The 1950s were a huge contrast with the grim war years of the 1940s. As peace broke out, Western society saw a consumer boom that led to unprecedented levels of economic prosperity. The growth of ...

Advertisements can tell us a lot about an era. The 1950s were a golden age in advertising, and incorporated catchy slogans, long paragraphs of copy, and idealized representations of an American ...

What do ball bearings have to do with the future? Everything, if you believe these ads from the 1950s. New Departure-brand ball bearings ran a number of print ads to position themselves in the minds ...

Aug. 17 -- If women have come a long way from housework to the workplace, television ads depicting women have made the journey with them. Looking back, TV commercials from the 1950s and '60s feature ...

Lately, I’ve been super inspired by vintage 1950s Japanese Shiseido perfume ads. The soft muted pastel colors feel surprisingly modern. Vintage Japanese Shiseido ad via TaylorSterlingLoves This post ...

Long before choosing who to date by swiping left or right, singles looking for love had to put themselves out there the old-fashioned way: through personal ads in newspapers and magazines. From lonely ...

Once again, I found some interesting items while actually looking for something else. It is a constant occupational hazard of which I have fallen into many times. This time I was perusing a May 1957 ...

The military and the defense industry have certainly seen better days (though most of the bigwigs are still making money hand over fist). "Sequestration" has become the bogeyman beneath Washington's ...

I was reading the other day that some people in America want us to return to 1953 in this country. They don’t like modern society and believe the 1950s were better. Many of these people are older ...