When 'Throwaway Living' Was All the Rage

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Subscribe to more TIME newsletters Subscribe to more TIME newsletters Weekly Top 10   Peter Stackpole—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images ‘Throwaway Living’: When Tossing Out Everything Was All the Rage In the mid-1950s, the notion of using something once and then throwing it away wasn't seen as wasteful; it was considered the height of modern living. Behind the Picture: ‘The American Way’ and the Flood of ’37 Sudden Death in Vietnam: ‘One Ride With Yankee Papa 13’ The Girl Who Lived: Portrait of a Birmingham Church Bombing Survivor, 1963 The Photo That Changed the Face of AIDS Ralph Morse—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images LIFE at Lascaux: First Color Photos From Another World The first professional photographer to document the cave paintings at Lascaux, Ralph Morse recalls what it was like to encounter the gorgeous handiwork of a long-vanished people: the Cro-Magnon. See Photos From Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall's Wedding Day Ingrid Bergman: How a Photograph Never Made Led to Her Most Memorable Portrait Terror at the Olympics: Munich, 1972 Unpublished Photos Show Arthur Ashe Making Tennis History To unsubscribe You have received this e-mail because you are subscribed to this newsletter from TIME.com. Unsubscribe here. PRIVACY POLICY Please read our Privacy Policy, or copy and paste this link into your browser: http://www.time.com/privacy TIME may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. Offers may be subject to change without notice. FOR FURTHER COMMUNICATION, PLEASE CONTACT: TIME Customer Service 3000 University Center Drive Tampa, FL 33612-6408 Please email life@time.com How To Advertise | Give the Gift of TIME | Update Email Connect with LIFE Become a Fan of LIFE Get LIFE Twitter Updates Sign up for TIME Newsletters Read TIME Mobile on your iPhone Get TIME Magazine iPad Edition Subscribe to RSS Feeds