As a pre-baby boomer, I often find myself reflecting back to the 1950’s and comparing that era with today, and am amazed as to how far we have come in the field of technology ,and how much more items cost. Today, the minimum wage is almost an hourly $7.00; while from 1950-1959 the minimum wage ...
In the late 1950’s, rock-n-roll was becoming a main stay on radio. Teenagers were now finding their own music and their own idols. Although the parents and the rest of the grown-up world were worried, the teenagers were finding their own voices. They now had their own soundtrack to their lives. The following is just ...
Successful marketers will always recognize opportunity in national sentiments, especially in times of crisis. The marketers who seized the day very successfully in the 1950’s were those who campaigned for the necessity of fallout shelters during the height of the Cold War. It wasn’t a hard sell considering the United States government was caught up ...
Hollywood has always influenced America’s beauty and fashion ideals. The 1950’s were no exception. Silver screen starlets Marilyn Monroe and Brigitte Bardot not only enamored audiences with their sublime allure – they also set the standard for beauty in this era. Television sweetheart Lucille Ball perpetuated the image of the glamorous housewife with her memorable ...
Fashion has been a part of our culture and of our society for decades and even centuries. In fact, there have been both bad and good fashion trends in every decade. Tie-dyed shirts, love beads, and poet shirts were big fashion trends in the 1960’s. Flared bottom pants were big in the 1970s and poodle ...
