Remember the '50s : objects and moments of a dynamic era /

Remember the '50s : objects and moments of a dynamic era / [Mariel Marohn editor]. - Antwerp, Belgium : Tectum, c2010. - 175 p. : chiefly col. ill.

Text in English, Dutch and French.

Politics & moments -- RCA color television -- Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II -- Hillary climbs Mount Everest -- Disneyland California -- Postwar economic boom -- Rosa Parks -- Wedding of Grace Kelly -- Russians launch Sputnik -- First transatlantic jet flight -- Lifestyle -- Wurlitzer jukebox -- Transistor radio -- PEZ -- Tupperware -- Maggi-Würze -- Coca-Cola -- CHANEL N°5 -- Golden age of sewing machines -- Lego -- TV furniture (KUBA) -- Hula hoop -- Chupa Chups -- Marklin H0 trains -- Matchbox cars -- Fashion & accessories -- Kelly bag -- Cat's-eye glasses -- Nylon stockings -- Petticoat -- Ponytail -- Capris -- Baby doll pajamas -- Leather jacket -- Engines -- Fiat 500 -- VW bus type 2 -- Cadillac 59 -- Mercedes Benz 300SL "Gullwing" -- Ford Thunderbird -- Citroen DS (Deesse) -- Riva Aquarama -- Vespa -- Goggomobil -- Double-decker bus -- Whizzer Ambassador -- Design & architecture -- Googie architecture -- Las Vegas sign -- Fiberglass shell chair, Eames -- Swan chair, Arne Jacobsen -- Tulip chair, Eero Saarinen -- Kidney-shaped table -- Atomium Brussels -- Lamps of the '50s -- Entertainment -- Bettie Page -- Mickey Mouse -- Drive-ins -- Doris Day and Rock Hudson -- Playboy -- Marilyn Monroe -- Marlon Brando -- Elvis Presley -- James Dean -- Alfred Hitchcock.

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Nineteen fifties.
Popular culture--History--20th century.
Nineteen fifties--Pictorial works.

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