Yes, same as the pre war grips. Usually a set that covered bar tops, blank space allowing a wide choice of brake lever location, a second set to cover the bottom of drops. Continued a long time after war. Late versions in the 60s were often plasticky and hard. For a '53 correctness could go either way. For a bike to be ridden cotton and shellac unless you came up with something in time warp condition. And who knows if you would like the old stuff?
Except for Englishmen, who are daft and proud of it, the rubber grips were not used for racing, as big thick slabs of rubber are heavy. By late 50s and 60s the grip sets were more for basic bikes like PH50s. Remember roads were much rougher and some rubber to grab would have looked good to many.
Current Tressostar and Newbaum's don't look anything like Tressostar of the past. The tape sold at the notions counter is much closer. When I see real thing - and after the bike has been re-taped how many times and the shellac has gone to muddy brown - what I can see looks extremely various. But the fabric store product still looks closer to historical.