Fascinating Vintage Photos Show Life in Mallorca in the 1950s

#1 People in Plaça d’en Jonquet, 1956

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#2 People in the sailing club of Sóller, 1956

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#3 Ships in the Port of Sóller and people in the dock, 1956

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#4 Portrait of a child in a ceramic factory, 1957

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#5 A couple in Fornalutx, 1956

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#6 Two men walking, 1956

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#7 Almond gatherers near Inca, 1957

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#8 People sunbathing in the port of Sóller, 1957

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#9 Views of the town and woman walking next to a canal, 1957

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#10 Two men walking down the Plaza Joan Carles I in Palma, 1957

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#11 Children with clothes hanging in the background, 1956

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#12 Portrait of man with pig prepared to be cooked, 1956

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#13 Two dolls and a woman walking with umbrellas, 1956

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#14 Woman refilling at a petrol station, 1956

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#15 Woman removing water from a fountain with children, 1956

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#16 Cart in Coll de Sóller, 1956

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#17 Children looking towards the village of Fornalutx, 1956

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#18 Horses passing along road at beach near Palma, 1956

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#19 Lady walking from the inside of a wine shop, 1956

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#20 Men and cars on a street in Alcudia, 1956

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#21 Men in the bell tower of the hermitage of Santa Magdalena, 1956

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#22 People in Jonquet, 1956

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#23 Two people by the sea with boat and mountains in the background, 1956

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#24 Two priests heading towards the oratory of Capdepera Castle, 1956

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#25 People in the tram of Sóller, 1957

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#26 British actress, Elizabeth Taylor and her current husband, Eddie Fisher (L) enjoy a holiday in Mallorca, 1959

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#27 Hotel Nixe Palace, 1958

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#28 People watching the descent of the Fornalutx bull, 1957

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#29 Group of dolls on a street in Palma, 1956

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#30 People at the entrance to the bullring in Palma, 1956

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#31 Man accompanying a bride with people in the background, 1956

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#32 People going up to the church, 1956

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#33 An old man smoking in the street and children in the background, 1956

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#34 Portrait of man with a hat, 1956

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#35 Man with a network, 1956

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#36 Almond gatherers near Inca, 1957

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#37 Boys waiting in queue for petrol, 1957

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#38 Carpet factory, Alcúdia, 1957

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#39 Carpet factory, Alcúdia, 1957

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#40 Couple dancing with people around in Fornalutx

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#41 Filling lorry with petrol, 1957

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#42 Group of men waiting at the Fornalutx bull’s party, 1957

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#43 Group of people dancing in Fornalutx, 1957

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#44 Men and bull in a street in Fornalutx, 1957

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#45 Mountains of salt, 1957

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#46 People holding almonds from the ground near Inca, 1957

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#47 Portrait of a ceramist, 1957

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#48 Two men playing their bagpipe and drum, 1957

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#49 People walking through Valldemossa, 1956

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#50 Man with a bicycle at the door from the wharf of Alcúdia, 1956

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#51 People sitting on a terrace in Sóller, 1956

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#52 Boy sucking liquorice, 1956

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#53 Group of people photographed looking at the descent of the Fornalutx bull, 1957

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#54 Two women picking up water in a Fornalutx square, 1957

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#55 Traditional open kitchen with seated man and woman in the kitchen background, 1958

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#56 Actress and singer Abbe Lane walks through the streets of Mallorca accompanied by her husband Xavier Cugat and their dog in Mallorca, 1959.

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#57 Elizabeth Taylor and her husband, Eddie Fisher (not pictured) enjoy a holiday in Mallorca, 1959

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#58 View of the fishing village of Cala Ratjada in Mallorca, 1958

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#59 Italian photographer Mario De Biasi setting his camera. Behind him, the Cathedral of Santa Maria of Palma. Palma de Mallorca, August 1961.

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#60 General view from Bellver castle, December 1956.

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#61 Group of people around a broken car, 1956

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#62 Man selling pots with handle at the back, 1956

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#63 People in the bullring in Palma, 1956

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#64 Portrait of a beautiful woman with pitcher, 1956

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#65 Man and woman in a stall of melons, 1956

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#66 Man grazing in the Paseo del Born, 1957

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#67 Man hitting a tree near Inca, 1957

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#68 Men and bull in a street in Fornalutx, 1957

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#69 People working in a chair factory, 1957

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#70 Portrait of a little girl with balloons on the street, 1957

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#71 Portrait of a woman sitting with her child and clothes in the background, 1957

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#72 Salt workers, 1957

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#73 Two men looking at lottery results, 1957

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#74 Women dancing boots with people looking around in Fornalutx, 1957

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#75 Wool drying in Sóller, 1957

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#76 Singer and actress Abbe Lane while on vacation with her husband the musician Xavier Cugat in Mallorca, 1959

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#77 Actress and singer Abbe Lane walks through the streets of Mallorca, 1959

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#78 Actress and singer Abbe Lane walks through the streets of Mallorca accompanied by her husband Xavier Cugat and their dog.

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#79 British actress, Elizabeth Taylor and her current husband, Eddie Fisher (L) enjoy a holiday in Mallorca, 1959

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#80 Corrida In Palma De Mallorca, Spain. The bullfighter facing the bull with his muleta and his sword.

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#81 Family of Charles Chaplin in Mallorca, 1959

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#82 Oona O’Neill, wife of Charles Chaplin during a family holiday in Mallorca, 1959

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#83 Prince Albert De Liege and his wife Paola De Belgique, on their honeymoon in Majorca, 1959

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#84 Honeymoon of Albert and Paola of Belgium in Majorca, 1959

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#85 Prince Albert De Liege and his wife Paola De Belgique, on their honeymoon in Majorca, 1959

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#86 Prince Albert De Liege and his wife Paola De Belgique, on their honeymoon in Majorca, 1959

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#87 Honeymoon of Albert and Paola of Belgium in Majorca, 1959

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#88 Hafen von Puerto de Andratx, Mallorca, 1959

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#89 El Cordobes, 1958

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#90 A street in the Old City of Palma de Majorca, Majorca, Spain, August 1957. The street leads down from the Plaza Mayor district to the waterfront.

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#91 A street market in Majorca, Spain, July 1957.

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#92 Comedian Peter Butterworth and his actress wife Janet Brown, at Southampton after their arrival in a party of 57 holidaymakers whose Solent flying-boat of Aquila Airways struck an uncharted reef while taking off for Southampton from Majorca.

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#93 Windmill in Palma, Mallorca, 1950s

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#94 Palma (island of Majorca, Balearics, Spain).

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#95 Italian photographer Mario De Biasi sitting on the deckchair of a terrace with his camera in his hand. Palma de Mallorca.

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#96 Princess Grace Tossing a Cap to a Matador.

Princess Grace (nee Kelly) of Monaco tosses cap back to matador during a first class bullfight she and her bridegroom Prince Rainier III (right) watched while stopping here during their honeymoon trip.

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#97 Princess Kelly Throwing a Hat to a Matador in Mallorca, 1958

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#98 Princess Grace Shopping in Mallorca, 1950s

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#99 Princess Grace and Prince Rainier Attending a Reception in Mallorca, 1958

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#100 Grace Kelly Sitting Next to Prince Rainier in Mallorca, 1950s

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#101 English poet, writer and classical scholar Robert Ranke Graves with his second wife Beryl and his children outside their holiday home in Deya, on the island of Majorca, 1954

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#102 Doreen Lord, a former dancer at the Windmill Theatre, with her pet donkey in the garden of her villa in Majorca, 1958

She currently tours the world as a 'goldfish' in an underwater swimming act.

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#103 Island of Majorca, 1956

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#104 The bay with the big hotels, December 1956.

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#105 The resort town of Port de Pollenca (Puerto Pollensa) in north-eastern Majorca, 1955.

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#106 A group of folk dancers in Majorca, 1955.

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#107 A Spanish guitarist and two young women in folk costumes from the Balearic island of Majorca, 1955.

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#108 A group of folk dancers from Valldemossa, a village on the Balearic island of Majorca, 1955.

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#109 Straw beach umbrellas at Formentor beach in Majorca, Balearic Islands, 1955

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#110 A group of small fishing boats in the foreground of Palma harbour on the island of Majorca, 1955

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#111 English novelist, poet and scholar Robert Graves rides a donkey through an olive grove in Majorca with two of his children, 1954

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#112 Robert Ranke Graves surveys the hilly landscape of his home island of Majorca, 1954

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#113 Robert Graves on the beach at Deya, Majorca, with his son Juan, 1954

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#114 Robert Graves at his home in Majorca, 1954

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#115 Robert von Ranke Graves applauds a bullfighter at the ring in Palma de Majorca.

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#116 English novelist, poet and scholar Robert Graves leads his children on a donkey through an olive grove in Majorca, 9th January 1954.

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#117 Robert Graves leads his sons William and Juan on a donkey through an olive grove to the beach at Deya, Majorca, January 1954.

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#118 English novelist, poet and scholar Robert Graves in Palma de Majorca, January 1954.

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#119 Robert von Ranke Graves at a cafe in Palma de Majorca, 1954

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#120 Robert Graves in the village of Deya, Majorca, where he and his family spend their weekends, January 1954.

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#121 Robert Graves watches his wife Beryl feeding cats in Deya, Majorca, January 1954.

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#122 Robert Graves at his home in Deya, Majorca, January 1954.

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#123 Robert Graves writing at his home in Deya, Majorca, January 1954.

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#124 English poet, novelist, essayist and critic Robert Graves drinking at a cafe in Deya, Majorca, January 1954.

On the left is his wife, Beryl and their son Juan.

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#125 Two old women sit chatting on a doorstep on the island of Majorca.

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#126 Portrait of Merle Oberon during her vacation in Palma de Mallorca, August 29, 1953.

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#127 Joan Collins leading to Mallorca, 1950s

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#128 Palma de Mallorca, a craftsman works on the street, Mallorca, 1950

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#129 Typical Wind turbine in Mallorca (these windmills used for pumping water for irrigation of agricultural land), 1950 in Majorca.

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#130 A view of the La Lonja in Palma, Spain, 1950.

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#131 English poet and novelist Robert Graves in Mallorca, Spain, 1950s

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#132 A man pushing a cart down a quiet side street in Palma de Majorca, 1950

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#133 A Majorcan woman wearing a lace headscarf, Mallorca, 1950

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#134 A woman in national costume from Valledemosa in Majorca, 1950

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#135 Dancers in national costume from Valledemosa in Majorca, 1950

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#136 Children in national costume from Valledemosa in Majorca, 1950

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#137 Children in national costume from Valledemosa in Majorca, 1950

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#138 A courtyard with a well on the island of Majorca.

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