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More 1950s Americana from the USC archives.

 Alpha Delta Pi planning party, 1951

  

 Annual Coronet Debutante Ball held in Crystal Room of Beverly Hills Hotel, 1951

  

 Anti-bomb test pickets, 1958

  

 Arcadia Peach Blossom Queen, 1951

  

 Atomic energy, 1951

[cause what goes more naturally with atomic energy 

than girls in swimsuits?...epic weirdness]

  

 Cabrillo Beach, Fourth of July, Queen and her court, 1958

  

 Baton contest, Rosemead High School, 1954

  

 Beach bonnet contest, Long Beach, 1953

  

 Bus strike can be fun, 1955

  

Becky Thatcher and Tom Sawyer (Huck Finn Days) going for boat ride in Echo Park, 1958