'1950s' yielded 57 matches.

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1. Jayne Mansfield: Sex Symbol Jayne Mansfield, was a sex symbol. She pushed the limits. Often overshadowed by Marilyn Monroe, Jayne broke boundaries. Though her life was cut short, Jayne Mansfield lived life more then most. She suffered tragedy, and conquered the hearts of millio...
2. Remembering the 1950's What did the fifties mean to you? The advent of fast foods, cars with fins and Rock and Roll? I have chosen material that will look deeper into the history of the world during the 1950's. America in the 20th Century - The Postwar World Art Print...
3. Collecting Melmac Dinnerware I love Melmac. Actually the substance that Melmac is made out of is called Melamine but most people are know the Melmac name. Popular in the 1940's and 1960's this durable dinnerware came in many colors and patterns. Pastel Aqua,...
4. 1959 - Music, Movies and Cars ----1959 movie "Some Like it Hot" Starring Marilyn Monroe - now on DVD ----1959 Collector Cars - Remember the Pink Cadillac? ---1959 Frankie Avalon's songs "Venus" and "Why" both went to #1 ----1959 first publica...
5. Suspense! Classic Radio Show These radio shows are guaranteed to leave you in Suspense! Suspense was one of the most popular radio shows of all time running for 20 years.
6. Converse All Star Chuck Taylor's I love my Converse All Star Shoes. They are comfortable, fashionable and practical. Here is a Squidoo lens dedicated to Chuck Taylor and these awesome shoes!
7. The 1950's: What was NOT to like! Were the 1950's really as great as a lot of the Babyboomers seem to remember? Yes, life seemed to be easier, safer and more innocent. I do remember the 50's in a fond way, but they were not perfect. In fact, there were some just awful things about th...
8. Kitschy Christmas Kitsch Kitsch--something of tawdry design, appearance, or content created to appeal to popular or undiscriminating taste. Who knew, back in the 1940's and 1950's that popular trends then would be today's kitsch. So many of the popular phenomenon...
9. 1950's & 60's Retro Stock Photography. Resort Towns & Motels. www.RetroStockPix.com A Retro, Vintage Stock Photography web site featuring 1950's & 60's photographs. All of the images are from the Aladdin Color Photography Collection of over 100,000 photographs.  Aladdin Color produces color brochures, p...
10. The Pink Dress, Anne Alexander's Rare Coming of Age Children's Book The Pink Dress by Anne Alexander is a coming-of-age children's novel that was written and published in 1959. According to Bookfinder's Annual Report, it was the most sought after out-of-print children's book of 2008 and 2009. I...
11. Vintage Aprons -- practical and collectible Aprons are the quintessential mark of the homemaker. No housewife worth her salt would have been without a sturdy apron to protect her clothes as she performed her daily chores. The most practical type of apron for the hard-working housewife was one...
12. 1957 - Music, Movies and Cars ---1957 Tab Hunter's "Young Love" was # 1 for six weeks in 1957. Remember? ---1957 The Frisbee was invented. The pie tins of the Frisbee Pie Company of Connecticut were the inspiration for the creation of the Frisbee. A Wham-O employee supp...
13. Marilyn Monroe - The Legend Lives On! The legendary Marilyn Monroe as seen through the lenses of Milton H. Greene, Tom Kelley, and Sam Shaw.  See more fantastic photographs and purchase prints, posters, and calendars of your favorite Marilyn Monroe sittings from Milton H. Greene, To...
14. Vintage Sewing Patterns & Retro Clothing Fashions Welcome to my Squidoo! I sell original vintage sewing patterns from the 1940's through the 1990's and hand picked vintage clothing and lingerie.. I hope you'll visit me and enjoy the dig through my stash! http://www.myspace.com/momspatterns http://st...
15. Varga Girls - Pinup Vargas Girls! Varga Girls - Vargas Girls - Varga Girls Pinup Posters. Vintage magazine art from the 40s and 50s Esquire magazines and later Playboy magazines - Varga Girls Pinup Posters, reproduced in full glory! Vargas girls are very artistic and distinctive...
16. Watch With Mother Children's Television Are you sitting comfortably? Then I'll begin... If you can remember televisions looking like this, then you might remember the children's TV series 'Watch With Mother'. Quintessentially British. One of the first things I ever reme...
17. RETRO COOKBOOKS: Beat it, whip it, cook it and eat it....RETRO STYLE! This lens features cookbooks with nostalgic recipes for sandwiches, baking, diner style cooking, delicious beverages, beach bashes, barbecues, tiki parties, early American and Civil War era cooking. You will also find drink mixers for making those yu...
18. HOW TO IDENTIFY FIND and BUY Antiques and 20th Century Vintage Collectibles     Everyone collects something from the latest CDs to treasures of the past.  Read as much as you can on your collecting subject matter. Online google searches will list wonderful websites full of information, but take enorm...
19. 1955 - Music, Movies and Cars ---1955 The summer of 1955 Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley & His Comets hit the charts and teenagers rocked the summer away. I was one of them! Remember -- Fats Domino singing - I Hear You Knocking? ---1955 Disneyland opened in Anaheim, Calif...
20. 1950s Hit Music Showcased Light melodies, sweet lyrics, wholesome singers. Innocent and inoffensive songs. All of this can be said about the music of the Early Fifties. These diverse factors influenced the music of the Early Fifties. The bubblegum sweetness would eventually f...