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Inventions

Cars & Motorcycles

50s Toys

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PLAY-DOH

• average cost $1,000-$2,000
• gas 18 cents a gallon

• Ruth Handler
• 1959 International Toy Fair NY
• Mattel Inc.

• Sawyer Photo Service Inc.
• 1950s: Disney licensing rights
• creating reels ft. Disney characters
• gaining popularity since Disney opened in 1955

• first created 1930s
• reworked mid-50s sent to schools
• Noah McVicker- wallpaper cleaner
• invented accidentally

• soda fountain
• hula hoops
• super glue
• color television
• microwave oven
• velcro
• credit cards

Shortage

• ranged from $300-$400

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YO-YO

• George Lener- Hasbro 1952
• first toy advertised on tv
• costing $0.98

• also invented on accident
• Richard James
• after seeing a spring gracefully "walk" down stairs

• going back to 500 b.c.
• Duncan Toy Company
• tricks were popular
• competitions were even held

50s Slang

• copper
• aluminium
• oil
• dollar

"Book gook"= geek

"Apple butter"= smooth talk or flattery

"Cruisin' for a bruisin' "= looking for trouble

"Cut the gas!"= be quiet

"Subterranean"= hipster

1950s

Flight 1953

Important events

Famous Athletes

President Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961)

• Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket

• Douglas Aircraft Co.

• Mickey Mantle played baseball for the NY Yankees as a center fielder

• WW2 General
• aimed for peace & prosperity
• economy boomed & taxes cut
• although for most of the decade taxes were 90 percent

• 1950: Korean War
• 1954: Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat
• 1955: Disney Land opens in California
• 1955: McDonald's opens IL
• 1959: Alaska&Hawaii became part of the U.S.

• Mantle played from 1951 to 1968

• Jim Brown was a former NFL fullback

Unemployment Rate

Rate

Year

1950

5.3

3.0

1952

• Bill Russell lead SF to 55 victories

1954

5.5

1956

4.1

6.8

1958

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Famous People

Television

lights......camera....ACTION!!!

Music

Men's Fashion

Sports

Free Time

high class/business men

greasers

vs.

• NTSC system
• first sold in 1954
• ranging $200-$400

• drive-in movies
• comics & art
• fast food joints

• Boxing & Baseball were huge
• Football & Golf still growing

Tony curtis

Marilyn Monroe

• been in more than 100 films
• wide spread of genres
• six children
• mainly on screen for good looks
• he was part of the U.S. navy once

• Famous for play "Blonde Bombshell"
• american actress, model, singer

quote: "Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring"

• NFL- Cleveland Browns vs. LA Rams

some people took up activities such as golfing, fishing, boating etc. Since men only worked 40 hours a week they had a lot of free time on hand

• The Yankees dominated the decade

James dean

Ruby Dee

• AA ballplayers began filling major league lineups

• poet, play writter, journalist
• role in "The Jackie Robinson Story"
• Civil Rights Activist

Quote: "God, make me so uncomfortable that I will do the very thing I fear."

• iconic teen, rebellious
• first appearance Cola comercial
• girlfriend in NY
• letters sold for $36,000

Quote: "Being an actor is the loneliest thing in the world. You are all alone with your concentration and imagination, and that's all you have."

Disney Films

Women's Fashion

Family

work cited

Dance

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Pearson, Steve. “1950s Important News and Events, Key Technology Fashion and Popular Culture.” The People History, www.thepeoplehistory.com/1950s.html.

FOOD!!!

• Bunny Hop
• The Bop
• The Jitter Bug
• The Rock N' Roll

“1950s Sports: History, Facts, MVPs & Champions.” RetroWaste, www.retrowaste.com/1950s/sports-in-the-1950s/.

• "Baby Boom"
• Main Family Roles:

-working father

-stay at home mother

History.com Staff. “The 1950s.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 2010, www.history.com/topics/1950s.

Shlaes, Amity. “1950s Tax Fantasy Is a Republican Nightmare.” Bloomberg.com, Bloomberg, 2 Jan. 2013, www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2013-01-02/1950s-tax-fantasy-is-a-republican-nightmare.

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Galindo, Brian. “12 Innovations From The 1950s That We Still Use Today.” BuzzFeed, BuzzFeed, www.buzzfeed.com/briangalindo/12-innovations-from-the-1950s-that-we-still-use-today?utm_term=.wuGzL63PB#.fhWjAd6D0.

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