1930s - 1950s

By Cjace99
  • Radio

    Radio

    The radio was the main communication, mail, and newspaper
  • The Grapes of Wrath

    The Grapes of Wrath

    The Grapes of Wrath is an American realist novel written by John Steinbeck and published in 1939. The book won the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize for fiction, and it was cited prominently when Steinbeck was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1962.
  • Advertising Age

    Advertising Age

    Advertising Age was a popular printing press in the 1930s.
  • Newspaper ads and radio broadcasts

    Newspaper ads and radio broadcasts

    Newspaper ads and radio broadcasts became very popular in the press industry.
  • Music and entertainment

    Music and entertainment

    Jazz, Swing era. Stars are James Stewart and Henry Fonda for their famous acting
  • New president

    New president

    FDR became president in 1933
  • FBI

    FBI

    F.B.I is established in 1935
  • WW2

    WW2

    WW2 begins in 1939
  • Cartoon debuts

    Cartoon debuts

    Bugs Bunny and Tom and Jerry make cartoon debuts
  • Television

    Television

    The television became very popular in the 1940s
  • Jesse Owens

    Jesse Owens

    Sprinter and long jumper
  • Acting

    Acting

    John wayne for his famous acting in western films
  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor

    The attack on pearl harbor in 1941
  • Baseball

    Baseball

    A major breakthrough occurred in 1946 when the Brooklyn Dodgers signed Jackie Robinson, the first African-American to play in Major League Baseball.
  • Forrest Gump

    Forrest Gump

    Forrest Gump was released in the 1950s
  • J. Walter Thompson Co.

    J. Walter Thompson Co.

    J. Walter Thompson Co. was popular for television in the 1950s
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower

    Dwight D. Eisenhower

    ”Hard Times”, depression. "History is on our side. We will bury you!" - Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
  • Marilyn Monroe

    Marilyn Monroe

    Marilyn Monroe was a Legendary actress in the 1950’s and
    Famous for the film “Gentlemen prefer blondes” in 1953
  • Marilyn Monroe

    Marilyn Monroe

    Marilyn Monroe was a legendary actress in the 1950’s and
    famous for the film “Some like it hot” in 1959