1950s

  • hair styles

    hair styles
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hairstyles_in_the_1950s
    fact 1 Hairstylists invented new hairstyles for wealthy patrons
    fact 2 The American film industry, and popular music industry influenced hairstyles around the world, both in mainstream fashion and teenage sub-culture
    fact 3 . Women's hair styles of the 1950s were in general less ornate and more informal than those of the 1940s, with a "natural" look being favoured, even if it was achieved by perming, setting, styling and spraying.
  • clothing styles

    http://www.thehouseoffoxy.com/1950s/a32
    Fact 1 There are two main silhouettes in 50s fashion – the wasp waist with full skirt and the slim fitting pencil skirt.
    Fact 2 All the economic and social changes had a significant impact on clothing and the pace of fashion in our country.
    Fact 3 From a fashion point of view, this was the rise of the ‘ready to wear’ phenomenon.
  • music styles

    music styles
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950s_in_music
    Fact 1 Rock and role dominated popular music in the mid 1950's and late 1950's, and quickly spread to much of the rest of the world.
    Fact 2 The Blues had a huge influence on mainstream American popular music in the 1950s
    Fact 3 Country Music stars in the early 1950s included Hank Williams, Patsy Cline and more
  • transportation styles

    https://livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe50s/life_14.html
    Fact 1 For farmers and ranchers, transportation systems are matters of life and death.
    Fact 2 Railroads and later long-haul trucking lines were the connection from local markets to the consumers in the cities.
    Fact 3 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air convertible, one of the most iconic autos of the era.
  • u.s president

    u.s president
    http://ushistory1950.weebly.com/presidents-of-the-1950s.html \
    Fact 1 The 33rd president and was in office from 1950-1952.
    Fact 2 During World War I, Truman served as an artillery officer, making him the only president to have seen in combat in World War I.
    Fact 3 Truman vetoed the Taft-Harley Act which amended the National Labor Relations Act.
  • news event

    news event
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
    Fact 1 As a product of the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States, Korea had been split into two sovereign states.
    Fact 2 After the first two months of war, South Korean and U.S. forces rapidly dispatched to Korea were on the point of defeat, forced back to a small area in the south known as the Pusan Perimeter.
    Fact 3. Those who escaped envelopment and capture were forced back north.
  • toy styles

    https://www.retrowaste.com/1950s/toys-in-the-1950s/
    Fact 1 Some of the most popular toys from the 50s include lithographed tin toy cars, friction cars, die-cast cars, trucks and farm equipment.
    Fact 2 For girls, plastic mannequin dolls for dressing finally got popular enough for a major toy manufacturer to start making them. This doll was called Barbie.
    Fact 3 Other toys include rocking horses, wooden blocks, building toys like Tinker toys.
  • technology

    technology
    https://www.alintaenergy.com.au/wa/blog/technology/march-2017/decade-of-technology-1950s
    Fact 1 With Word War II over, industry was free to create products for consumers
    Fact 2 Here are some of the technology advances that came out during this time
    1950 – TV remote control
    With television gaining wider use, a plug in remote control is released called the Lazy Bones
    Fact 3 1952 – Passenger jets
    For the first time people could take long haul flights, opening up the world for travel
  • Actor/Actresses

    Actor/Actresses
    https://www.imdb.com/list/ls003111767/
    Fact 1 On November 12, 1929, Grace Patricia Kelly was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to wealthy parents.
    Fact 2 Her girlhood was uneventful for the most part, but one of the things she desired was to become an actress which she had decided on at an early age.
    Fact 3 She sadly died in an accident on September 14, 1982, but was made a Princess of Monaco, later in her life.
  • T.V/Radio

    T.V/Radio
    https://entertainism.com/television-in-1950s
    Fact 1 Popularity of radio and print media began to fade away gradually, as television set its hold on people's life.
    Fact 2 There were three major broadcasters of television programs in the 1950s, namely ABC, CBS and NBC.
    Fact 3 In 1951, the first live coast-to-coast telecast began.
  • Sports figure

    Sports figure
    https://www.retrowaste.com/1950s/sports-in-the-1950s/
    Fact 1 College football was more popular than pro football in the 1950s.
    Fact 2 The Rose Bowl between Ohio State and Oregon attracted 98,202 fans.
    Fact 3 Pro football really start becoming a huge success until it started showing up on television screens in the 1960s.