The 1950s were a huge contrast with the grim war years of the 1940s. As peace broke out, Western society saw a consumer boom that led to unprecedented levels of economic prosperity. The growth of ...
Advertisements can tell us a lot about an era. The 1950s were a golden age in advertising, and incorporated catchy slogans, long paragraphs of copy, and idealized representations of an American ...
A new photo series is going viral this month for calling out sexism in 1950s advertising—and in America in general. Visual artist and photographer Eli Rezkallah’s gallery “In a Parallel Universe” ...