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Once upon a time, America was optimistic in the future, trusted in God, their politicians and the atomic bomb, loved two-tone colors on their cars and shoes, consumed like crazy (and didn't complain about it), were terrified by Russians and flying saucers, and despite it all, they just got used to it and kept their normal lives.
The car looks a little out of proportions (it is TINY!), but that's OK, since this is a cartoony pic and the stuff.
The car looks a little out of proportions (it is TINY!), but that's OK, since this is a cartoony pic and the stuff.
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Actually, I've seen a short-bodied car from that time period like that- Just can't place it, though. It was a 2-seater I've seen on a local indian reservation, kept in perfect shape... (Classic cars are a local passion up here in far northwestern California...)
I've always enjoyed the 1950s culture and music, but not the racism, the fearmongering, or the use of drugs & smoking.
The '50s were NOT a copasetic time- The only time there was any economic prosperity in that decade was between 1949 and 1952-- Rock & Roll came about as a need to rebel from the disasterous post-Korean-war economy and McCarthyism ("Everybody's a Commie!"), not to mention the race riots. It should be noted that the highest rate of teen pregnancy in the US occurred in 1959, largely because of ignorance about sex and sexuality- Ignorance was of high value back then! The culture of "Leave It To Beaver" was very much a myth! In fact, it was part of an effort to say overall that problems did not exist, that we were all one happy, prosperous nation....which we weren't.
The best thing to ever come out of the '50s was most undoubtedly the music and the fun! :) Rock & Roll was just hitting its stride, and it was fun. :) It faltered a bit in the early '60s, until the Beach Boys and the Beatles breathed new life into it. We had space-age dreams of a peaceful, free future, one where being accused of something required proof, and not just scare tactics.
I was born well after the '50s (1965, to be exact), but I thank God that the '50s kids rebelled as they did- It made people answer for what they did to others.
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I've always enjoyed the 1950s culture and music, but not the racism, the fearmongering, or the use of drugs & smoking.
The '50s were NOT a copasetic time- The only time there was any economic prosperity in that decade was between 1949 and 1952-- Rock & Roll came about as a need to rebel from the disasterous post-Korean-war economy and McCarthyism ("Everybody's a Commie!"), not to mention the race riots. It should be noted that the highest rate of teen pregnancy in the US occurred in 1959, largely because of ignorance about sex and sexuality- Ignorance was of high value back then! The culture of "Leave It To Beaver" was very much a myth! In fact, it was part of an effort to say overall that problems did not exist, that we were all one happy, prosperous nation....which we weren't.
The best thing to ever come out of the '50s was most undoubtedly the music and the fun! :) Rock & Roll was just hitting its stride, and it was fun. :) It faltered a bit in the early '60s, until the Beach Boys and the Beatles breathed new life into it. We had space-age dreams of a peaceful, free future, one where being accused of something required proof, and not just scare tactics.
I was born well after the '50s (1965, to be exact), but I thank God that the '50s kids rebelled as they did- It made people answer for what they did to others.
d.m.f.
Someday we're going to look back on this decade with the same rosy gleam of nostalgia in our eyes... I wonder what it will look like?
I've always loved the 50s (and 60s), even though I wasn't even born until the 70s. It's funny how by sifting back through all the old movies, ads, radio shows and books, it's kind of possible to feel a bit nostalgic for a time you never even experienced. Of course, we all know that 1950s America wasn't really the spiffy world of sock hops, malt shops, drive-ins and Brylcreem that we like to imagine today... or at least, it wasn't just those things. Throw into the mix civil unrest, red baiting paranoia, ignorance and violent intolerance of anyone who defied the status quo, and the 50s kinda just looks like the way things still are.
But with cooler cars.
I've always loved the 50s (and 60s), even though I wasn't even born until the 70s. It's funny how by sifting back through all the old movies, ads, radio shows and books, it's kind of possible to feel a bit nostalgic for a time you never even experienced. Of course, we all know that 1950s America wasn't really the spiffy world of sock hops, malt shops, drive-ins and Brylcreem that we like to imagine today... or at least, it wasn't just those things. Throw into the mix civil unrest, red baiting paranoia, ignorance and violent intolerance of anyone who defied the status quo, and the 50s kinda just looks like the way things still are.
But with cooler cars.
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