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The American cars that defined power in the 1950s

Power in 1950s America was not just a political or industrial idea, it was something you could see and hear in chrome, tailfins, and big displacement engines. The decade’s most memorable American cars ...
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The luxury cars that ruled America in the 1950s

In the 1950s, American luxury cars did more than move people from driveway to downtown, they broadcast status in chrome, tailfins, and acres of steel. The decade’s most opulent machines turned ...
West Central Tribune

America at 250 — the 1950s

This content is part of the West Central Tribune's Semiquincentennial project. See more at: America at 250. In the decade after World War II, many Americans stepped into a new kind of everyday life, ...

15 Meals Families Commonly Ate in the 1950s That You Just Don’t See As Much Anymore

Discover 16 classic 1950s family meals, from tuna noodle casserole to TV dinners, and see why these nostalgic favorites faded ...
PBS

Mrs. America: Women's Roles in the 1950s

American society in the 1950s was geared toward the family. Marriage and children were part of the national agenda. And the Cold War was in part a culture war, with the American family at the center ...