The Tumultuous Fifties: A View from the New York Times
Saturday, January 26 - Sunday, April 7, 2002

Henry Griffin / Associated Press. Nixons Greeted in Ecuador, May 12, 1958. Courtesy AP/Wide World Photos.	Anonymous/Associated Press. American Held on Espionage Charge, July 10, 1950. Courtesy AP/ Wide World Photos.
Larry Morris/ The New York Times. Eisenhower Workers Learn How Bandwagon Runs, July 12, 1956. Courtesy The New York Times Photo Archives.	George Tames/ The New York Times. Klan Rally (Montgomery, Alabama), December 16, 1956. Courtesy The New York Times Photo Archives.

Visit the Albright-Knox to experience one of the most complex periods in American history. The 1950s are brought to life through 195 black-and-white vintage photographs selected from the New York Times Photo Archives. While challenging perceptions of the era, the exhibition was also an investigation of the dynamics that defined the field of photojournalism during the decade. Organized by Douglas Dreishpoon, Curator at the Albright-Knox, and Alan Trachtenberg, Neil Gray, Jr. Professor of English and American Studies, Yale University, the exhibition was a collaboration between the Gallery and the New York Times Picture Library. The exhibition premiered at the Albright-Knox before traveling to nine other venues throughout the United States, and was accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue with essays by Dreishpoon and Trachtenberg (Albright-Knox Art Gallery/ Yale University Press, 2001).

In cooperation with The New York Times Photo Archives and Times History Productions, a division of The New York Times. Made possible, in Buffalo, through the generous support of The ABC Companies, Inc., and the New York State Council on the Arts.

The Material Fifties

In conjunction with The Tumultuous Fifties: A View from the New York Times Photo Archive
Saturday, January 26 - Sunday, April 7, 2002

The Material Fifties was a special installation devoted to 1950s mass culture. Objects featured include original recordings of the era; a rare cherry-red 1952 Harley; a Coke machine; posters advertising cigarettes and fast cars; highway signs; first editions of Beat fiction and poetry; Wonder Woman, Mad, and Atomic War comic books; US government Cold War pamphlets; and pulp fiction. This installation provides a tangible complement to the black-and-white world represented in the photographs from the New York Times Photo Archives.

Organized and presented by Bruce Jackson, Distinguished Professor and Samuel P. Capen Professor of American Culture, SUNY Buffalo and the University Libraries, SUNY Buffalo.