Family dinners in the 1950s reflected a very different pace of life. A typical 1950s family dinner brought households together each evening around home-cooked meals, matching dinnerware, and recipes ...

1950s family kitchens were much more than places to prepare meals. They served as the heart of the home, where parents packed school lunches, children finished homework at the table, neighbors stopped ...

Television in the 1950s did more than entertain you, it quietly rewired how families organized their evenings, talked to one another, and imagined the wider world. Living rooms became mini theaters, ...

Archival footage documents 1950s American family road travel and packing routines, highlighting period transportation, fashion, and roadside meals. The material matters for understanding everyday ...

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 ...

We often associate the time before microwavable meals and fast food being more wholesome and healthy—with farm fresh vegetables and fruits in abundance—but the typical 1950s American diet was actually ...

Country music legend Kenny Rogers was 11 years old in 1950 when a census taker came to his family's home in Houston's Fourth Ward. Rogers lived at the San Felipe Court Apartments in unit 1037 with his ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! University of Oklahoma professor Jennifer Holland discussed the characteristics of American society in the post-World War II period. Holland is an ...