Interior of the ’50s American Houses Through Amazing Kodachrome Slides 

I was born in 1940, so I still have vivid memories of the 1950's. It's interesting how each decade is so different from the one before and the one following.

I was born in 1953, I can see all my aunts and uncles in these pictures. Good times.

We grew up with less, but had so much more!!!

I grew up in the 60s &70s but my grandparents had alot of those pieces of furniture in the pictures..and another strange thing I noticed was alot of the people in the pictures look like some of my family members..I had many memories watching this video..😀😀

Obviously so many of these photos were family get-togethers at home, for holidays or just Sunday dinners, but the ladies are all dressed so nice in dresses and the men with white shirts, jackets and ties. I remember those days as a young boy, where did that all go?

I love this. My parents were teens in the 50s, it's like seeing a world they grew up in

I love the dresses! They're so classy, elegant, and tasteful.

They certainly weren’t afraid of dark colors on their walls. A few of those lamps I’d love to find at the thrift store!

Consumer goods were built to last and not break down so quickly. Thanks for the pictures. Happy times for me back then.

I had a 50s house it was tiny but very comfy! People had less, and two bedrooms and 1 bathroom and a tiny kitchen were perfect for an entire family of 5.

The thing that’s interesting, is that photos back then were for “ occasions.” Hence all the people being dressed up. It is not like today, where you can just whip out your phone and take a picture. I was a child during 50s. It was a wonderful decade. Thanks for the memories.

Moved to suburbs in 1952 at age of 12. These photos are truly representative of the era. Good show.

the designs and shapes catch my eye. But you will also notice that the room is not centered around the TV set. Chairs and couches are set for face to face interaction, and the organ isn't there collecting dust or holding pictures....people actually have the time/talent/interest to play. Good times & great memories.

I grew up in the 50's and didn't realize that we were poor but we were happy. Does anyone remember plastic curtains??? I had them in my bedroom.

I'm basically a child of the '60s, having been born at the end of 1959, but I love everything there is about the 50s!

It feels as though I’ve been in every room, seen every item of clothing and decor, and met all the people before. Good music too, IMO.

Wow, what an escape to a better time. Born in 1955, I never really experienced the 50s to their fullest, but after seeing these horrible times today, I am looking for a time tunnel. I actually have bags full of photos and yes, Kodachrome slides taken by my father. The backdrop is identical. And things that don't happen today, like families together at the dinner table

moments in time, never to be relived, only remembered. so strange to contemplate

Love! I love, love, love everything about these pictures. Thank you for these amazing bygone fashions, decor, and family photos!

Ahhh, yes. Those were HAPPY DAYS for me in the 1950’s. What a great time to be a kid. Knotty pine club basements, bright colors, optimism 👍🏻❤️

Makes you realize that our grandmas’ houses were like ours: a jumble of old and new and mismatched, and that all these sleek midcentury houses we pine for today are a Palm Springs rat-pack fantasy.

Boy would I love to get my hands on some of these items 😍 especially the lamps

Notice how much more simply everyone lived. Didn't have to have 3 cars, McMansions, and all the excess you see today, Including all the technology which is a mixed blessing. That is why people were able to live on one income back then.

Tiny 50’s homes... with large families! Today.... the BIGGER the house, the SMALLER the family!

Quite a bit of that brought back memories. The picture of the 2 little girls at 5:44 reminded me that I wore dresses like the one on the right when I was small. Some of them were hand-me-downs from my cousins but I loved them.

I love these picture and the music. It feels like I am in those times. The music is so relaxing.

I've bought a few houses where the interior looked exactly the same as it did in the 1950s.

This reminds me so much of my childhood!

First thought. "Mama don't take my Kodachrome away". Second thought, look at all the items in these homes that came from the Top Value Stamp store. I guess you had to be there to understand.

When there were cocktail parties and cocktail dresses!

You had to live it to fully appreciate these pictures. Nostalgic

Every new 50s house was supposed to have an Insinkerator and an incinerator. Don’t forget your Electrolux vacuum cleaner. Three TV channels and no internet.

This version of America had it going on, at least, all appears to be well in these pictures. But, times change, and this too, has practically gone by the wayside.

Good memories! I remember our kitchen was entirely in knotty pine, walls, table chairs!

Love all the lamps in these photos

at 2:06 everyone had those cabinets with encyclopedias in them. And 2:39 I bet those glasses were made from beer bottles, there was a gadget kit sold then to cut bottles and sand the edges. We had some!

The couch I am sitting on is the one my parents bought after their wedding in 1956. It's been reupholstered once but is still in great shape.

Very emotional for me to see these photos from the era of my Mom and Dad, born in 1960 I grew up seeing these kinds of images from my childhood, thank you for bringing these photos here.🙏

I remember this. We had conversations.

Fun to see and remember (born 1955). Those are the oddest collection of lamps I've ever seen!

Hey Friends , Did you all notice everything was in glass no plastic , pop ,milk , etc etc no plastic .

I wish I had some of that furniture and I love the big lamps.💗

I was a teen in the '50s and remember the era fondly. We had big family holiday dinners, too, and we dressed up for them, especially Easter, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. I have photos of us at those events in suits and ties and the girls in nice dresses. It is different today, but I won't say it's worse or better. I just hope the kids today grow up with warm memories of their holidays, birthdays, and other events.

Some amazing lamps.

OMG!!! Thank you for posting! My parents were in their teens & beginning 20’s this fabulous time era!!!

I remember all of it--from the ashtrays to the hard alcohol bottles to the boxy television sets and blonde furniture and gaudy table lamps. Less than 15 years earlier having those things seemed like an impossible dream. Yet, there it was.

Absolutely amazes me just how thin we were back then . Just goes to show you how processed foods and chemicals have ruined the human population. Now a days all we do is overeat and pay for it by our rapidly declining health. Cancer and disease are running rampant in this country and nothing is being done about it . I feel extremely fortunate to have grown up in the 60’s and 70’s . My mom was a stay at home mom . We ate 3 prepared meals a day and ate very little out of a box . Fast food was a once in a blue moon treat . As a child there was no better day than getting to go to 7-Eleven to get a slurpee in a collectible baseball cup . We watched tv at night as a family. Went to church on Sunday . I cherish those memories. Thank you for all the content that you upload . Because of videos like these I can escape this current world we live in and for a moment I can relive the greatest time in my life .

Loved all those crazy lamps

I was looking at some photos from the 1950's the other day. My grandmother had those curtains from Hell also. Seems horribly busy patterns that didn't match anything in the room were the order of the day, as was eye-blinding wall paper. Happy that fad went away.

If there’s one thing this video reminded me of about the late 50’s and early 60’s, it’s that everyone had the absolute UGLIEST LAMPS in their houses. And FWIW, my own parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles were absolutely NOT excluded from this observation! 🤣🤣🤣

Its all about the lamps. Great vid.

Boy these bring back memories!

wow! this is sooo nice. usually pic's from the 50's r black and white? i almost felt like i was ther... probably b'cuz there were no obnoxious captions superimposed over the photos like in most vids? that was a nice touch. tnx for sharing

Many homes had a bookcase, some with encyclopedias. Also wicker chairs and that Danish modern blonde colored furniture that was so popular then. The TV was perched on those wheeled metal grilled stands so they could be positioned about the room or out of the way whenever the occasion called. The gatherings called for semi-formal wear, not the casual clothing we have today.

Clothes class and colour. Today we are such slobs.

An average guy could make enough money to buy a house, car, get married have a family AND mom didn’t have to work outside the home if she didn’t want to. I remember my dad telling me that in the mid 60’s, when I was a toddler he made $700/mo. We lived in a 3 bedroom house with a yard. We had a ‘64 Buick LeSabre, affectionately dubbed The Fish in later years. My 3 older brothers went to private school and mom stayed home. All on $700/mo.

Your all missing the point. These are taken on Kodachrome for slide projectors which needs a special camera. You have to send your film away for a 4 part process like a movie film for each slide. Very expensive but true to life colors. Forget the lamps and dress but focus on the Kodachrome quality.

My parents went from teens to 20's during the '50's. They are 83 and 84 today. Mom is showing signs of memory loss and it's scary. Time is fascinating but it's also cruel, it scares me. But I'm getting a laugh from all the comments about the ugly lamps! No kidding! Just wait though, it never ceases to amaze me what comes back in style.

Lovely memories! I remember having to dress up for photos as a kid 😊 There are quite a few 'long faces ' pictured as well 🤣🤣

That's what they looked like. These were taken with slide film. Who remembers that? It was specifically for slides. You loaded the film spool into your Kodak camera, added the flash attachment and pushed a single bulb into it with each picture. Those bulbs were so hot after a shot the glass would bubble. Then you took your film to the local drugstore and picked it up a week later. Then the fun began. You loaded all those little square slides into your Kodak Carousel slide projector, dragged out the screen to show them on, turned off the lights and presto.....they would appear on the big screens of those times, about 6 foot. One by one the circular carousel would revolve until all were shown and half your guests had nodded off.

Amazing. I was born in 54. Such good memories

wonderful. thank you. :)

Wow! Nice pictures! It is amazing to see the difference in decorations (or the lack there of) and... seems people were a bit more slendor than they are today!

how little have things changed in the way of taste in interiors since then. Most of those chairs, tables, bookcases, and a good many lamps, can be found in today's American homes, if YT is any guide. So many modern-day Americans seem to love the furniture of their great-grandmothers.

I loved this video!!

The lamp in pic 3 with the ufo shade is to die for!

They certainly loved their lamp stands back then , some really novel designs.

Thank you for the video

Kodachrome. Gives us the nice bright colors.

0:50....man alive I have seen some vintage lamps but THAT one is amazing!!👍 And at 6:40 - those drapes are the BEST design - I would LOVE to have them. Wow.

Interesting table lamps.

Many a family photo was posed in front of the mocha colored fiberglass drapes that covered the picture widow in our living room.

I love the Lamps

Obviously, lamps were an important decorative accessory.

It’s interesting to see the San Diego Union Newspaper in one photo.

So many of these look like the house I grew up in, like all our family parties, like the people I loved who are gone now

I love the lady on the couch with a big Frisbee Hat.

Love those lamps

I have used a lot of kodachrome slide film. Lot of these pics it is obvious the photographer did not know a lot about photography. Still fun to look at.

The small chairs next to the tv were remote control operators seats, when dad said change you changed it to the station he chose, very few times were kids choices honored.

Born in 61 , this is how I want to see and meet my loved ones in the tomorrow .

Such good times. Clothing was made with quality then and people dressed so nicely. And food was real food, no crap until TV dinners were invented. Children respected adults. Old people had value. Men respected women and women respected men. Children weren’t rushed into adulthood. Schools could be trusted with children’s education. America was strong. A household only needed one breadwinner so children almost always had a parent at home children could safely play in their neighborhoods. Everyone watched out for the children and few were abused, unlike today. I miss those days. Much simpler times.

In the late 50s, dad brought home a huge tv cabinet with a 10 inch screen...used.

great music

Born in ‘48 I remember the 50’s pretty well but I don’t remember how ugly the lamps and drapes were. I guess it doesn’t matter when you’re happy to have your own home with Mom, Dad and sister in it.

Most of those table lamps would be the desire of any current "antique" shop these days.

We had so many family get togethers then. I don’t know where the crazy wall colors are coming from. I grew up in the 50s and 60s and I don’t remember anyone from the 50s who had such horrid wall colors. We didn’t. We had white.

What happened to the music you used to have on your previous site? The guitar song was extremely reflective and relaxing.

My dad used Kodachrome a lot. I favored ektachrome because I could develop it at home and without a darkroom.

Oh the era of large ugly lamps and exposed cords plugged into wall sockets! But otherwise everything is cool.

Lots of gold and avocado green.

Great pictures but we never had anything that nice.

Your definition of amazing and mine are very different

They sure had some wild lamps in those days.

Did anyone notice those crazy lamps in some of the pictures?. I want one, they’re awesome!.

2:30 it's all smiles and giggles, til she falls off and cracks her head open!

My mother had a pink refrigerator. When I married 1970 coppertone, harvest gold, avocado green were in colors. Life was simple & better quality bc of fewer distractions.

Anyone know what the background music is?

The lamps!

I want those curtains at 6:38.