How Cool Were Your Grandparents?
Back in the 50’s was quiet different to now a days, here are some facts just to kick start the brain.
The average house in 1950 sold for $14,000
The average annual income in the ‘50s was just under $3,000
Kitchen debuts – Tupperware at home party sales, electric frying pans, nonstick cookware
In 1950 fewer than 1 in 10 American homes owned a TV set. By the end of the decade, 9 out of 10 American homes were tuned in
Gunsmoke first aired on television in 1955. The series lasted a full 20 years
1956 was a big year for Elvis! He scored his first number-one hit (“Heartbreak Hotel”), and he released “Hound Dog,” the top-selling single of the decade
TV lamps that sold for around $10 in the 1950s go for about $125 in today’s collector market …show more content…
In the 50’s “rock n roll” was just about the only music and the most popular, with the famous Elvis and Chuck Berry. During World War II and the 1940s, clothing was greatly influenced by rationing and limited quantities of fabrics, threads and needles, so the most popular look was a simple outfit using as little of these much in demand resources as possible. Once World War II and rationing ended, a new availability of different types of fabrics and larger quantities of these fabrics allowed a new type of fashion to bloom during the fifties, especially in the United States. Women's dresses in particular exploded with excess fabric, showing off fancy gatherings, a multitude of pleats, poofy petticoats, and fabulous collars, all made of the best taffeta, nylon, rayon, wool and leather in the brightest and boldest patterns and colours. The 1950's marked the beginning of one of the biggest economic booms in US
Back in the 50’s was quiet different to now a days, here are some facts just to kick start the brain.
The average house in 1950 sold for $14,000
The average annual income in the ‘50s was just under $3,000
Kitchen debuts – Tupperware at home party sales, electric frying pans, nonstick cookware
In 1950 fewer than 1 in 10 American homes owned a TV set. By the end of the decade, 9 out of 10 American homes were tuned in
Gunsmoke first aired on television in 1955. The series lasted a full 20 years
1956 was a big year for Elvis! He scored his first number-one hit (“Heartbreak Hotel”), and he released “Hound Dog,” the top-selling single of the decade
TV lamps that sold for around $10 in the 1950s go for about $125 in today’s collector market …show more content…
In the 50’s “rock n roll” was just about the only music and the most popular, with the famous Elvis and Chuck Berry. During World War II and the 1940s, clothing was greatly influenced by rationing and limited quantities of fabrics, threads and needles, so the most popular look was a simple outfit using as little of these much in demand resources as possible. Once World War II and rationing ended, a new availability of different types of fabrics and larger quantities of these fabrics allowed a new type of fashion to bloom during the fifties, especially in the United States. Women's dresses in particular exploded with excess fabric, showing off fancy gatherings, a multitude of pleats, poofy petticoats, and fabulous collars, all made of the best taffeta, nylon, rayon, wool and leather in the brightest and boldest patterns and colours. The 1950's marked the beginning of one of the biggest economic booms in US