These 12 Photos of Utah in the 1950s are Mesmerizing
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Catherine Armstrong
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People say that things were simpler in the 1950s. I’m not sure that is always true (I prefer modern medicine). Regardless, Utah in the 1950s was definitely different…and absolutely interesting.
Don Hale founded Hires Big H in Salt Lake City in 1959.
The population of Brigham City expanded rapidly during the 1950s, thanks to Thiokol Chemical Corporation, which was built there in 1957.
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Female BYU students painting the "Y." They formed a line to pass along buckets of whitewash.
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The guys had the job of slinging the whitewash.
Owner Don Carlos Edwards opened his second store in Salt Lake City in 1950 and named it Arctic Circle. It’s where fry sauce was born!
The Christenson family gathered together in July, 1950.
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Back when the open pit mine was a little bit smaller than it is now.
This one burned down in the 1970s, after sitting abandoned for awhile.
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Nyla Proctor, posing in front of the Welcome to Utah sign.
Grant Proctor, posing in front of the Welcome to Utah sign.
Even airmen need a break sometimes.
The Yellow Cat uranium mine was located near Moab. It opened in the 1940s and closed down in the 1960s.
Do you have any Utah photos from the 1950s to share?
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