THE DISCO DAYS

FASHION IN THE 70'S- BY THE 70'S WOMEN CHOSE WHO THEY WANTED TO BE. IF THEY FELT LIKE WEARING A MINI SKIRT...THEY DID! FOR EVENING WEAR THEY WORE FULL LENGTH MAXI DRESSES OR EVENING TROUSERS. IN THE EARLY SEVENTIES EITHER STRAIGHT OR EMPIRE DRESSES WITH SEQUENED FABRIC WAS POPULAR. THE DISCO DANCE BECAME POPULAR. (WWW.FASHON-ERA.COM).

BANDS/MUSICIANS IN THE 70'S-

• AEROSMITH
• ALICE COOPER
• BEE GEES
• BLACK SABBITH
• BLONDIE
• BOB DYLAN
• BOB MARLEY
• BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
• CHACAGO
• DAVID BOWIE
• ELTON JOHN
• JAMES TAYLOR
• JANIS JOPLIN
• JOHN LENNON
• KISS
• PINK FLOYD
• QUEEN
• ROD STEWART
• THE EAGLES

WWW.THEPEOPLESHISTORY.COM

T.V. SHOWS IN THE 70'S-

• GOOD TIMES
• ALL IN THE FAMILY
• HAPPY DAYS
• MAUDE
• ALIAS SMITH AND JONES
• THE ROCKFORD FILES
• WONDER WOMAN

WWW.TVPARTY.COM

XOXO,

LINDSEY

PSYCHEDELIC 60'S

TIMELINE OF THE 60'S

1960- THE FIRST DEBATE OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WAS TELIVISED, THE YEAR NASA SET UP ECHO, THE OLYMPICS WERE HELD IN ROME, AMERICAN "U2" SPY PLANE WAS SHOT DOWN. THE BUFFONT DO WAS POPULAR UNTIL '62

1961- JOHN F. KEENEDY MOVES INTO THE WHITE HOUSE, THE SOVIETS SENT THE FIRST MAN INTO SPACE.

1962- JOHN GLENN BECAME THE FIRST MAN TO ORBIT THE EARTH 3 TIMES, IT WAS A 5 HOUR FLIGHT, RACHEL CARSON WARNED THE PEOPLE THAT THE EARTH WOULD DIE OF CHEMICALS AND POLLUTION.

1963- MARTIN LUTHER KING MADE HIS "I HAVE A DREAM" SPEACH ON AUGUST 28TH, THE PRESIDENT WAS ASSANED IN DALLAS ON NOVEMBER 22, HIS ASSASIAN WAS NEVER SENT TO TRIAL. CARDIGIN DESIGNED THE BEETLE SUITS WHICH WERE POPULAR TO MEN.

1964- THE BEETLES BECAME VERY POPULAR, THIS IS THE YEAR CIGGARETTE BOXES HAD A WARNING LABEL ON THEM, THE FIRST CIVIL RIGHTS BILL WAS PASSED TO STOP RACIAL DESCRIMINATION. SPACE AGE CLOTHING BECAME POPULAR,

1965- PRESIDENT JOHNSON ORDERED BOMBING RAIDS ON NORTH VIETNAM AND AMERICANS BEGAN PROTESTING THE WAR, THE FIRST ROOFED STATIUM WAS BUILT, THE HOUSTON ASTRODOME. MINI SKIRTS BECAME MUCH SHORTER.

1966- WALT DISNEY, THE CREATOR OF MICKEY MOUSE, AND A PIONEER OF ANIMATED FILMS DIED OF CANCER, BUT HIS LEGEND STILL LIVES ON. PSYCHEDELIC CLOTHING WAS A HIT.

1967- THE FIRST HEART TRANSPLANT WAS PREFORMED. ETHNIC CLOTHING BECAME POPULAR.

1968- CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER MARTIN LUTHER KING WAS ASSANED. THE HIPPIE LOOK BECAME POPULAR

1969- NEARLY HALF A MILLION PEOPLE HEADED TO A 600 ACER FARM TO ATTEND WOODSTOCK, APOLLOW 11 LANDED ON THE MOON.

POPULAR MUSIC IN THE SIXTIES: PSYCHEDELIC, POP AND FOLK ROCK

WWW.KYRNE.ORG

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XOXO,

LINDSEY

THE 1950'S

1950- WAR IN KORA, CREDIT CARD SYSTEM WAS INTRODUCED INTO AMERICA, WORLD POPULATION NUMBERS 2.52 BILLION, FIRST ORGAN TRANSPLANT, AVERAGE SALLERY $2,992

1951-ROCK AND ROLL COLOR TV INTRODUCED IN US, A NEW BEAUTY COMPETITION TILTELED, "MISS WORLD", THE STILL CAMERAS HAD A BUILT IN FLASH, USA POPULATION WAS 50,290,OOO

1952- FOOD RATIONING ENDED, SALK POLIO VACCANE SAVED PEOPLE FROM POLIOMYELITIS

1953- HILIARY AND TENSING CONCURED MT. EVEREST, MCARTHY WITCH HUNT, DUPONT BEGAN COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION OF DACRON AT A PLANT IN NORTH CAROLINA TO PRODUCE POLYESTER.

1954- 54% OF AMERICANS HAD TELEVISION, THE FOUR MIN. MILE WAS BROKEN, COCO CHANEL REOPENED HER CLOTHING LINE.

1955-THE USA CIVIL RIGHTS GOT UNDERWAY, 60% IF AMERICANS BECAME "MIDDLE CLASS", JAMES DEAN PASSED AWAY IN A CAR ACCIDENT.

1956- EVLIS PRESLEY BECAME INTERNATIONAL WITH HIS MOVIE LOVE ME TENDER, VELCRO WAS INTORDUCED TO THE PUBLIC, IBM CREATED THE FIRST HARD DISC DRIVE.

1957- CHRISTIAN DIOR PASSES, LAZERS WERE INVENTED, SPACE BECOMES A REALITY.

1958- NASA WAS FOUNDED, STERO LP WAS FIRST SOLD, PARIS FASION INVENTED SHORTER SKIRTS ABOVE THE KNEE, US FAMILY INCOME WAS $5000 DOLLARS, THE TRAPEEZE WAS INTRODUCED.

1959- BARBIE DOLLS WERE INVENTED, ALASKA AND HAWAII JOINED THE UNITED STATES AND BECAME SERGONS.

CELEBRITIES-

• MARLYN MONROE
• JAMES DEAN
• KATHRINE HEPBURN
• DICK CLARK
• ELVIS PRESLEY

HTTP://WWW.FASHION-ERA.COM

XOXO,

LINDSEY

THE BABY BOOM

THE 1940’S BABY BOOM

THE 1940’S WAS DOMINATED BY WORLD WAR 2. THE EUROPEAN ARTIST AND INTELLECTUALS FLED HITLER AND THE HOLOCAUST. NO LONGER WAS THE FAMILY FARM IDEAL, NO LONGER WOULD BLACKS BE ACCEPTED TO LESSER STATUS.

FACTS ABOUT THIS DECADE:

POPULATION 132,122,000

UNEMPLOYED IN 1940 8,120,000

NATIONAL DEBT $43 BILLION

AVERAGE SALARY $1,200. TEACHERS SALARY $1441

MINIMUM WAGE $.43 PER HOUR

55% OF U.S. HOMES HAVE INDOOR PLUMMING

ANTARCTICA IS DISCOVERED TO BE A CONTINENT

LIFE EXPECTANCY 68.2 FEMALE AND FOR MEN 60.8

AUTO DEATHS 34,500

SUPREME COURT DECIDED BLACKS DO HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE

WORLD WAR 2 CHANGED THE ORDER OF WORLD POWER; THE US AND THE USSR BECAME SUPER POWERS

COLD WAR BEGINS

THE FORTIES WERE PRETTY WELL DEFINED BY THE WW2. US ISOLATIONISM WAS SHATTERED BY THE JAPANESE BOMBING OF PEARL HARBOR. THE SUCCESSFUL USE OF PENICILIN BY 1941 REVOLUTIONIZED MEDICINE. TELEVISION MADE IT’S DEBUT IN 1939 AT THE WORLD FAIR, BUT THE WAR INTERRUPTED FUTHER DEVLOPMENT. IN 1947, COMMERCIAL TELEVISION WITH 13 CHANNELS BECAME AVALIBLE TO THE PUBLIC.

MUSIC IN THE FORTIES:

GLENN MILLER

TOMMY DORSEY

DUKE ELLINGTON

BENNY GOODMAN

BING CROSBY

FRANK SINATRA

DINAH SHORE

KATE SMIT

PERRY COMO

CHARLIE PARKER

DIZZIE GILLESPIE

THELONIUS MONK

BILLY HOLIDAY

ELA GITZGERALD

WOOD HERMAN

FADS:

JITTERBUG- GI’S TOOK THE DANCE OVER SEAS WHEN THEY WENT TO THE WAR DANCING WITH ALL THE GIRLS OR BARMAIDS.

ROSIE THE RIVITER- THIS WAS THE SYMBOL OF WORKING WOMEN. WOMEN WOULD GO TO WORK IN FACTORIES WHILE MEN WERE OFF AT WAR.

RITA HAYWORTH AND BETTY GRABLE- TWO PIN UP WOMEN OF THE FORTIES.

REFRIDERATORS

FROZEN DINNERS

TUPPERWEAR

ALUMNIUM FOIL

DINERS

SLINKY’S

SEVENTEEN MAGAZINES.

FASHION OF THE FORTIES:

ZOOT SUIT WAS THE HEIGHT OF FASHION AMONG DARING YOUNG MEN UNTIL THE WAR PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT RESTRICTED THE AMOUNT OF FABRIC THAT COULD BE USED IN MEN’S GARMENTS. THE SAME RESTRICTIONS LED TO POPULARITY OF WOMEN’S CONVERTIBLE SUIT.

CHRISTIAN DIOR CREATED THE “NEW LOOK” IN NEW YORK. FEMININE DRESSES WITH LONG, FULL SKIRTS, AND TIGHT WAIST. COMFORTABLE, LOW HEELED SHOES WERE FORSAKEN FOR HIGH HEELS. HAIR WAS CURLED HIGH ON THE HEAD IN FRONT, AND WORN TO THE SHOULDERS IN THE BACK AND MAKE UP WAS SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE.

MOVIES IN THE FORTIES:

SKIN OF OUR TEETH

GLASS MENAGERIE

STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE

MUSICAL THEATER

OKLAHOMA

CAROUSEL

ANNIE GET YOUR GUN

INVENTIONS:

THE FRISBEE

PLASTIC

THE FIRST COMPUTER

COLOR TELEVISION

THE JEEP

SLINKY

SILLY PUTTY

ATOMIC BOMB

MICROWAVE

VELCRO

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HTTP://KCLIBRARY.LONESTAR.EDU

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LINDSEY

THE DIRTY 30'S

(THE LADY ON THE LEFT IS JOAN HARLOW) BY THE 1930’S MONEY WAS SCARCE BECAUSE OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION, SO PEOPLE DID WHAT THEY COULD TO MAKE THEMSELVES HAPPY. MOVIES WERE HOT, POLAR GAMES AND BOARD GAMES WERE POPULAR. YOUNG PEOPLE DANCED TO THE BIG BANDS. THE GOLDEN AGE OF THE MYSTERY NOVEL CONTINUED AS PEOPLE ESCAPED INTO BOOKS, READING WRITERS SUCH AS AGATHA CHRISTIE, DASHIELLE HAMMETT AND RAYMOND CHANDLER.

FACTS ABOUT THIS DECADE:

POPULATION: 123,188,OOO IN 48 STATES.

LIFE EXPETANCY: MEN 58.1 WOMEN 61.6

AVERAGE SALERY: $1,368

UNEMPLOYMENT RISES: 25%

CAR SALES: 2,787,400

FOOD PRICES: MILD 14 CENTS A QUART, BREAD 9 CENTS A LOAF, ROUND STEAK 48 CENTS A POUND

PLYMOUTH ROADKING CAR IN 1938 COST $685

COMPLETE MODERN BEDROOM SUIT COST $79.85

“DUST BOWL” WAS A TERM WAS BORN IN THE HARD TIMES FROM THE PEOPLE WHO LIVED IN THE DROUGH STRIKEN REIGON DURING THE DEPRESSION. THE TERM WAS FIRST USED IN A DISPACH FROM ROBERT GEIGER, A AP CORRESPONDANT IN GUYMON WITH A FEW SHOT HOURS THE TERM WAS USED ALL OVER THE NATION. THE THIRTIES WAS ALSO KNOWN AS THE “DIRTY THIRTIES”.

POP CULTURE IN THE 1930’S

THE MOVIES THE WIZARD OF OZ AND GONE WITH THE WIND CAME OUT

ACTION COMICS CONTINUED TO GROW AND SUPERMAN FIRST APPEARED.

CELEBRITIES IN THE THIRTIES: CLARK GABLE, SHIRLEY TEMPLE, JOAN CRAWFORD, WILL ROGERS, FRED ASTAIRE, AND GINGER ROGERS.

TECHNOLOGY IN THE THIRTIES:

THE JET ENGINE

TEA BAGS

THE FIRST PHOTOCOPIER

BALL POINT PEN

BBC TELEVISION

CATSYEYS

ELECTRIC RAZOR

ELECTRON MICROSCOPE

FREQUENCY MODULATION

HELICOPTER

JET ENGINE

NYLON

MAGNETIC RECORDING

POLAROID

RADAR FOR AIRCRAFT

RADIO TELESCOPE

STICKY TAPE

WWW.KCLIBRARY.COM, WWW.CCCCOK.ORG, WWW.THEPEOPLEHISTORY.COM

XOXO,

LINDSEY

ROARING 20'S

TODAY I'D FIGURE I WOULD START A LITTLE SERIES OF THE UNITED STATES DURING THE DIFFRENT ERA'S. AS YOU CAN SEE I WILL START WITH THE "ROARING 20's". THE PHRASE "ROARING 20's" EMPHASIZED THE PERIODS SOCIAL, ARTISTIC, AND CULTRUIAL DYNAMISM. "NORMALICY" RETURNED TO POLITICS IN THE WAKE OF WORLD WAR 1, JAZZ MUSIC BLOSSOMED, AND THE FLAPPER REDFINED WOMANHOOD. THE 20'S WERE THE DECADE OF THE BATHTUB, MODEL T AND THE $5 WORK DAY, THE FIRST TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE FIRST MOVIE AND PHOTOGRAPHY WAS KNOWN AS A ART FORM. THE RAPIDLY GROWING AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY WAS LED BY HENRY FORD AND THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY. INCREASED WAGES AND LOWER PRICES OF VEHICLES THROUGH MASS PRODUCTION MADE PURCHASING A CAR MORE AFFORDABLE. THE FIRST WORLD WAR (1914-18) HASTED THE DEVELOPMENT OF AEROPLANES WHICH WERE INFANCY. BY THE 20'S THEY WERE MORE RELIABLE BY CARRING LARGER LOADS AND TRAVELING LONG DISTANCES. IN THE BEGENNING AEROPLANES WERE MADE WITH WOOD, THEN LATER INTO METAL. RAGTIME WHICH HAD BEEN POPULAR DURING AND AFTER THE WAR SUITED TO THE NEW MUSIC TEMPOS AND SO IT FLOURISHED. OLD FAVORITES LIKE THE WALTZ DID REMAIN POPULAR. DANCES LIKE THE TANGO AND THE CHARELSON BECAME POPULAR WHEN THEY WERE RELEASED IN A MOVIE STARING RUDOLPH VALENTINO AND JOAN CRAWFORD. FASHION HAS ALWAYS BEEN INFLUENCED BY THE MODE OF TRANSPORTATION. CLOTHING DEVELOPED CLOSER RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE ARTS, AND INCREASED A SENCE OF FREEDOM WAS EXPRESSED IN THE SIMPLE YET ELEGANT DESIGHNS WITH CAREFULLY SELECTED FABRICS AND COLORS. HATS, SHOES, STOCKINGS, HANDBAGS, DRESSES AND JEWLERY CAME TOGETHER TO CREATE A ELEGANT STYLE. THE VIBRANCY WAS LOST IN BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS. THAT IS ALSO WHEN FINGREWAVES AND THE BOB BECAME IN STYLE.
STATISTICS FROM THE 20'S

• POPULATION- 122 MILLION
• PRICE OF A GALLON OF MILK WAS- $.58
• AVERAGE ANNUAL INCOME- $1,574
• POPULAR BOOKS- ERNEST HEMMINGWAY FAIRWELL TO ARMS, F. SCOTT FITZGERALD THE GREAT GATSBY
• POPULAR CHILDRENS BOOKS- WINNIE THE POOH, DR. DOOLITTLE, VELVITINE RABBIT
• CHILDRENS TOYS- A BABY DOLL THAT SAYS MAMA, PAPER DOLLS, TEADY BEAR, METAL TRUCKS, TINKER TOYS, ERECTOR SETS
• BEST MOVIES- TREASURE ISLAND BEN HUR
• FAVIORTE ACTORS- RUDOLPH VALENTINO AS THE SHEIK, CLARA BOW KNOWN AS THE "IT" GIRL, MARY PICKFORD MARRIED TO FAIRBANKS, DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS, AL JOLSON, AND CHARLES CHAPLIN.
• STYLES- WOMEN WORE THEIR HAIR SHORT OR IN A BOB, SHORT HEM LINES, CLOCHE, SHIRTS, KNICKERS, LEATHER JACKETS AND RACCON COATS.
• SPORTS HEROS- BABE RUTH, PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL PLAYER, JACK DEMPSY, A BOXER, GENE TUNNEY, A BOXER, JONNY WIESSMULLER A OLYMPIC SWIMMER, BOBBY JONES, A AMETURE GOLF PLAYER, BIG BILL TILDEN, A WEMBLEDON PLAYER, AND RED GRANGE A HALFBACK AT THE UNIVERISTY OF ILLINOIS.
• FAMOUS WOMEN- AMELIA EARHART, FIRST WOMEN TO FLY ACROSS THE ALANTIC SOLO, GERTRUDE EDERLE, FIRST WOMEN TO SWIM THE ENGLISH CHANNEL, AND ANNE OAKLEY WHO WAS PROFESSIANT AT FIREARMS
• OUTLAWS- AL CAPONE BEST KNOWN GANGSTER OF ALL TIME
• FAVORITE CARTOON CHARACTERS- FELIX THE CAT, MICKEY MOUSE AND LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE.
• NEW FOODS- WELCHES GRAPE JELLY, WRIGLEYS GUM AND ESKIMO PIES

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WWW.1920-30.COM (THIS HAD THE MOST INFORMATION)

HTTP://WWW.GEOCITIES.COM

XOXO,

LINDSEY

WHAT TO DO FOR MY BIRTHDAY!!!!

I HAVE DECIDED TO DO NOTHING FOR MY BIRTHDAY. I'LL JUST GO OUT TO DINNER WITH MY HUSBAND THAT NIGHT....BUT THAT WEEKEND.....I'LL DO NOTHING. I JUST DON'T FEEL LIKE DOING ANYTHING.......I KNOW I AM BEING A PARTY POOPER!!! YOU'LL GET OVER IT. IF I DO DECIDE TO DO SOMETHING....IT WON'T BE ANYTHING BIG. I HAVE TO WORK THAT SATURDAY, I'LL GET OFF AT 6 WONT GET HOME TILL 6:30 OR 7, FIGRUE OUT WHAT TO DO FOR DINNER AND THEN GO OUT, AND IT WILL TAKE AT LEAST HALF AN HOUR TO GO TO WHERE EVER I DECIDE TO GO...SO IT'S COMPLICATED, AND I'M LAZY. IF I DECIDED TO DO SOMETHING I'LL KEEP IT LOW KEY......I JUST DON'T WANT TO INVITE A BUNCH OF PEOPLE OUT SO I CAN LEAVE AT MIDNIGHT OR ONE SO I CAN GO TO WORK THE NEXT DAY....WHATEVER!!!!! IF I DECIDED TO DO SOMETHING.....I WILL PERSONALLY BE CONTACTING YOU!!!

XOXO,

LINDSEY