Barry
I suggest you check out the famous Cushman photo archives maintained online by Indiana University. This is a huge collection of color slides from the 1930s to around 1970 or so. This guy shot the ordinary stuff and I think you'll find it interesting. It takes some looking around to find stuff
http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/cushman/index.jsp
Another source of course is old Life and Look magazines from the era.
Dave Nelson
Hi Kenneth
Can you point me to the websites you go to for your photos? There are many sites that are dedicated to and have photos of particular railroads, but I want photos of America 1950's. I am looking for photos of streets, sidewalks, gas stations, shops, restaurants, apartments, diners, markets, billboards, buildings, etc, etc. I'm looking for cityscapes and details scenes I can build.
Thanks in advance!