Revenki's photos with the keyword: 1950s

Dunno why, but I liked the subtly odd composition of this shot.

I've never heard of Wrigley's supermarket or Federal's, but I still instantly recognized this as Frandor in East Lansing, Michigan's second shopping mall. The Michigan National Bank branch is just to the right of center, the sign on the nearest lightpost is for "Grinnell's Parking" (Grinnell's being another business I'd never heard of before), there appears to be a red sign for a Fanny Farmer store just to the left side of the bent-over shrub, and the red signage just visible over the roof of the central building appears to read (in reverse) "EAT HOMADE". More on Frandor of yesteryear at Lost Lansing. Apparently the place has been redeveloped/updated since the last time I saw it.

A C-124 Globemaster II , on display at the same open-house shown in the other slides.

Awwwww...

Dunno why, but I liked the subtly odd composition of this shot.

A pretty interesting house probably somewhere in northwest lower Michigan, circa 1955. Anyone recognize it? --> Thanks, zakkillroy!

A pretty interesting house probably somewhere in northwest lower Michigan, circa 1955. Anyone recognize it? --> Thanks, zakkillroy!

A pretty interesting house probably somewhere in northwest lower Michigan, circa 1955. Anyone recognize it? --> Thanks, zakkillroy!

A pretty interesting house probably somewhere in northwest lower Michigan, circa 1955. Anyone recognize it? --> Thanks, zakkillroy! (fixed orientation)

A military transport plane, from one of my uncle's slides from the 1950s. Note the family in civilian attire approaching the nose of the plane, and the jet engine on the yellow test rig in the background. The plane appears to be a Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar. The nose marking on the plane reads "6614 ATS", the number on the nosewheel door is "8048" (possibly identifying it as number 51-8048). This census site doesn't include a plane with "8048" as a number, so it's not one of the surviving copies apparently. If you look carefully, it appears that the plane has its tail doors open.

Note the stainless steel and copper appliances and fixtures - very trendy. I rented a house in college with nearly identical cabinets and a black linoleum countertop. (From one of my uncle's slides.)