The Snapshots in Time Collection

Woman in Coral Dress Beside a Sedan, Mid-1950s

Woman in Coral Dress Beside a Sedan, Mid-1950s

A young woman poses beside the family automobile in this mid-1950s color snapshot. Her cap-sleeved shirtwaist dress, cat-eye glasses, and the sedan's chrome styling are hallmarks of American fashion and design in the postwar decade. Project: 218590