# 50's stuff -- nostalgia

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50s-stuff-nostalgia/694869>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 5, 2014, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50s-stuff-nostalgia/694869 "2014-08-05T15:06:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2014, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50s-stuff-nostalgia/694869/1 "2014-08-05T15:06:02Z")

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Just got this in email and thought it might be fun here.

These instructions came with it

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> Move your mouse over each photo and the caption will appear. At the end of the first set click on the next number and more photos will appear.

[![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/7353/16440880081_09862e1a84.jpg "Railroad Jack") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/blast_of_the_past/)

If you have other such goodies to share, post a lionk to it/them here.

Enjoy!

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**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2014, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50s-stuff-nostalgia/694869/2 "2014-08-05T15:39:53Z")

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[Oh, we’re having another 50’s nostalgia thread eh?](http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/assets/Image/Nieman%20Reports/Images%20by%20Issue/summer07/curtis_020robe.jpg)

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50s-stuff-nostalgia/694869/3 "2014-08-06T00:12:29Z")

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As luck would have it, [Top 10 Decade Defining Actors: 1950s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDNiJKiWqQM) just went up at YouTube.

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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50s-stuff-nostalgia/694869/4 "2014-08-13T18:08:38Z")

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[Arlington, Virginia, in the '50s (also images from the '20s to the '80s).](https://www.flickr.com/groups/old_arlington/pool/7362863@N03/)