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Going Home to the Fifties
a book that celebrates that wonderful decade known as the 1950's. Not only is the text informative, but the wonderful pictures and illustrations, along with real advertisements, make this book a must-have. There are chapters about The Living Room, Kitchen, Bed and Bath. With the postwar economic boom, a vast middle class emerged. Suburbs exploded across the country, and the new industrial complex cranked out cars, appliances, and home furnishings in record numbers. In Going Home to the Fifties, Bill Yenne guides readers through an idealized neighborhood of the period, from the schools, roads, and commuter
trains to the homes, kitchens, and backyards - all drawn from the fantasy worlds
created by advertising.

Retro Housewife: A Salute to the Suburban Superwoman
Nothing can keep the 1950s housewife down - not dirt, not disappointment, not
life! With a smile and a little elbow grease, she tackles the cranky husband after
work, calms rowdy children with a snack, and erases that stubborn bathtub ring.
Add the improvements of "modern" technology, and she�s got time to do even
more. Dancing across the floor, mop in hand and makeup in place, RETRO
HOUSEWIFE is a tongue-in-cheek presentation of the role of the 1950s housewife.
Vintage product advertisements trumpet the man as head of household and woman as keeper of the home, with special instructions for women on how to be an attentive wife, efficient homemaker, and supermom. Kitschy and fun, this look back at how far we�ve come makes a perfect gift for bridal showers, bachelorette parties, baby showers, Mother�s Day, or girlfriends.

Decorative Art 50s (Decorative Art)
An absolute must have for anyone with a love for the modernist design movement of the 50's and 60's, or if you're looking to stay consistent with a modernist theme while redecorating with sleek, plastic and modular furniture and patterned textile design.

Handmade Modern : Mid-Century Inspired Projects for Your Home
Love the look of mid-century, modern, retro design? Chic, accessible, and fun, this is
the achievable new look of modern home design. Qualified do-it-yourselfers can go
retro with enough projects by legendary designer Oldham to fill entire rooms. Taking
inspiration from mid-century designers and artists Oldham revisits modernism in the
new millennium. Bold, vibrant, unpretentious and suitable for small urban spaces.
Oldham's pieces for the bedroom, living room and "reading room" play to function as
well as form. Projects are rated for "ease level" on a scale of one to five, but readers
unskilled in using jigsaws and sewing machines are left with rather unfulfilling tasks,
such as a sand-art incense bowl or kaleidoscope art glass. However, those with the know-how and the right equipment in their tool boxes can create an all-in-one room divider with "floating" boxes for storage space, an illuminated end table which is at once a display case and a light source, or a hand-quilted body pillow to go on top of a platform bed. Step-by-step photos illustrate techniques, and full-page pictures of finished rooms show how various pieces can be eye catchingly mixed and matched.
Todd Oldham has received accolades during an impressive career bringing couture fashion and elegant design to a more inclusive and broader audience, first in MTV's "House of Style", and today though his line of housewares and school supplies for Target, and his line of home furnishings for La-Z-Boy. In Handmade Modern he offers cutting-edge makeover plans for the office, kitchen, living room, bedroom, and closet, all designed to be both fresh and enormously practical. In this beautifully designed full-color book, Todd tackles each room in the house, starting with a beauty shot of each room, and then breaking the room down into its components, each one a do-it-yourself project.

Fabulous Fabrics of the 50s
Fabulous Fabrics of the 50s is the classic guide to the textiles of the exuberant post-war era, a time when bold new patterns and unprecedented color combinations revitalized d�cor. Designs based on science and fantasy proliferated; no home was complete without boomerang-patterned drapes slung across the picture window or a cowboy-print couch in the living room. In this nostalgia-packed celebration of textile design, more than 170 full-color photographs accompany lively text and detailed captions highlighting the
playful patterns of the 50s. Their genesis is revealed in equally fabulous fabrics
from earlier eras, such as jaunty nautical designs from the 40s, over-blown florals
of the 30s, and the deco-inspired prints of the 20s. A must-have resource book
for collectors, designers, decorators, artists, style mavens, and pop-culture buffs,
Fabulous Fabrics of the 50s is a chic and colorful tribute to a fascinating era in
textile design.

As Seen on TV : The Visual Culture of Everyday Life in the 1950s
Opening with a photograph of a 1950s Disneyland home designed in the shape of
a TV. From the painting-by-numbers fad to the public fascination with the First Lady's apparel to the television sensation of Elvis Presley to the sculptural refinement of the automobile, Marling explores what Americans saw and what they looked for in the 1950s with a gaze newly trained by TV.

Retro Happy Hour: Drinks and Eats With a 50's Beat
Retro Happy Hour has everything you need to revive the party style of that swell
decade - filled with kitschy photos and illustrations as well as fun recipes�

Route 66 Lost & Found: Ruins and Relics Revisited
It is like taking a roadtrip from the comfort of your favorite chair. This is a very
good book for those who enjoy the old days from the 1930's to the 1960's. Book
is filled with lots of pictures of buildings, gas stations, and lodges from their glory
days and show the sites as they stand today. Super book, great insight into the
motels, towns and cafes that once thrived along 66.

Retro Diner: Comfort Food from the American Roadside
Jump back through time to an era when sitting at the counter in your neighborhood diner was sure to bring hearty made-from-scratch food, friendly service, and an atmosphere all its own. Those sleek stainless steel eateries can still be found with lines of faithful and appreciative customers waiting to scoot into a red leather booth and sink their appetites into true American comfort food. Featuring a fun, colorful journey through diner history. Retro Diner offers over 115 of the best comfort food recipes from the American roadside, including Blue Moon Diner's Patty Melt, Dixie Diner's Blueberry Pancakes, and Peach Cobbler from Jake's. Short the history of diners and how they originated. They hit their peak in the 1950's in the time of juke boxes and car hops and those magnificent train car-style diners that most of us only know from seeing in film and TV. Thankfully diners have undergone a resurgence in popularity in recent years, thanks in part to TV and film. Many have taken on the task of restoring the old places and many new diners have been built in that classic 50's and 60' styling.

The American Diner
This is a wonderful book for nostalgia nuts! The many photographs and descriptions of pre-fast food America will remind you of simpler times, or make you sad that you missed them. The diner images in this book are fantastic, both the vintage and current shots. Many are full page size and more, giving the reader a closeup look at some of America's greatest diners. Along with really informative historical text, each chapter contains a sidebar that highlights a particularly cool diner.

Googie: Fifties Coffee Shop Architecture
Analysis of 50s architecture and design. The title suggests that Hess' focus lies in
coffee shop architecture; however, the book is in fact much more diverse. Social
trends in post-war Los Angeles, such as automobile and housing design, do much
to provide context for Hess' assertions and observations. This is the true value of
Hess' work. He does not provide a simple nostalgic or anecdotal look at the
overly-regurgitated 50s; rather, he seeks to provide a thoughtful analysis of an
indigenous American architectural style. Ultimately, Hess seeks to defend a style
that remains either maligned by proponents of "higher" architechtural forms, or reduced to simple nostalgia and trivialization. Hess succeeds admirably in this pursuit. This book is recommended for all who require a more thoughtful and contextual analysis of American popular culture, history, and design.

The American Drive-In Movie Theater
The drive-in movie theater brought together two distinct American institutions:
cars and movies. Since the earliest drive-ins of the 1930s, these entertainment
complexes have been an integral part of American culture. Their appeal stretched
to people from all corners of the country, offering a place for social gathering and
various amusements. Take a ride down memory lane in this entertaining look at
every aspect of the drive-in movie theater: the architecture, the marquees, the
cars, the food, and much more. Black-and-white and color photos, along with
period ads and other memorabilia, provide a highly illustrated tour from the origins of the drive-in, through
its heyday in the 1950s, its decline, and its subsequent revival.

Fifties Flashback : A Nostalgic Trip!
Was the Fifties your decade? Relive the memories, the optimism, the cars and the lifestyle of those early, more innocent years. Or, experience for the first time the custom-car craze, the horsepower race; when Detroit built terrific cars and America was the greatest country in the world! It's all here - car shows, drive-ins, drag strips, movies, comics, Clymer Books, Bonneville drop-tank racers, TV shows, hot rods, car hops, Ricky Nelson, Beaver Cleaver, and much more! Tons of cool pictures, funny stories, hilarious drawings make this a great hot rod book.

The American Dream: The 50's
The first chapter overviews the major events and trends of the decade, noting such
memorable occasions as the first human-to-human kidney transplant (1950) and the
publication of Dr. Seuss's The Cat in the Hat (1957). Following chapters cover the
presidency and popularity of Dwight Eisenhower, life in suburbia, the "red threat,"
automobiles, arts and entertainment, television, and sports. Everything is covered -
music legends, Hollywood stars, important personalities, major political events, even
what cars and toys were tops! - pink Cadillacs, fallout shelters, Sputnik. Rock & Roll
Generation: Teen Life in the 50s - superior black and white and full color photos - includes pictures of memorabilia. Major topics include: Roots of Rock and Roll, Hail The King, Teenage Dream, Chasing The Teenage Dollar, Rebels, Beats, and Cool Cats, Hot Rod Fever. If you were around in the 1950's you're sure to enjoy this volume. A memory-filled look at life of the teens nearly a half-century ago!

Do You Remember TV: The Book That Takes You Back
Just try and get the commercial jingles and TV-show themes out of your head after reading this little paperback that's a mishmash of familiar images (Ricky Schroeder, circa Silver Spoons), whimsical lists (e.g., actors appeared on the The Love Boat,), and snippets of memory-triggered melodies ("It's a neighborly day in this beauty-wood...") The books pages are organized randomly, much like recollections themselves-and it's eye-catching design and imaginative text set it apart from other pop-culture tones. Nostalgia friends will adore this goofy voyage through the history of TV land. You won't find much tv trivia
here (though there are a few nuggets scattered throughout the pages), but
what you will find are a lot of glossy photos, memorable phrases, and a wave of
nostalgia. Great gift for any lover of television or student of popular culture. The
cute, colorful design includes great pictures and a pop-art feel, and includes
random photos and snippets of trivia from "Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood," "Gilligan's
Island," "All in the Family," and dozens and dozens more. Also pages devoted to
classic commercials and classic news moments. A great, great book for families
to look at and remember when.

All-American Ads of the 50s
The start of the cold war spurred a buying frenzy and a craze for new technology that required ad campaigns to match. The nuclear age left its mark all over the advertisements, with a spotlight on planes, rockets, and even mushroom clouds. Big, beautiful cars, styled to keep up with the space age. Editor Jim Heimann, in his essay "From Poodles to Presley, Americans Enter the Atomic Age," explains: "Car designers came up with exaggerated tail fins for automobiles to express this new accelerated speed." Modernist home interiors look slick and shiny with their molded plastic furniture and linoleum floors. While clothing and furniture styles look strangely contemporary - a testament to our current obsession with vintage. Chapters on movies, food, and travel. Great book for the collector of 50's kitsch, or if you just like the 50's look.

Populuxe
If you're into Retro, or are a serious or casual student of Pop Art or American pop
culture, this book could be the blueprint for the whimsical looks of the 50's.
An enjoyable, nostalgic, amusement park ride through the world of split-level
houses, tail finned cars, and orange upholstered furniture. It's a fun read for
all baby boomers as well as for any of their children who are trying to figure out
why their parents think pink and green go together. While the colorful plastic and
steel designs of the '50's and '60's lacked the beauty of the bronze and silk
Art Deco styles of the '20' s and '30's, they are still full of a spirit of fun and excitement. Before Thomas Hine invented the term "Populuxe," the hopeful designs found in '50's and '60's fashion, furniture, architecture and automobiles were linked with the Space Age, the mighty atom, Rock 'n' Roll, and a nation in love with its wheels. This book is great fun to read with plenty of vintage pictures and insight into how the Space Age came to be.

Exotiquarium : Album Art from the Space Age
Nice coffee table with a light introduction into the era of 1950's Space Age pop. The first are the concept albums, which are otherwise known as the "Music To..." and "Music For..." albums recorded by various composers and orchestras ("Music for Happy Occasions", "Music To Help You Quit Smoking", "Music for Daydreaming"). Second is "Exotica", which I can only be classified as Hawaiian cocktail jazz. Although born out of Hawaii, Exotica ultimately incorporates rhythms & sounds from Latin America and Africa as well. There is the "Space" chapter, which documents the sudden rise of Outer Space sounds that arrived shortly after the ascension of science fiction movies. There are chapters on Latin and Eastern influenced pop records and a chapter on "cocktail" pop, which alternated between bubbly orchestral works and sultry torch songs. The book is pretty on-target in naming all the essential artists who made indispensable contributions to the various sounds of the Space Age scene and there are even film suggestions where the settings are very conducive to, and reminiscent of, Space Age pop, also the popularity of the easy type listening in the 50's and the development of supermarket music.