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Vanity Fair 1950’s Video
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The Hula Hoop!
The hula hoop gained international popularity in the late 1950s, when a plastic version was successfully marketed by California’s Wham-O toy company. In 1957, Richard Knerr and Arthur “Spud” Melin, starting with the idea of …
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Stoopball!
Wow! I was thinking of how we used to play Stoopball! This is a photo of where we played mostly in the 1950’s, and at times I would just throw a Spaldeen and be Whitey …
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James Dean
James Byron Dean (February 8, 1931 – September 30, 1955) was an American actor. He is remembered as a cultural icon of teenage disillusionment and social estrangement, as expressed in the title of his most …
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Vaccination Day!
I remember in the 1950’s going to the health clinic to get a vaccination shot, What a long day that turned out to be! I would go with my Mother to the clinic and have …
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Cold War Drills!
My friend from Retro Dee’s Guide to the Best Era Ever! here on WordPress recently wrote of the not so happy days of the 1950’s, about the Cold War drills the students had to take in case …
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Superman!
The Adventures of Superman is an American television series based on comic book characters and concepts created in 1938 by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. The show was the first television series to feature Superman …
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Take a Public Service Bus!
When I was a kid we used go to Palisades Amusement Park located in Bergen County N.j. It had lots to do there in the summer months and easy to get to by car or …
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1950s in Film
1950 FimsAcademy Awards:Best Picture: All About Eve – 20th Century-FoxBest Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz – All About EveBest Actor: José Ferrer – Cyrano de BergeracBest Actress: Judy Holliday – Born YesterdayBest Supporting Actor: George Sanders …
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