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Images
and Maps
Fifties
Boulevard
Levittown:
Photographs from the Tekula Family
Santa
Clara Valley in the Fabulous Fifties
Divided
Highways: The Interstate and the Transformation
of American Life
A
U.S. Television Chronology, 1875-1970
Ad*
Access
(This site includes printed advertisements from
the 1950s.)
Advertising
Age's 50 Best Commercials: 1950s
History
of Television Photo Gallery
The
History of Rock and Roll, 1954-1963
(Hundreds of audio files)
Rock
and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
Rock
and Roll Gallery
Elvis
Presley
Elvis:
The Early Years
Sounds
of Jack Kerouac Reading (and Singing) His Prose
Artencyclopedia:
Edward Hopper
WebMuseum:
Edward Hopper
National
Gallery of Art: Jackson Pollock
WebMuseum:
Jackson Pollock
Primary
Sources
The
Literature & Culture of the American 1950s
(Links to numerous documents)
Levittown:
Documents of an Ideal American Suburb
(This site includes numerous images.)
A
Personal History of Early Television Broadcasting
The
Beats and the Boom: A Conversation with Allen
Ginsberg
The
Beat Generation Archives
Women's
Voices: Quotations from Women, Betty Friedan
Spock
Reflects on His Baby Revolution
Secondary
Sources
J.
Bradford DeLong, "The Great Keynesian Boom: 'Thirty
Glorious Years'"
Michael
D. Haydock, "The GI Bill"
(From American History)
United
States Culture and Society in the 1950s
The
GI Bill from Roosevelt to Montgomery: GI Bill
History
Richard
F. Weingroff, "Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956:
Creating the Interstate System"
(This site also contains images.)
Richard
Lacayo, "Suburban Legend: William Levitt"
(From Time 100)
Levittown
at Fifty
(This site contains numerous images and a video
clip.)
The
McDonald's Story
Jacques
Pepin, "Burger Meister: Ray Kroc"
(From Time 100)
Benjamin
Spock, World's Pediatrician, Dies at 94
(New York Times obituary)
James
Surowiecki "Suburbia: Is It So Bad to Be Banal?"
Howard
Smead, "The Baby Boom: A History"
Robert
Friedman, "The Baby Boom Turns 50"
(From LIFE)
Death
of a Salesman: Study Resource Center
Paul
Solman, "The King, August 15, 1997"
(Transcript from the PBS Online Newshour)
Chris
Colin, "Brilliant Careers: Hugh Hefner"
(From Salon.com)
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