AA-2026-08EF4B
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A man in a white undershirt and dress slacks has arranged himself across a blue upholstered sofa with the boneless authority of a man who has decided the weekend belongs to him. Beside him, a shirtless teenage boy occupies his corner of the cushion with the same commitment to doing nothing. On the side table sits what appears to be a yellow cake box, the era's standard evidence that someone made an effort earlier and the effort is now over. The television set was somewhere off to the left — you can tell because both of them are looking in that direction with the same expression, which is no expression at all. This was the 1950s arrangement: the box had arrived in the living room, the furniture had been turned to face it, and the American male of every age had found his position and intended to hold it.
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Father and Son on the Sofa, 1950s. 1950–1959. Archive & Atlas, Historical Image Library, AA-2026-08EF4B. https://thearchive.archiveandatlas.com/library/father-and-son-on-the-sofa-1950s.
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title = {Father and Son on the Sofa, 1950s},
year = {1950–1959},
howpublished = {Archive \& Atlas, Historical Image Library},
note = {Accession AA-2026-08EF4B},
url = {https://thearchive.archiveandatlas.com/library/father-and-son-on-the-sofa-1950s}
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