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SOCIAL STUDIES: AMERICAN STUDIES: 1950-1959 - Accurate as of May 2005
Information on America from 1950-1959. Overlaps with some information from years 1900-1949. Discusses Rosenberg Trial as well as the history behind the Truman Presidency.
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Ad*Access
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/adaccess/
Images of 7,000 ads printed in the US and Canadian newspapers and magazines between 1911 and 1955; subject areas are radio, TV, transportation, beauty & hygiene, World War II
AdFlip
http://www.adflip.com
Archive of print ads back to 1940; search by year, publication, or categories
Alger Hiss Story
http://homepages.nyu.edu/~th15/
Searchable source for information
CNN: Cold War
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/
Interactive maps, archival footage, key players, declassified documents
Diner City
http://www.dinercity.com
Diner directory, diner reviews, and other roadside information
Fifties Web Index
http://www.fiftiesweb.com/fifties.htm
Oldies Music, Classic TV, Pop History, Fifties Fashions, Burma Shave, and more
The History of Rock ‘n’ Roll: the Golden Decade 1954-1963
http://www.history-of-rock.com/non_frames.htm
Roots and influence, record companies, teenagers and the 50s, and performers
Life Time Machines: Cover Collection, 1936-1972
http://www.pathfinder.com/Life/covers
Search by subject, keyword, or photographer
The Literature & Culture of the American 1950s
http://www.english.upenn.edu/~afilreis/50s/home.html
Alphabetical listing of biographies, literature, essays, speech transcriptions, and articles relating to the 1950s
The Quiz Show Scandal
http://pbs.org/wgbh/amex/quizshow
A look at the scandal’s impact on the television business and American lives
Roadside Peek
http://www.roadsidepeek.com/homepage.htm
Mid 20 th century roadside architecture—motels, bowling alleys, theatres, neon signs, petrol sumps
The Rosenberg Trial (1951)
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/rosenb/ROSENB.HTM
Chronology, sentencing, biographies, appeals, and more
The Rosenbergs : A case of love, espionage, deceit and betrayal
http://www.crimelibrary.com/rosen/rosenmain.htm
Crimes, people, trial, sentencing, appeals, and epilogue
Truman Presidential Museum & Library
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/
Chronologies, Korea , election, cabinet, World War II, United Nations, and more
TV in the ‘50s
http://www.fiftiesweb.com/tv50.htm
Divided by types of shows—westerns, comedy, kids-Saturday TV, drama, news, quiz shows, variety shows
United States Historical Census Data Browser
http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/census/
The data presented here describe the people and the economy of the US for each state and county from 1900 to 1960; searchable by several variables
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