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18 restored photographs

Photographs from the 1950s

18 restored photographs from the 1950s – aviation, cars & motorcycles, cities & skylines, panoramas, railroads & trains and more. Each one comes from America’s public archives and is available as printable black & white wall art.

Man walking on platform next to train in station, New York City, vintage black and white photograph
Man walking on platform next to train in station, New York City
1959 · Library of Congress
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Observatory at Miraflores Locks, vintage black and white photograph
Observatory at Miraflores Locks
1950 · U.S. National Archives
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Street Scenes, Panama City, vintage black and white photograph
Street Scenes, Panama City
1950 · U.S. National Archives
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1951 Quantico Marine Baseball Team, vintage black and white photograph
1951 Quantico Marine Baseball Team
1951 · U.S. National Archives
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Motorcycle Patrol, vintage black and white photograph
Motorcycle Patrol
1951 · U.S. National Archives
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Motorcycle Patrol, Police Department, Canton, Ohio, vintage black and white photograph
Motorcycle Patrol, Police Department, Canton, Ohio
1951 · U.S. National Archives
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Automobile graveyard on U.S. 1, vintage black and white photograph
Automobile graveyard on U.S. 1
1953 · U.S. National Archives
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Busy street in New York City, vintage black and white photograph
Busy street in New York City
1954 · Library of Congress
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Busy city street, vintage black and white photograph
Busy city street
1955 · Library of Congress
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Douglas Xa3D-1 #413 Airplane, vintage black and white photograph
Douglas Xa3D-1 #413 Airplane
1955 · NASA
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GRUMMAN F6F-3 #874 AIRPLANE on the NACA Ames flight line, vintage black and white photograph
GRUMMAN F6F-3 #874 AIRPLANE on the NACA Ames flight line
1955 · NASA
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New York City street view, vintage black and white photograph
New York City street view
1956 · Library of Congress
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F11F Airplane, vintage black and white photograph
F11F Airplane
1957 · NASA
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Bustling city street, vintage black and white photograph
Bustling city street
1958 · Library of Congress
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Ryan Deflected Slipstream VTOL/STOL in 40x80 Foot Wind Tunnel, vintage black and white photograph
Ryan Deflected Slipstream VTOL/STOL in 40x80 Foot Wind Tunnel
1958 · NASA
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North American Aviation F-100 in the Ames 40x80 Foot Wind Tunnel, vintage black and white photograph
North American Aviation F-100 in the Ames 40x80 Foot Wind Tunnel
1959 · NASA
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View of a city street from a bridge, vintage black and white photograph
View of a city street from a bridge
1959 · Library of Congress
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Woman and children seated on bench of train station concourse in Pennsylvania, vintage black and white photograph
Woman and children seated on bench of train station concourse in Pennsylvania
1959 · Library of Congress
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