1950s American Culture If only the Govt came

1950’s American Culture If only the Gov’t. came up with some dumb way to protect me.

1950’s American Culture • Fashion – Women • • • Dresses blouses Skirts Pants Hair Swimsuits Shoes Makeup Prom and Evening Dresses Teenagers – Men • • • Hair Suits Shirts Hats Shoes • Music of the 1950’s • Houses – Levittowns • • • Community Planning House Styles Floor Plans Apartments Regulations Notable 50’s Events Inventions Fads Slang

Alan Freed and Sam Phillips • Alan Freed Cleveland DJ coins the term Rock and Roll • Sam Phillips owner of Sun Records in Memphis Alan Freed Sam Phillips

Sun Records • Owned by Sam Phillips • Memphis, TN Johnny Cash, Elvis, Sam Perkins, and Jerry Lee Lewis “The Million Dollar Quartet”

1950 -1954 Music • Coined Bubble Gum Music because of its sweet sound and nice lyrics • Light Melodies • Innocent Lyrics • Wholesome Singers • Music reflected the Post W. W. II good feelings • Artists such as Perry Como, Rosemary Clooney, and Pat Boone Dominated the charts

Music of the 1950’s • 1950 -1954 Music Overview • Freed and Phillips – Sun Records • 1955 – Influential Songs • 1956 – American Bandstand The Rat Pack 1957 1958 1959

The Rat Pack • • Frank Sinatra Dean Martin Lauren Bacall Judy Garland Humphrey Bogart Sammy Davis Jr. Peter Lawford Joey Bishop – Cast in the 1960’s

American Bandstand • Begin in 1952 as a local show in Philadelphia • 1956 ABC picks it up as a national show Dick Clark becomes the host • Starts off as a daily show, then becomes weekly in 1963 • American Bandstand Theme song • Moves to LA in 1964 • Jerry Lee Lewis performs the first song on the national edition- “Whole Lotta Shaking Going On” • Dick Clark’s podium that he stood at, is now in the Smithsonian. • B. B. King is the only performer to not lip sync on American Bandstand

American Bandstand Theme Song • "Bandstand Boogie" Music by Charles Albertine Words by Barry Manilow and Bruse Sussman "We're goin' hoppin' (Hop!) We're goin' hopin' today Where things are poppin'(Pop!) The Philadelphia way We're goin' drop in (Drop!) On all the music they play On the Bandstand. ! "

1956 • Elvis takes over • The Platters • Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers • Johnny Cash • Little Richard

1957 was the last year in the history of Rock in which all of the year end Top Ten artists were American 1957 • • • Buddy Holly Everly Brothers Fats Domino Pat Boone Chuck Berry

• Jerry Lee Lewis’ marriage • Danny and the Juniors • Chimpmunks • Connie Francis • Little Anthony • Elvis is in the Army 1958

1959 • The day the music dies Ritchie Valens, Big Bopper, and Buddy Holly all killed in a plane crash Paul Anka Bobby Darin

1955 • Chess Records in • Chuck Berry record Chicago signs Chuck Maybellene which Berry was called Ida Red • Leonard Chess is • Berry had been introduced to Berry by studying cosmetology Muddy Waters before this song • Bill Haley and His Comets have a hit with “Rock around the Clock”

1955 • 1955 spawned five titles considered by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame to be among the 500 Most Influential - Ain't That a Shame (Fats Domino), Earth Angel (The Penguins), Mannish Boy (Muddy Waters), Maybellene (Chuck Berry), and Rock Around the Clock (Bill Haley and the Comets).

Inventions of the 1950’s • • • 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 • • • 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959

1950 • Zenith introduces "lazy bones" tuning - change all television stations from the comfort of your easy chair. Hand held device plugs into TV • Antihistamines enter popular use for treatment of allergies and head-colds. • Leo Fender's guitar company introduced their Broadcaster and Esquire models, the first massproduced solid body electric guitars. • Telephone Answering Machine created by Bell Laboratories and Western Electric.

1951 • UNIVAC 1 First commercial computer. • A. E. C. (Atomic Energy Commission) produces electricity from atomic energy. • Super glue invented. • American automobile manufacturer Chrysler Corporation introduces power steering. , which they called Hydraguide. • Charles Ginsburg invented the first videotape recorder (VTR). • J. Andre-Thomas invents the first heart-lung machine, allowing advanced life-support during open-heart surgery. • Still camera gets built-in flash units.

1952 • The first patent for bar code (US Patent #2, 612, 994) issued to inventors Joseph Woodland Bernard Silver • American automobile manufacturer Chrysler Corporation introduces power steering. , which they called Hydraguide. • Sony, a brand new Japanese company, introduces the first pocket-sized transistor radio More

1953 • Radial tires invented. • The first musical synthesizer invented by RCA • The first 3 -D movie is shown: Arch Oboler's Bwana Devil, starring Robert Stack. Learn More • Francis Crick and James Watson discover the ``double helix'' of DNA. • Con-Tact paper debuts • Dr. Jonas Salk announces discovery of the vaccine for poliomyelitis • White Rose Redi-tea is the world's first instant iced tea • Dow Chemical creates Saran Wrap • TV color broadcasting began in 1953

1954 • Oral contraceptives invented. • The first nonstick pan produced. • The solar cell invented by Chaplin, Fuller and Pearson. • The first successful kidney transplant is performed in the U. S. by Harvard physicians. The patient will survive for seven more years. • General Electric introduces colored kitchen appliances. Bye, bye white!

1955 • Tetracycline invented. • Optic fiber invented • Zenith engineer Eugene Polley invented the "Flashmatic, " which represented the industry's first wireless TV remote. • Gregory Pincus develops the first oral contraceptive

1956 • The first computer hard disk used. • As a result of the joint research of Sherman and Smith, the Scotchgard™ Protector was launched in the marketplace • Secretary Bette Nesmith Graham invented "Mistake Out" later renamed, Liquid Paper • The first commercial videotape recorder is introduced. The device is intended for industrial applications, and it quickly revolutionizes the way television programming is produced.

1957 • Fortran (computer language) invented. • Velcro is patented by George de Mestral of Switzerland. • Eveready produces "AA" size alkaline batteries

1958 • The modem invented. • Gordon Gould invents the laser. • The integrated circuit invented by Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce. • Sterophonic recordings, which use two separately recorded channels of sound to recreate a sense of space, come into commercial use.

1959 • The internal pacemaker invented by Wilson Greatbatch. • In 1959, Joseph-Armand Bombardier of Valcourt, Quebec, Canada patented the Ski-Doo, originally christened the Ski-Dog, but renamed because of a typographical error that Bombardier decided not to change. You know it as a snowmobile.

Notable 50’s • • • 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959

1959 • • • The Day the Music Dies One word: Barbie Jiffy Pop Last Confederate soldier dies(the South will not rise again) Bonanza debuts The Guggenheim Sleeping Beauty Vince Lombardi starts in Green Bay Metrecal is introduced

1950 • • • Silly Putty is introduced Smokey the Bear starts Peanuts starts 23% Divorce Rate Average of marriage is 22 years old • Kraft Cheese Slices are introduced

1951 – Topps sells it first complete Baseball Card set – Catcher in the Rye is published – S and H green stamps are started in Denver – Dennis the Menace is in over 750, 000 newspapers – Alice in Wonderland released – First Jack in the Box opens in San Diego

1952 – Old Man and the Sea is published – Mr. Potato Head – 50, 000 stricken with Polio and 3, 300 die – Sugar Frosted Flakes – The Power of Positive Thinking comes out. – Gibson introduces the Les Paul guitar – Sony comes out with a transistor radio

1953 • Playboy first published; first pictorials were of Marilyn Monroe. • Jonas Salk comes up with discovery for polio • Kraft Cheese Whiz • Fahrenheit 451 is published

1954 • • Sports Illustrated is Born Burger King Opens M & M’s come out Lord of the Rings is published Play Doh Bazooka Joe Comics Bannister breaks the 4 minute mile TV dinner is born

1955 • • • Ann Landers columns starts in Chicago Home microwave sales start $1300 KFC starts Mc. Donalds starts Disneyland opens Ford Thunderbird debuts

1956 • • • Yahtzee is Born Certs save the world from bad breath Wizard of Oz appears on TV Last Union soldier dies from the Civil War Marilyn Monroe marries Arthur Miller

1957 • • • 47 million tv sets Tang is introduced West Side Story hits Broadway Jackie Robinson Frisbee is nationally marketed American Bandstand Goes National: Dick Clark is the Host • On the Road is published • Ed Gein’s killing spree stops • Barry Gordy starts Mo. Town Records

1958 • Dr. Zhivago is published in the US. Banned in the USSR • American Express and Visa are born • HULA Hoop rolls out • Grammy Award comes out • 4, 063 Drive Ins • Rice a Roni • Cocoa Krispies comes out(43% sugar)

1950’s Fads • 3 -D Movies • Chlorophyll • Coonskin Caps • Think Pink • Poodles • Telephone Cramming • Burma Shave

Burma Shave • Altho insured • Spring Remember, kiddo Has sprung They don't pay you The grass has riz They pay Where last year's Your widow Careless drivers is Burma-Shave

Burma Shave Cont’d. • Proper Distance To him was bunk They pulled him out Of some guy's trunk Burma-Shave • A beard That's rough And overgrown Is better than A chaperone Burma-Shave

Poodles • Poodles become very popular. Poodles influence everything from skirts to lamps, even hair influenced by the poodles.

• Cholorphyll Beat odor. I figured your first question would be - what is that supposed to do for you? And the answer is that it was widely believed that chlorophyll eliminated bad smells. So they added it to every kind of product imaginable. The picture at left just suggests the variety and number of items to which chlorophyll became a promotable ingredient. Yes, chlorophyll is the stuff that makes plants green. Today many people still tout the benefits of it for health. No, I don't think you can just go out and eat a shrub and get the same result. While not engaging in the debate of chlorophyll's therapeutic properties, suffice it to say that it sold well. Until "The Journal of the American Medical Association" pointed out grazing goats virtually live on chlorophyll and they smell bad just the same.

Coonskin Caps • Davy Crockett was a big influence on kids. These hats were very popular with the kids who liked anything to do with the West, or cowboys or indians. • 100 million dollars worth of coonskin caps were sold in a year.

Telephone Cramming • Starts in South Africa, goes to England, and then comes to California in 1959. • Record of 25 people set in S. Africa 22 in America • VW Beetle cramming also was a short-lived fad.

Pink • Formerly considered a "girlish" color, pink invaded men's wear. Yessir, pilgrims, even real tough hombres were donning pink ties, shirts, and bathrobes. Serious corporate types could be seen wearing pink under their grey flannel suits. This display of sartorial splendor was a radical departure from the drab neutral colors that once limited men's clothing choices. Pink was everywhere. There were pink bathrooms with accessories to match, pink cosmetics and of course, the ubiquitous pink poodle. And then there was Elvis with his famous pink Cadillacs.

3 -D Movies • • Reemerge during the 1950’s Images appear to be coming out at you Moviegoers are giving the 3 -D glasses Most films were sci-fi or monster movies

The misunderstood Creature Hi kids. Wanna go for a swim?

Kitchen

Levittowns Models

Apartment Living 50’s Style

Levittowner Floor Plan

Planning the Community The Community “Plan” included schools, places of worship, recreation areas and shopping facilities as well as houses. This comprehensive approach is analogous Levitt's house planning which, for example, included landscaping as well as providing a washer, stove and refrigerator in each house. Levitt’s approach to community planning and design created a full-service community with "built-in" features— just like its houses. For example, elementary schools were centered inside each master block of sections so that, in Levitt's words, "no child will have to walk more than one half mile to school or cross any major road. " The Community Plan and design included: 41 Sections with 17, 311 single family houses 171 miles of roads 5 Olympic-sized community swimming pools Little League baseball fields Lots of green space and neighborhood parks Large, multi-purpose Community Hall Two large, centralized Shopping Centers

I’ve got mad hops. Teenage Girls Did you see what Suzie was wearing? Hello, it is not 1945, the war is over. Should I play Pantera or RATT? They should burn her dress.

Shoes

Shirts

Hats

1950’s Hair Heyyy!! I can’t even have my own shake. Yes, I am this cool.

Men’s Suits

Women’s Shoes

Evening and Prom Dresses

1950’s Makeup Lilac Pastel, Apricot Pastel, Honey Pastel, Pink Pastel, Peach Pastel, Strawberry Pastel. See what I mean? And across, Snow Ball of Fire.

1950’s Pants/Outfits

1950’s Swimsuits Technically, any two piece suit is a bikini. But do you know where the name comes from? Originally created by Parisian designer Louis Reard in 1946, he named it after the Bikini Atoll, where the atomic bomb was tested!

1950’s Women’s Dresses

Women’s Hairstyles

Women’s Skirts

Blouses