What Diners Really Looked Like in The ’50s
The jukebox, the checkered floor and a flash of neon, we often romanticize the era, but the design choices were surprisingly practical, affordable, efficient, and really welcoming.
Let’s take a look how the clean lines and bright lights of the American diner became a symbol of community and comfort.
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A Local Diner
A small diner in New Canaan, Connecticut.
Image Credit: Arthur Rothstein/ Library of Congress
In A Diner
Truck driver in a diner. Clinton, Indiana.
Image Credit: John, Jr. Collier/ Library of Congress
4th St.Diner
Deserted diner near Syracuse, New York.
Image Credit: John Vachon/ Library of Congress
Coffee Time
Truck drivers having coffee at a diner along the U.S. Highway 40, Maryland.
Image Credit: Arthur Rothstein/ Library of Congress
Clinton, Indiana
Inside a diner in Clinton, Indiana.
Jukebox
Standing at a Jukebox in a diner, 1950.
Image Credit: Library of Congress
Day & Night Diner
Day & Night Diner with a neon sign, 456 North Main Street, Hampden County, MA.
Image Credit: Library of Congress
Day & Night Diner Interior
Interior view to Day & Night Dine, showing the main bar and the door.
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