corvette, and a few more whoopsie's
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️👍🏼🇺🇸
2:51 On the left of the man is the price of a gallon of gasoline: 26 cents!
Someone screwed up big time concerning a snow scene and the title "Xenia, Ohio after the hurricane 1950." LOL!
My error. at 6:32 the slide was scanned backwards. I cannot correct it without losing its place in my line up.
The Christmas Sears was in Bakersfield.
I thought that looked familiar. I grew up in Bako, '67-'76 or so, and spent a few hours down at Valley Plaza.
Thought the same thing, first thing I thought was thats Betty from Riverdale, but thats ok, still a trip down nostalgic lane
Teens with milkshakes had a 70s car in front
It is a still photo from the TV show Riverdale. Recently in production.
Vivions nous mieux à cette époque sans internet…..🤔
The 63 Corvette and Mustang are the two best looking American cars ever made. Today cars look like six year olds designed them. All the same, all totally bland, all nearly exactly the same. Even the new colors are depressing.
7:30 That is Fremont Street, not the Las Vegas Strip.
The Streets of San Francisco - without urine puddles and piles of feces? How can that be?
Generations to come will look back at pre 1980 America and ask themselves wtf happened?
These comments are incredibly, made my day!!
As a 17 yr old I wish that I was born during such a prosperous time not the degenerate millennials and gen z like today
Great pictures but the music isn't so good
Almost all photos before November 22 1963....
What is a Technical Ceentree?
I was curious about that myself. Guess we’ll never know…
This was the golden age even thought other eras are cool this is always what america arleast in the end was about but sadly this was around 40-50 years before my time
Except for the segregated parts
@@catkittycatkity6482
No, they were doing better than America today too.
Far better education and lower crime than today.
@@westonmeyer3110
Only white people know what's best for black people, huh ?
4:45 ... is that Riverdale?
Yes indeed
Elizabeth Taylor was a stunner back in the day.
I'm 75 & she was voted the "most beautiful women in the world", twice 1962-1963
& they were forced to drop the contest, because no one could 'dethrone' her!
You mean “Fremont Street” not “The Strip” in Las Vegas.
what is the music?
Music: 'Whales Of The North' by Vadim Krakhmal
1963. CORVETTE SPLIT WINDOW. ! ! !
The very first picture said it all about America back then. The sky was the limit with us leading the way. What happened ?
You realize we're still the greatest country on Earth, right ?
@@TheMrSuge : Ya think so ? Name some examples ?
@@kolbpilot #1 largest economy in the world. #1 in technology. #1 military.
I am sorry that you hate America. If you are living here then I suggest you leave and go live somewhere else.
Putin's looking for soldiers to replace all those young men who fled the country to avoid consciption. Why don't you pull a Lee Harvey Oswald, defect to Russia and join the fight ?
@@TheMrSuge : Then why is the vast majority 'Merica's citizens doing so poorly ? Why ain't we all in high cotton ?
@@TheMrSuge : That does not encourage me to not to want it to be better!!
the pic claiming to be the las Vegas stripe is actually Fremont St down town Vegas and not 1953 eithjer
Hurricane????? Snowstorm @ 5;23
Cadillac cowgirl is wrong. That's a 54 Chevrolet Corvette.
Those were happy times. Why the depressing music?
Hmm. Something is fishy @ 4:46. Look thru the window and you can see a Mercury Station Wagon from the 80's.
Yeah, because this is a scene from "Riverdale"--circa 2018, not any slice of Americana.
The one outstanding thing I didn’t like from the 50-60s was the spectacle design, they were just hideous, not very flattering at all. Can you imagine the reception the “Cadillac Cowgirls” would have received because of the way they were (almost) dressed even 10+ years before this photograph was taken, I doubt that it would have been at all complimentary, but the world had been changed irrecoverably in the preceding decades, attitudes were never going to be the same again, I’m glad to say. That’s one great way to go ice fishing 🎣.
The Corvette was great!
4.42 Riverdale 2017😁
@ 5:25 Hurricane?!?!?!
This is my time! Return it to me !
About the 1950 rockaway beach photo I can't determine if the young lady was double jointed and those were her legs over her shoulders
She was buried up to her waist. Then someone was behind her, laying flat on their back with their legs dangling over her shoulders.
@@dr.OgataSerizawa I thought that was a good possibility ✌
The picture of Elizabeth Taylor did it for me. What a goddess!
3:41 Soak it up fast, girls. Soon enough you'll be at 3:51.
Nice music but seems better for a movie thriller than this video.
Had to mute that music omg.
I bet it wasn't a happier time for those folks who were shown using the "Coloreds Only" entrance.
Yes it was, because that mother knew her little girl would make it home that day without being shot!!
Yes it was. Blacks knew their place then.
What happened? Where did it go?
It's called technology and entitlement that started in the 70s..
@@hughstephenson2957 no, it’s a planned take down and we are living through the final phases of it. The New World Order, where you will either be killed off or made into a slave.
Long-term Marxist plan
@@matthewmiller9526 qanon?
Where the future started
And ended
@@westonmeyer3110
If you’re not enjoying the ride…….get off.
You don’t see obese people or even fat people. What happened?
Well a key part of this is the fact that the food supply back in the 50's and 60's available to the average person was drastically different. In the past 50 years, the food supply available to the average person has been significantly compromised. Proof of this is the fact that much of the food consumed in America today would not be consumed in Europe or Canada.
DANGER men drinking
Please refrain from using the Lord’s name in vain on the photo caption. Very unnecessary and wrong. Thank you.
Almost all them are dead now.
Your point being??
I prefer it when men try to look like women and women try to look like men, I prefer purple hair and ear gauges…
Horrible music I have to move on to another channel
"Is this the America that got lost?" Well, seeing as leaded gasoline was still widely in use and black people still had virtually no rights, it's probably a good thing that version of America got lost, isn't it?
Nope.
I had a similar thought. It sure was great to be a middle class white person back then. Rural poor, white or black, anyone of color in general did not have it so swell. My mom, born 1932, in far southern rural Illinois, did not live in a house with running water until she went to nursing school at age 18. That would be 1950.
Well, there's a poster above who tells us that black people had it better during segregation.
Because only white people know what's best for black people, I guess
Well they had a right to live without getting shot up every weekend in Chicago, Atlanta, DC, Baltimore, Michigan,etc