the 1950’s

Kayley, Jade, Olyvia, Annie & Kylie

Fashion

Women

Knit Dresses

Petticoats

Fitted Coats

Mink Fur

Easter Bonnets

Fitted Skirts

Shown is a model in the 1950’s. http://www.homeazy.info/1950-womens-fashion/

Fashion

Mens

Sport Coats

Suits

Slacks

Sweaters

Casual Wears

Hats

Shown below are two men in hats, men were never out without their hats. They wore them all the time.http://fiftiesweb.com/fashion/1950s-mens-fashion/

Shown above are two men in what most men were dressed in. http://fiftiesweb.com/fashion/1950s-mens-fashion/

Fashion

Teenagers

Sweaters

Dresses with Straps

Knee Length Skirts

In the end of the 1950’s Leather started to become very popular.

All clothing had a common standard look, so there weren’t many dramatically different style choices.

To the side is how teenage schoolgirls dressed normally.

http://www.retrowaste.com/1950s/fashion-in-the-1950s/1950s-fashion-for-teens-styles-trends-pictures/

TechnologyColor television invented(1950)

First organ transplant(1950)

Modern credit card introduced(1950)

Color television introduced(1951)

Car seat belts introduced(1952)

Polio vaccine created(1952)

DNA discovered(1953)

Report states cigarettes cause Cancer(1954)

T.V. Remote control introduced(1956)

Velcro Introduced(1956)

Soviet Satellite Sputnik Launches space age(1957)

NASA founded(1958)

Food

A normal week of food would look like:

Pasta with red sauce, green salad, garlic bread

Pot roast, potatoes, vegetables, rolls

Tacos, fruit salad

Mac & Cheese, salad

Hamburgers, fries, carrots

Homemade pizza, salad

Baked chicken, rice pilaf, vegetables, biscuits

Music

The 1950’s were the beginning of classical rock and roll, with Elvis in the mid-late fifties, as well as a wide range of other, less renowned rock

artists.

Popular Artists:

● Nat King Cole

● Rosemary Cooley

● Johnny Cash

● Elvis Presley

● Chuck Berry

To the left, Kitty Wells, a well-known artist in the late 1950’s.

Music

Popular songs included (but were not limited to):

Mona Lisa - Nat King Cole

Sentimental Me - Ames Brothers

If - Perry Como

Heart and Soul - The Four Aces

Till I Waltz Again with You - Teresa Brewer Teresa Brewer shown above.

Music

Often, music was slow and simple, with repeating patterns, and most of the lyrics involved love. Here is an example of one such piece.

Big Events

1950-

●First “Peanuts Cartoon strip

●Korean War began

●Senator Joseph McCarthy begins Communist witch hunt

●U.S President Truman orders construction of hydrogen bomb

1951-

●Truman signs Peace Treaty with Japan, officially ending WWII

●South Africans forced to carry ID cards identifying race.

Big Events

1954-

●Segregation ruled illegal in the U.S

1955-

●Disneyland Opens

●Montgomery Bus Boycott begins

1957-

●Dr. Seuss publishes “The Cat in the Hat”

Big Events

1958-

●NASA founded

●Peace symbol created

1959-

●Kitchen Debate between Nixon and Khrushchev

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