A 1950s home tour
I don’t know why this older couple — my great-grandparents, in fact — had these photos taken of their home in the mid-fifties, but I’m glad they did. Take a look around their small house, a “junior five” in San Francisco (a home that has an entry stairway that starts at garage level and leads up to five rooms), from the upstairs bedroom to the garage.
The living room
Featuring a television set!
The kitchen & dining area
With yellow tile and red accents, wallpaper with cherries and strawberries, plus a white range
The bedroom
With a pink bedspread and a doll wearing cream satin. (The walls were solid color — the photograph has age spots.)
The washing machine
This laundry area — featuring a Kenmore washer — was apparently connected to the garage or was on the basement level.
The garage
The single-car garage features a Nash Metropolitan car in red and white, with a license registration year of 1956.
