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the fifties: getting funky with disaffection
Must we be nostalgic about the 1950’s? Hardly the Golden Age many make it out to be. If we turn over the shiny stone, there were more than a few creepy-crawlers underneath… James Dean created a character who reflected the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1950's American Civil Rights movement, Arthur Shore, Autherine Lucy, Charles Mingus, David Dennis Freedom Rider, Freedom Riders, James Dean, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Martin Luther King, Orval Faubus, paul schutzer photography, senator joseph mccarthy, Thurgood Marshall
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the kitschy fifties: they way they were
…In the fifties not only were the automobiles and the houses ugly looking but so indeed were most of the people. In 1950, for some reason, American women began wearing their hair in an exceedingly short, tightly curled, and decidedly … Continue reading
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Tagged 1950's clothes fashions, 1950's Italian cut hairstyle, 1950's kitsch, 1950's poodle cut, 1950's sack dress, Bob Hope, Desi Arnez, ethel merman, I Love Lucy show, Lucille Ball 1950's, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Orval Faubus
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