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Image credits

• The Suburban Dream – Schwerkolt Cottage Museum Exhibition
  Green bathers with elastic ruching from the 1950s
  Image courtesy Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
• May I present, Ladies and Gentlemen… – 1950s Debutante Photographic Display
  Debutantes and Partners 1954
  City of Nunawading, 9th Mayorall Ball
  Image courtesy Box Hill Historical Society Inc.
• Being a Kid in the 1950s
  Backyard Fun
  Image courtesy Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
• Conquering Trove – Researching your family history through newspapers
  The Melbourne Argus 1848
  Image courtesy National Library of Australia.
• 1950s Shopping in Box Hill
  Whitehorse Road Box Hill n.d
  Image courtesy Box Hill Historical Society Inc.
• Suburban Modern: Housing in Box Hill and Nunawading in the 1950s
  ‘House of Tomorrow’, at the Modern Homes Exhibition, October 1949, Melbourne Exhibition Building
  Designed by Robin Boyd, Photograph by Wolfgang Seivers
  Image courtesy State Library of Victoria
• School yard fun in the 1950s
  Grade 1 C 1954, Blackburn Primary School 
  Image courtesy Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
• From Blossoms to Brick Veneers – Box Hill Historical Society Walk
  Looking north, Cameron Road and Kerrimuir Street, Box Hill North 1950s
  Image courtesy Box Hill Historical Society Inc.
• The Famous and the Unusual! - Box Hill Cemetery Tour
  Sydney Myer Memorial Box Hill Cemetery n.d
  Image courtesy Box Hill Historical Society Inc.
• Circa 1950s Fashion, a Nicole Jenkins presentation
  1950s American-style prom dress (nylon tulle and acetate taffeta). 
  Photograph by Tira Lewis