Daily Life and Popular Culture in the 1950s
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- This video provides a brief overview of daily life in the 1950s, as well as a look at American popular culture during the decade.
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its amazing how a man with high school education can support a stay at home wife 3 kids, buy a house and a car and not be in debt, now 2 income families live paycheck to paycheck
And yet the American people don’t care that they’re getting fucked over lol. As long as they can barley survive paycheck to paycheck they won’t complain.
Workers were paid an adequate wage and the top management about 10 or 20 times what the average worker earned. Nowadays workers don't earn enough to make ends meet and top executives are paid a hundred or a thousand times what the average worker makes. It will lead, it is leading to a breakdown of the social order.
This is the kind of thing that created Weimar Germany in the 1920s. Looks like we're gonna get a nice 100th anniversary.
Women entered the workforce in large numbers in the 70's. Then all the businesses realized most families now had two incomes, and all the prices went up.
@@janesawyer3495 so true
This is exactly how I grew up in the 50's . I was born in 1945, so I was a kid during the 50's. It was so much safer as a kid to grow up back then. I had a Mom, dad, and an older sister. We did EVERYTHING together. Never had babysitters. My folks took us wherever they went. We were a family unit that stayed that way until my folks were in their 80's and passed away. I have nothing but great memories of my youth and thank my parents for raising me the way they did.
You were blessed I had none of that
sounds wonderful i wish id have had a good life like that. i'm trying to make up for it now in my 40s here's hoping i can make some good memories before i pass on.
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I hope you're having a great life I am still very young and I enjoy listening to old people and their stories :)
This was the life, even in the 1960s-1980s.
The fact that a family could live on a one person income is amazing. I work all day and still go into debt.
i went to school for near 20 years and cant even get a job lol
But...as grown people, let's review. You have to have skills someone WANTS to pay for.
A diploma in something obscure isn't going to help you.
If you can't manage without one paycheck or a 400.00 emergency, something is wrong.
Where did the 1,200 go? Did most people pay bills? Nope. They bought a new guitar at Guitar Center, whose instrument sales were way up or a flat-screen.
I see a ton of people here who can barely write literately. They don't have much in the way of skills and they don't even know how to dress professionally. Shocker nobody is paying you 250.00 an hour unlike lawyers get. Just saying.
Buying a new car with a car payment is stupid. A mortgage is also stupid. Unless you like handing a good grand away for nothing every month just because you wanna house.
I think it's no bueno if you're only surviving on the government.largesse. It ain't gonna last.
I saw a woman who was stupidly doing overseas house sitting. But SOMEHOW managed to rack up 40k in credit card bills?? Now whining she can't pay her bills. But SHE is the one who can't manage money or a business. That's how you GET 40k in credit card bills.
Winds of March Journey/Perry tribute band nice
That is a myth 50% of all women in the 1950's did work.
The one-income family was finished off in the 1980s with the deregulation of housing, causing the cost of housing develop faster than people's salaries
@@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 "unlike lawyers get"
Accurately described my childhood. We ate together, took Sunday drives together, watched TV together. Dad picked the shows. The TV shows mentioned were my favorites. Drive- in theaters in my teen years. But i remember gas at 26 cents a gal. My 1st job paid 65 cents an hour. And yes, many men, high school grad or not, could support a stay at home wife, several kids & buy house & car. Less stress back then!
YOU JUST DESCRIBED MY CHILDHOOD ALSO...WE EVEN WENT TO THE GROCERY STORE/SHOPPING TOGETHER AS A FAMILY...WE DID EVERYTHING TOGETHER AS A FAMILY. THANK GOD FOR THOSE GREAT MEMORIES!
Of course you have very few choices as a little girl in the 1950s.
Meanwhile ....😂
I’m jealous
Didn't need $$ to have fun!
Did you raise your family the same way or was it more difficult to do?
Life during the 1950s also included backyard barbecues, kids staying out until the lights came on, phone lines that had to be shared with others (called party lines), home movies shown on projectors, station wagons to bring the whole family to drive-ins.
And 3on3 neighbor football games. Girls played too!
@@marknewton6984 backyard barbecues with some neighbors was a fond memory for me. Simple, chicken & potato salad and watermelon for dessert. A simpler time without spending $ and families & neighbors coming together.
Growing up in the 50's was both fun and carefree. My mom stayed home and took care of us while my dad went to work every day. We all went to church every Sunday. Whatever church you belonged to. Lots of snow in the winter time and long hot summers to enjoy. Summer seemed to last forever. Neighborhoods were close and everyone talked to each other on their front porches. It really was a great time. It was better than the 60's.
I grew up exactly like this in the 60's. It did start to change at the end of the decade, though.
Sooooooo simple and AMAZING!!! LUCKY YOU!!! ❤
From your comments it is obvious you were NOT: Black, female, gay or a freethinker! We Americans are famous for not thinking very well! Best of luck!
Us too
I was born in '57 and my childhood in the 60s was very much like yours. Idyllic.
Born in 1948 I have great memories of being so free all day outside! Miss the innocence of that time. 🌸⭐️
Life before the 80s was grand . Big Brother took over and now people and the government is watching you on cameras .
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My grandfather was also born in 1948. His birthday was 22 September. What's yours?
If I had a Time Machine, this is the era I would travel back to… in a heartbeat.
Let's Go! Back to the 50's
I wish i grew up in these days, i love classic cars, music, rven the look of the old box tvs. I thnk the 1950s would be a lovely decade to grow up in. The 50s vibe is so warming
RandomRaccoonTopic Yes, it was. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Those days will return
After WW3
Yes
It was a great time to grow up.
Cars were the worst pieces of boxes if you lived then. This is probably the most naive comment here.
Seeing the black and white images reminded me of how some kids used to think people couldn’t see in color and that it was invented relatively recently.
Color was invented by Jackie Robinson after he broke the color barrier
@@user-oh8qx7os7o Damn and I thought that the invention of running made by Thomas Running was cool
Whaaaaaaaa ??????????
But thats when racism was still occuring
My little brother thought this lol
I was a child of the 1950s (born in 1949). Thank you for a great summary of these wonderful years. It was a much simpler world back time and a swell time to be a kid in Southern California.
California was a dream destination at the time
Unless one's childhood was sheer hell, I imagine 99 percent of all people look back on them as simpler, better times. That doesn't make it so, but nostalgia can be a wonderful thing.
Me too, we lived through a fantastic period and were part of the culture!
@@lreking8929 1% of me😃
For white Americans
The family unit was important to back then. The decade I grew up in. Life was not complicated then and people had respect for each other. I miss the '50's. A happy time.
Respect with racism? Sexism?
agreed! although not perfect, today is riveting! young men and women are encouraged to degrade themselves on the internet because its impowering people even praise the behavior of underaged children twerking. the 50s was a place of structure and culture. and to the people that use the racist card as an excuse, sure things were not perfect but compare it today. people discriminate more than ever. we live in a world of hate, everyone hates everyone and hate crimes are skyrocketing. cost of living, propaganda, overpopulation and being out of touch with your own family
TV shows were wholesome. You could sit with your parents and watch them unlike some shows today. Loved the drive in theaters. They charged by the car when I was a kid so a family on a budget to load up the car with kids and food and have a great night out.
patricia collet true. Even stuff rated 12 has loads of inappropriate content (everything is so sexualised)
patricia collet i am french but when i went in USA , 15 years ago the first thing i was looking for was a drive-in theater, it seems it was a dreamy life
@@madelainebellini7447 Exactly as it should be.
Arnas Bakanas ??
My parents grew up in the 50s and 60s wonder why I mostly stopped watching TV. I’ll watch cowboy pics with my dad but this new stuff?! No!
We married at 21, bought a small terraced house and I stayed at home to bring up our 3 children while my Husband worked. I cooked everything from scratch, sewed and knitted. I took pride in my house and family. We ate together, went to Church and had a small Holiday every year. I would not change my life for anything. We had very little money, and furnished our house from donated or second hand items. We couldn’t afford s car and walked everywhere. If we didn’t have money for something, then we did without. My Children have high powered jobs and their own houses.
It is important to live within one’s means. This wasn’t in the 1950’s--it was 1981.
Same here...married at 22yrs old right out of nursing school, paid off student loans hard core, then became a stay at home mom at 25yrs when my first child was born, and have always home schooled. We do everything together as a family. My husband is a nurse. We married in 2007...it is totally possible to glean all the good stuff from the past and bring it into the present.
22:21 and me. Married 1979. No phone and no tv till we could afford them. Borrowed twin tub. Second hand furniture. Children wore hand me downs. Coal fire. No central heating. All home baking with a wooden spoon! Didn’t miss what we didn’t have and very much appreciate everything. It’s a different world now
I was 18years old my husband was23 we lasted 60 years the morals then were so different then Those days are gone forever
Americans abandoned God as the moral foundation for our Nation and in return God abandoned us to indulge in our self destructive sinful nature. I wasn't born until the 1970's and even I have pangs of nostalgia for the America that once was in the 1950's which I only saw via old black and white TV show reruns as a child. Alas, we had so much potential which has been squandered.
@Herman Greenfield How many people do you know married in the 50s are divorced, tho?
Theresa Chiorazzi yes, so sad !!! What ‘s appen in this crazy world ?
@John Salvage so true!
@it_me Hi how old are you typing this?
A combo of the 1950's and 1980's would be my dream. Both decades were a great time to be an American. Sometimes you want to go to a place you've never been before.
1950s was a far better era as it was much stronger politically and economically than the 1980s.
My favorite decades 🥺
My two favorite decades.
Growing up in the 80s (like I did) made you part of Generation X. We did NOT have it easy. Lots of divorce and being ignored by our “Me Generation” parents.
Then how do you know either was so great? 🤔
My mom was born in 1954! My grandparents told me many good stories about the 50s! Must of been an awesome time!
Yeah the 50s were a good time for white people
Despite segregation, blacks had it good as well. Our communities were filled with hard working, respectful, and intelligent men and women who were involved in the community. My mom grew up in Chicago and tells me the most wonderful stories of her childhood.
@@kjblalark1409 America was over 90% white in the 1950s so that's kind of an irrelevant statement.
Colt McGrady but the U.S is literally called the melting pot of countries. Aren’t they the literal description of a multi-racial country?
@@e.michelle2424 my parents grew up in the south and went to all segregated schools etc and they track about the racism only occasionally. They mostly talk about life on the farm, family drama, the crazy young people things they did (my dad would race cars!) everyday stuff. People back then weren’t sitting around pontificating all the ills of society ALL the time. It was not like today with social media echo chambers.
Loved the 50’s would go back to those years in a heartbeat.
You would go back to an era of violent racism and rampant misogyny? I bet you would.
@@RadiantSilverlighter there was none of that in my town family or life….so I don’t know what your life was like but mine was pretty good in 50’s and 60’s.
@@yankee2666 I lived them as a child. I’m talking about the simplicity of life in general. There were rules, stability, respect, discipline, socializing, moms at home, children had shores, children looked forward to Christmas and birthdays for a gift not being given everything they want when they want it. I worked for my first bike and took good care of it. I remember going for tea in afternoon at friends with my grandma where the lady was so happy to have company to take out their best dishes and always fresh deserts. Why are our children now suffering so much mentally, crimes and killings a daily occurrence nowhere is safe. I could go on and on about our lifestyle decay we are now living.
The 1950s were the golden years, happy and greatful to have grown up in that decade! Loved it!
Amen. Me too.
I'm sure it was a blast if you were white, rich and straight
We were not exempt from troubles in the 50’s, and we weren’t rich by any means. But compared to the 60 years since, we were living in Utopia. They were indeed the “Golden Years”, it was a magic time. How fortunate we were!!!
@@yortlebluzzgubbly3871 EXACTLY!!!
Life was comfortable if you were white & middle class.
@@yortlebluzzgubbly3871
You might want to add male
As a man in my 80's I remember my 50's very well . I loved my 50's decade and they will always be my favorite decade . I get a lot of flack for this, but these years were in my youth as a teenager and as a young man . Why wouldn't they be my favorite years !
My grandpa was somehow able to support 11 children and his stay at home wife with his factory job. I live practically paycheck to paycheck and I only have a dog 😂
Well, that was then, this is how.
It was engineered to get generations of millions to labor and save, and finally for most all of that to end in the accounts of wealth of the wealthy.
Some of us are old enough to remember the 1950's as a teenager. All I can say is I am one of them and it was wonderful!!!
that's great... now show respect for the GOAT GENERATION, THE MILLENIALS! THAT INCLUDES ME.
I bet you're white.
@@RadiantSilverlighter lmao
Yes, for white men, forget the others
i wish i could be that lucky
Life in the 1950's was way more than entertainment and professional sports. Americans were building great cars, appliances, the Boeing 707 and DC-8. It was also the Cold War era and the Korean conflict. Then the fun stuff like hamburger drive-in's, and so much more that could be portrayed.
Yes you are so right. Although I only viewed America through the media, the 50's was a wonderful decade for Americans. Sure the Korean War and the start of the Cold War (which extends to this day) were depressing factors for everyone, but the material/domestic prosperity, great cars, great music, great movies, fast food, and a lot of other factors, made it a great decade for the US.
Andy Ortaaslan wow
Notice African Americans wasnt mentioned in this because they weren't look at as equal people being killed and hung around this era
@@joshuarogers5829
African Americans had levels of unemployment similar to white Americans. And it was also the era of Civil rights were republicans fought against democrats to introduce Civil Rights. Democrats actively blocked Civil Rights.
@Jan Pearson
Democrats blocked black rights why did you act as if they were the ones who brought the rights?
I was born in 1951. This brings back so many great memories. Thank Mom and Dad.
I am now 68 yrs old with an older brother and 2 younger sisters who were all born in the 50s except my youngest sister who was born in 1960. We were the quintessential 50s family too. We always took vacations as a family, my dad was the only breadwinner, we had a big luxury gas-guzzler station wagon, and my mother had the EXACT Singer sewing machine shown in this video! We had a Dumont 21" B&W high fidelity TV with (GOSH!) a woofer and a tweeter! Good times. Good times.
I grew up in the 1950s and it really was a wonderful time. I think the 1950s was the golden age of American never to be see again, there was a warm feeling that is totally absent today.
the 50's were simply a facade made of racism and homophobia to the real world outside. the 50's was extremely strong politically and economically this is true, but for social wellbeing? an absolute mess. if you stood out in any way you were shamed and pronounced "mentally ill" and being anything but a white straight male was probably terrible in the 50's because of the social constructs. suburbs and car centrism were on the rise and americans became more and more socially isolated and this can be attributed to the rise of depression and anxiety in the US to this day not to mention vehicle emissions and climate change. i don't get why even today most people wish to go back to the 50's when we've come so far socially and scientifically and to go back to such a dull and conformist decade.
Nowadays as a woman I don't like going to the grocery store alone too many crazy people people out there running running around lose 😮
Electronics, computers had an advantage but at the same time separated people especially the 2000,s where 69 % of elementary kids have cell phones. Too much typing, watching not enough interaction and so socially inept.
@@alextaylor4513 Dull and conformist decade? You know nothing about it.
@@alextaylor4513nope. Look up Paul Lynde and Liberace. Both were gay both were very popular during the 50s. Please do not discuss what you do not know.
No phones simple times. Gives you such a good feeling. They are gone forever. Sooooo sad!!!
Good times, It is so hard to believe how we went from this in the 50s and look how things are now.
I have watched numerous depictions of life in the 50's and this one seemed to hit home more than all the others combined. Although I grew up in a rural town in Southwest Arkansas, I could still relate to much of what was shown here, especially that which talked about the family even though my father died in 1957 (I was 7 at the time). I remember watching many of the t.v. shows once we got a t.v. around 1958 and, without going into a long drawn out story, I was exposed to the various forms of music available during the 50's.
I too lost my Dad to a bad heart 1957 when I was almost 7. My mom did an exceptional job of racing us 4 kids ( I was the oldest) and if there was any financial problems we never knew of it.
@@suestephan3255 I was the youngest of two boys. I wish I could say that my mom did an exceptional job of raising the two of us, but, alas, I cannot.
Being a 'baby boomer' born in 1951 Im familiar with all these...Thank you (from Texas) for taking the time to share with us all....
The Family unit was very much intact for all people in the 50's. The majority of all Americans were doing great. News was real, not fake. Many new things were coming out and generally people were very happy.
Well I guess it depends where you lived and what your experiences were. We had neighbors of all races and then school my friends were of all races too. That was in the San Francisco area
@@BoosterDuck9 No our schools were not segregated in the San Francisco/Daly City area. I actually didn't start school until 1962, but I had older siblings that had friends of all races from school.
News has always been controlled.
@@topcat7349 There's a great little paperback novel called Jordy, Bounce, and Lilli, that captures the flavor of the post- WWII era through the lives of two small children and their cat. I know it's available on Amazon. I just finished my copy… loved it.
@@topcat7349 I believe more progressive areas didn’t consider segregation in any event. We were all kids, didn’t matter what color the wrapper.
This video was done very well. I'm not really into documentary type films, but I'll recommend this channel to anyone who cares about the world we live in...
I love this one! 🤗
@@inspiredfandoms3462 Right! It makes you wanna go out and look for a time machine and ride that baby back to an era of "black and white bliss". Lol, like being in I Dream Of Jeannie or Leave It To Beaver😌
We were a family of four. My mom, dad, younger brother and me.
This was pretty much our life but momma worked as a nurse when I was in the second grade because my grandparents lived a few blocks away and baby sat us. We had a modest but great life. My parents brought their home and we had one car before she went to work and two cars after she went to work.
Evening tv in black and white was our staple entertainment.
LIFE WAS MUCH SIMPLER THEN. I LOVE WATCHING THE OLD WESTERNS TOO
Me too 🤘
If you are black?
@@Aegon_Targaryen I AM EGYPTIAN I LOVE LIVING IN 1950S IN BOTH USA AND EGYPT
Some of those $30 sewing machines are still happily running today 🎉
I used to play Canasta with my parents after dinner. Happy memories!
Hello, Ginny,
How are you doing today?
My Uncle spent his childhood during the 50's and grew up listening to rock music and watching movies and TV shows. Now he's the guitarist of a band that tours the east coast.
Nice
That’s awesome! 🤟
They had a mother and a father. So wonderful that they had a mother that stayed home and took care of them and they all ate together in the evenings. The kids were respectful. Wonderful and much more simple times.
More hate crimes and open racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia,abuse… AHHHHH, so simple UwU
Yup! We are living that way in our house. My bf is older than me but our values are the same. I stay home. He works. I take care of the home and our son. He pays the bills. We have dinner together. It's important to us.
Lovely for women who want that. I am glad i have a choice and am not forced into being a stay at home mother. This is rose tinted glasses.
Not good for women tho. Completely dependent on a man for the very food she eats
These times will never come back unfortunately . Those were the days .
@John Q. Random yep
@Black Wolf98 retribution is near for them who throught was the good ole days, so do china in 2020
@BlackSoul98 right lol
@Black Recluse Another comment from senone who doesn't know better. Go be told little guy, go be told. This was a white nation and black families did rather well.
@Black Recluse P.s. Pick up an old newspaper, blacks segregated themselves. This is what modern education and hate brings. People like this.
I wish everyday I was born in the 40s or 50s. Man I hate where our country is right now. Life was so simple back then
TV was creative and wholesome--imagine that!! I was privileged to grow up in the 50s. We tried to raise our daughter in the 80-90s in a protected environment, but the culture had changed too much.
@@bestpossibleworld2091 we tried the same. It was a different world. Entitlement had entered in.
Remember the one room school? The engineers don't wave from the trains anymore, not like they did back in 1954.
So many good things then--drive-in theatres, good music, good movies, wholesome TV shows, bowling alleys, roller skating rinks, miniature golf courses, affordable housing, great hamburger joints, sexy women who wore tight skirts and blouses, etc., etc., etc.
The last one is severely lacking in todays society.
And No tattoos on women!
Wow! The memories of the 50's came flooding back to my mind while I watched this video! It's unbelievable to realize how much things have changed from those years!
Growing up in 1950’s was a gift. What fun it was. Thanks for the memories! Carol from California
I was born in 1948 and fondly remember almost everything in the video. It was a good era to grow up in. I do miss some of those times. I’m now 72, married 53 years. Even with its ups and downs, triumphs and tragedies, life has been good and God still blesses. Our world has turned its back on Him, though, and I fear for those who do not put their trust and give their hearts to the Lord. Time is running out They will never have it that good again.
Amen!
Yes, definitely
Well done 53 years today people divorce for any reason they don't have stayability and I agree 💯 that God has no place in the lives of people did you know that in the book of Timothy second c3v4 it says that people will be lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God Eileen peace to you
@@jager896 Thank you, Eileen. God bless and keep you. Hugs from Gloria 👼🏻💗
@@myrebornlilliebeth5164 Thank you Gloria Eileen
I grew up in the 50s and in our town SS Kresge was on the corner. When you walked in you could smell the donuts. It had a soda fountain and the best hamburgers and milkshakes. We went to the movies every Saturday. And the drive-in theater occasionally. We loved westerns and Vincent Price horror films.
Families were close-knit and dinner was on the table every evening. Sunday dinners at grandparents, adults playing penny ante poker after dinner.
Family reunions every summer at aunt Sally’s.
Us kids played outside until dark. Everyone had a garden and mom canned the veggies.Every summer we ate watermelon on our picnic table in the back yard. Wash hung on clothes lines. Oh the smell of sheets hung outside!
Dad had a 52 Chevy and Grandpa had an older Chrysler. Those were the days. I miss them.
Ha! THERE ya go, Cindy!
Pretty much a similar story here.
It is sad that many here actually hate us for this.
It has been taught to them to the purpose of ACTING on it one day.
@@jamesmiller4184 People hate everything today because that's all they know. They are ungodly. Being just 35 I have a great sense of what I missed and think about it all the time. Growing up now I am filled with sorrow.
Man. I'd love to have Came up in the 1950s or 1960s. The home life was like a well oiled machine. Everyone did their part. I love it.
No, no it wasn’t all this presents by a long shot. There were a LOT of unhappily married adults and their marriages remained a battle zone until their death. What a “wholesome” environment to be growing up in, uh huh.....
@@tundrawomansays5067 That wasn't the majority. Just hush.
The 1950s had many of the same problems we have today, society just pretended they did not exist
Yeah, dream on. There were many taboo topics, racism, male dominance, unwed mothers, divorcees were ostracized -and many more.
Drive ins’ are SO fun! I suggest this to everyone.
Coffee Bean I love drive ins! They don’t really have them near me, but when I used to live in New York there was a drive in, and I loved it so much
@@belle369 In CT, you could find some around the area. I can't remember exactly, but I'm sure a couple are still open!
I wish there was still a drive in near me! ✌️
The ones I went to were old relics into the early 70 s and were very old and the speakers were terrible
Born in 61' remember the late 60's. Didn't understand psychedelic stuff or protesters about Vietnam. Watched the Apollo missions when people cared. Bought a small bag of candy with a quarter and pop for a dime. Took lunch to school got cartoon of milk for a nickel. Said yes ma'am no ma'am to the teachers. Went to the movies for a dime. Rode my bike around half of town stayed outside playing til just before dark. Watched the evening news with my parents. Waited for the milk man to get popsicles in summer. Played marbles, kick ball, army, and climbed trees, and gangster in old cars. Popped fire crackers and fished at the park. Made paper airplanes and parachutes for my plastic army men.
Id say I cannot understand why kids today can't find anything to do besides video games and phone messages. Put them outside and a lot of them look confused as to what to do now. Growing up these days isn't the same. Myself I was rarely bored we mostly made our own fun.
I was a teen at that time,love the fabulous fifties.
How was it? Im a teen now and i wished i lived in those times.
@@wurstbrot3124 the best, enjoy your teen years time goes by fast and prepare for a good future.
@@mairim4578 i will sir 👍🏼
I would of loved to be a teen during the 50s
@@c.kerns0118 hi,am now 78,the 50’s what a life,I was very lucky,great memories,stay safe.
Our home in 1966 was $13,000 brand new ! Texas has always been affordable! It was only 1300 sq ft for a family of 5 but we loved it. Lived there 20 years! Daddy and mom would pile us kids into the car and take us to the drive-in... o the way they stopped at a burger joint and bought 12 burgers for $5. A whole bad of burgers!!!
You were able to spend $5.00 for BURGERS ?????? My dad would have slit his wrist before spending that much on burgers no matter how many kids there were . we got burgers MAYBE once a year when the burger joint ( and I do mean joint ) had a special . a 10 cent meat and bread one . that was it . meat and bread . it was cheaper than buying burger meat at the store .
@@howardwayne3974 Just saw your reply. It’s along time ago for us, huh? Don’t get me wrong. That was not an ordinary occurrence.
@@texas1949 I get it man . yeah it was a HELL of a long time ago . one thing for sure there sure as hell weren't any terrorist bombings back then . law enforcement was allowed to do their job . I have a brotherwhise a detective on the force back home , and he fills me in on the staff P D s go through . you wouldn't believe all the crap .
@@howardwayne3974 yes I would. It’s crazy. Much respect to the blue line and other service workers.
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Take me back to this decade.
Blue collar workers still struggled a bit. Things appeared cheap by todays prices, but money was still hard to get. Not every father wore shirts and ties at the table. Young parents of the 1950s were Depression era children and knew what scrimping and saving , and making do was about.
I was a kid in the 50s - we also watched Cartoon Express with Engineer Bill and had our glass of milk ready for his game of red light green light.
Today they would probably be drinking a glass of Cola and eating lots of sweet foods.
bighand69 yup a bag of chips and in my case water but juice or soda
I’m so jealous 😅
Father Knows Best is my favorite 1950s sitcom
A great show! All the family sitcoms of the era taught lessons and truths. The families were idealized, sure, but showed what family life should be, and we strived for that. I grew up in the 50s, and would relive growing up then in a heartbeat.
Every time I see footage from the 1930’s through the 1950’s I get this feeling of longing mixed with deja’ vu.
I live in a 1950s' bungalow...I adore it!
Awesome! 🤗
Look at the people in the movie theater. No one stuffing their face with HFCS laden soda or candy. Everyone fit and well dressed. Polite and a much better class than the average American today.
back in those days people were smiling, men used to wear suits and people had respect
Gencturk92 I remember my Mom wearing a dress and pearls to ride a bus to the city for a little shopping and that was normal.
@@wb6162 i wonder what the best years to live in were: 50's, 60's or 70's
@@Gencturk92 I hardly knew the 50s, for the most part, I called the 1960s the "I don't care" decade - they say the word "disabled" today? Never heard of that in the 60s, if you're in a wheelchair then, you're a "cripple" - I wish I enjoyed the 1970s then, YES - they were the better decade.
Very true. You made a great point about them being well dressed
I am so glued to this kind of video.
Amazing, wonderful time to be a child I can tell you.
I was born in 1950 and I read that in California there were only about 10 1/2 million people in California in that year! All I know is today it is horrible compared to what we had! We kids could play outside and down the street without fear of being harmed! We had it made back then! I remember all the great Florida oranges we had---so delicious even in California. I hardly get those today. Goldmine nectarines in California were out of this world! What happened to those?
Too many people now, things were better because the popular wasn't so large and the world population wasn't over 8 billion, it's the main reason inflation keeps going up and up because of how many people there is and how many people need jobs now, it's happier when there's less people because there's not so many people for the system to look after and feed now it's just crazy it's being allowed to get so big and it's not stopping... they mean to let it get to 9, 10 billion but i hate to think what that will be like in future.
To have grown up during that time must have been great. Taking your date to the drive-in having to get her home before 11. No social media or cell phone drama. Meeting and engaging with people the old fashioned way. It's a lost art to my generation.
It was a wonderful time to be a kid!
In a nutshell, it was.
Sure if you were white the 50s was allllllright!!
Thank God I was white in the 50' s and still am now!!
@@jadedavis822 Sigh......
I remember the Drive in movies. I was born in 1957. Thanks for the video and memories. Some of those shows were in reruns but I enjoyed it.
I was born in 94 and fell in love with the show Gunsmoke and The Rifleman. This got me curious and I've seen all kinds of commercials and photos from the 50's since. I wish I was in my prime in the 50's
I wish it was like this in modern day because a house costs 15 years of hard work
Can you imagine what the people from the 50s would think if they were dropped into our world right now?
I always say if we could travel back the 50’s and show them the insanity we live in today, they’d nuke themselves. Try telling them that the world believes that a man can be a woman and vice versa. I literally cannot believe the insanity we live in. God bless you Miss Joanne.
so well done - simple - great photos - no extra nonsense or music! Great Job
Simpler times. We didn’t have much, but life was great and much happier. Knowing what I know now, and living into my seventies, I would definitely go back and do it all again.
Thank you for sharing
I'll be 80 next Tuesday (6/21). The fifties were very special to me. I loved the old B&W sci-fi movies. I watch them now on you tube. I have so many vivid memories of that time, and I frequently cannot remember what I did last week.
We were happier with less. Today sucks.
Wow my grandma got it good when she was born
I wish things were still like this the world especially in America would be such a safer and better place
huh tell that to the 88% of americans at the time who called them selfs racist in 1956 wow what a nice decade
@@spanicandkgyo8547 cry more
@@spanicandkgyo8547 boohoo
@@spanicandkgyo8547 i rather be treated good instead or being treated like trash today by all the other skin colors
@@santaclaus3077 what up with the violence guys chill
Our telephone cost us nothing, the phone company installed it and it’s maintenance was covered through the monthly bill. We weren’t dropping $1300 each for cell phones. TV’s usually one, was basic, easy to repair, not throw always like today. Same for major appliances. You could have them repaired rather easily, today it’s cheaper to just replace them. Throw away junk.
We drove out cars, our cars didn’t tell us what to do. More gadgets, more to repair.
Clothes were basic, not insane prices for jeans that are all tears and holes.
Food and housing is basically about the same ratio, depending on part of country you live. Car prices jumped though.
We’ve become slaves to our “stuff”.
It’s kinda mind blowing that here in The Philippines where I’m currently living in early retirement, the average wage for a store clerk and most other jobs is about 350-400 pesos. That’s between $6 and $8. Oh, that’s the daily wage, not hourly. And a typical day is 10 hours with a couple short breaks plus a lunch hour. The society here, with the exception of modern technology, resembles 1950s America in a number of key aspects, most notably the focus on family and young women’s main desire in life being to marry and have kids and a family life. They say you can’t go back, but many expats here would argue that point.
Even tho it was hard life;I would go back any day with the more civil society. From 1970 until now society has gone to hell.
Tbh it has always been a hell
If it wasn't for how brown people were treated as less then... I would agree... the nuclear family has been demonized and its ridiculous
Awww yeah, the more civil time, when Americans fought for segregation and flipped our and harassed black people who were finally allowed to attend the same schools as white people!
Yeah, its like we are losing a bit of our humanity as time goes
Hey, kiddo, it wasn't a hard life at all. What makes you think it was?
When I was a child we were going to the local drive-in movie theater in the late 1940s. This narrator says it became popular in the late 1950s.
The most conservative decade had the best family up bringing and entertainment.
Hardly, the Republican Party of the 1950s closely resembles the Democratic party of today. Economically Eisenhower was to the left of Obama
I agree! 🙌
FDR, Wallace, Eisenhower, Truman. These were some of most progressive presidents in the US history. Although Eisenhower was a Republican he supported the minimum wage, student loans and the interstate system. This was at a time when unions were also increasing. Today conservatives oppose these things (big government).
@@hnys7976 Next, I’m going to hear that Lincoln didn’t freed the slaves and Jefferson Davis (Democrat) ended slavery. You liberals are good at rewriting history.
@@MemoryLane77852 Its not rewriting history when it is true. In the past 40 years both the Republican and Democrat party have gone right - Chomsky.
I would like to go back in time with those same prices and cost of living with the salary I make now. I’d be a millionaire!
I love history. Loved this video. Thanks for sharing.
Salaries were a lot more reasonable back in the 50's and 60's too for what we valued. Professional athletes who weren't top tier stars made good money but just lived average middle class lives. Some of them even had part time jobs in the off season. There wasn't all of this envy and huge distance in income gap between the top 5% and everyone else. We valued having a strong suburban middle class back then.
Came here to enjoy some history, and it was ruined by political and racist comments.
On another note, at least I know why my mom loves Westerns so much. She was born in 1951.
Yeah I just adore this decade and all the comments I see are generally "Oh you like this? Well then you MUST be white!"
There's NOTHING we can do to change the past people so please quit egging it on, use it as a teaching example not a tool to feel self righteous
I was born in 1948 and the 1950’s really were a wonderful time!
One of my relatives said that the BEST Part of westerns were that you can See Telephone wires. Helicopters. And cars pass by if you looked hard enough
@@ezrahalstead4397 Said the white man. We could use our history as a teaching example if what is taught is the truth.
The '50s was not Leave it to Beaver for everyone. Black and brown Americans were about 20% of the populace and they were oppressed, exploited
and discriminated against all over the country. Lynching black men was a favored pastime in the deep south. Women were marginalized, urban slums
were overcrowded and overlooked and homosexuality was a crime. Everyone was fearful of Communism and nuclear war to the point of hysteria and infectious diseases were killing tens of thousands every year. There's much more so if you want to learn our history you owe it to yourself to learn all of it. Self righteousness doesn't enter in to it.
Quick correction. Jackie Robinson was with the Dodgers until 1957, but he broke the color barrier in 1947 - not 1954.
I remember going to the drive in movies as a kid.
The 50s ended around 1962 when Marilyn Monroe committed suicide and the beatles came out.
@Juvenal Lombera it did but not the 50s fad style,it only lived until 1962 as if the 50s style did not end until 1962 but yeah you're right,the 50s did end numerically in 1960 but not the fad style.
Jon Flowers and started in 1947
It's not related to music but Ive heard it said the 60s began with JFK assassination.
@Jan Pearson The 50s ended with the abominable Beatles.
@Bruno56 The 50s end in December 31, 1959
Que época maravilhosa e saudável.
Baseball games were usually played in the daylight and milk carton tops could be traded for tickets, which allowed youngsters to attend professional games, unlike today where tickets, food and souvenirs can set a family of 3 over $200.
What !! married couples stayed together what a WILD IDEA !!
I wish my Life could be like that
Same 🤘
@William Sharman I’am about a hour from Boone North Carolina - up in the Blue Ridge Mts - just wish life could be like it was back when - so simple Everything layed out simply - Blessings
Incomes in todays dollars were higher than now but cost of living was lower, even adjusted for inflation.
Why is that?
We made stuff here in America had lots of resources to work with and where the only ones left really making following the second world war and frankly are leaders at the time still probably liked the country
It just seems to that even with all of the technology and resources that are available to us today... it just seems to me that this was probably the best era to be alive.
Yep the 50s and 60s were good years to live in. Cheap and safe
The 60s was a very good decade for a lot of people. The 1980s was the beginning of the end. We used to shop at a combo store when I was a little kid. one end was a Gemco and the other end a grocery store. I was a little kid my parents would do their grocery shopping while I looked around at the Gemco. It was safe for a kid to wonder around on his own and be safe. Nowadays you never see kids doing that it's no longer safe. Lord do I wish I could go home again.
60s for me were ok till mid 60s, rock n roll changed, drugs came on the scene, long hair, protests, still prefered the 50s, more wholesome.
Don't say that the 1980s were a repeat of the 50s every thing in the 80s was coming out new gadgets like in the 50s🤔😂😁
@@vincentnichols402 No it wasn't lol. The 80s marked the end of the New Deal which made the 1950s possible in favor of Neo-Liberalism. The 80s was the genesis of all the problems we have today.
I grew up in the 50s and 60s. The only time Dr. Spock was mentioned in our house was when my father was making fun of him. Our first TV was about the size of one of today's Ipads. I watched boxing and wrestling with my father and baseball with my mother while the Dodgers were still in Brooklyn. And that scene from The Ten Commandments showing the Tablets? The writing on them looks like the Phoenician alphabet. I copied it from the World Book when I was around 14 and kept my diary in it. Ah, memories.
I remember from when I was a little kid in the early 50's our t v was in a heavy metal case which was good because my dad was a cop at the time and his brother was staying with us looking for work . well , he was playing around with my dads pistol and accidentally fired it and it hit the t v and went in one side but didn't come out the other , just made a bulge in the case . good for me because I was on the side where the bulge was .
@@howardwayne3974 Wow. I'd have been super pissed off if I were your Dad, though.
@@miriambucholtz9315 yeah , as it was told to me later in years by my mom , she thought my dad ( who was asleep from his night shift ) was going to kill him he beat his brother so bad . my dad and his people grew up on farms and ranches in southeast Texas picking cotton and working cattle and horses so they were some strong assed son's this was not an easy thing to watch my mom said . she picked me up and ran out the door to get her dad ( who was a boilermaker - welder on ships and tugs down at the Houston shipchannel) to try to settle them down . no dice . they made their peace not long after that though , and my uncle wound up saving my life in a car wreck when I was 5 by keeping me from going through the wind shield when a truck pulled out in front of us on a rain slicked highway . all I remember from it was what I remember is a woman in a nurses white uniform wearing the old fashioned nurses cap put her head in the door asking if anyone was hurt and needed help . sorry this was so long , memories come back and start tumbling out .
This was the best!!!! The best video regarding our history as people/parents I have seen to date! I was born in 1956 and I remember so many of these mentioned. Such great memories. Thank you!
The 1950's seems so simple for American families - I feel bad for the other parts of the world that had a harder time around this decade.
It was simple because America was a free market country that gave freedom to people.
@Herman Greenfield
The first Amendment is very clear as is the second, third and so on.
@Herman Greenfield
The 1950s were definitely a decade where the America thrived, and yes, spread Freedom throughout Western Europe, and contained Communism (some questionable decisions were made in the process of containing Communism, but South Korea turned out nice lol)
Me too
My wife's parents emigrated to America in the 50's , and believe me Europe was a bombed out wreak from W W 2. Even into the late 60's you could see buildings in England that had been hit in the blitz and half the building was sheared off and the bathtub was still hanging out over the edge . and thus was in London , not some little backwater .
The 1950s - when divorcing wasn't in fashion and families were not broken. A time when families stayed together. The good old happy days and times.
No they are not.
In my large high school of 1,200 people (Grades 9 to 13 [Canada] ) , there were ZERO shootings , ZERO stabbings , and only a few fistfight .
People WERE more civilized then and respectful and there wasn't litter all over the place.
Once people stopped going to church on Sundays , they became more self-indulgent .
Advertising brainwashed people into wanting more and more and more and more stuff which is now plastic low quality stuff made in China and doesn't help people to become more interested in real relationships with PEOPLE not stuff .
Yeah, there were problems then also but they were being worked through gradually .
Now, only a small percentage of people go to Church ; then only a small percentage of people did not go to church. Almost all children had TWO parents and if they didn't it was usually because of a death. Everybody WALKED to school unless they were rural . People were respectful toward their teachers at school -- and if they were not they got detentions or (egregious) The Strap !!!! No one had credit cards and if you wanted something you SAVED for it .
People who worked well at education eventually got real jobs. I feel very sorry for the young people today who take until about 34 years old to get a real job.
Now, a lot of fine young people get stuck in The Fast Food Industry or driving Uber for 5 - 10 years before they find a real job even if they have good wok ethic and are educated . Advertising and Corporate Lack of Ethics, and a straying away from GOD have caused this sorry mess !
Ending Positively , NOW people are more environmentally conscious and are more and more accepting of those who are of different cultural backgrounds.
Also, people have more knowledge of natural healing methods and take more responsibility for their health and fitness .
Anyway, it is good to keep the good aspects from the past and let the bad stuff go.
It is important that people DISCERN advertising and DISCERN the good, the bad , and the evil
AND CHOOSE GOOD !!!! At some level, everything is a choice !!!
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Yes, they are. Look at the statistics.
This was excellent. Thank you for sharing this.
This makes me tear up to remember when people, for the most part, had manners and society was more ordered in a good way. Church was an integral part of our lives and we benefited from it.😢
And the racism. Beautiful racism. And child abuse. Domestic abuse. Crime.
Like that's disappeared? So we have that plus lack of God in our lives. When you get rid of God, other gods will rush in to fill the place, you know like " everything is permissible if you call it "Love". Yeah crap happened back then and life wasn't a bed of roses for everybody but has it ever been. Jesus the Klan more or less disappeared because it couldn't compete with what the blacks were doing to themselves. Pedophilia is now even being publicly being discussed as a "life choice". You ever watched that movie "No Country for Old Men"? Tommie Lee
Jones character says, " This country started going downhill when we stopped using the words 'ma'am and sir'. Go on CZcams and look at the way people act if they don't get enough ketchup with their fries. Schools don't teach common morality and manners anymore. These days it takes more than 5 people getting shot to death to even catch our interest. As for the other stuff it hasn't really lessened, it just hides better.
@@jameretief8327 Yeah, despite what Breitbart or Fox News or whatever you pay attention to would have you believe, nobody apart from paedophiles (who, and I'd hate to break your bubble here, existed back in the 50s as well) are trying to advocate it as a "life choice". As a matter of fact, I'd be willing to bet overall cases of child molestation are probably way less these days because we're more aware of it and know what red flags to look out for.
Not entirely sure what you mean by "what the blacks were doing to themselves" but I assure you it won't have been half as bad as what the whites were doing to them.
If you judge human society solely by clickbait people upload to CZcams then that's on you. People screamed their lungs out at retail workers back then as well, CZcams just didn't exist for you to see it all. The 50s was a time of cold war, pre civil rights, the Korean war, and kids dying from polio. Every generation has had it's ups and downs, the 50s weren't some golden age just because they made some decent movies and music and you can't lose your rose tinted glasses.
wow life was only nice if you were middle class, straight ,white and even better if you were rich
wow what nice decade was in't
@@learn2draw716 Bogus, read an old newspaper. Quit spreading racism.
Well done! 👍🏽 Thanks for the historical content of life in the 1950’s! 👏🏾❤️
I was brought up in the 50s. It was a great time. Family was everything
Oh, come on. Admit it, the 50s were the greatest decade in American history. It was the post WWII boom and the GI generation was at the top of their game. It was a period of explosive innovation and creativity in arts, science and technology. Even the cars were works of art on wheels. We may never see the likes of the 50s again. I was blessed to live in the 50s as a Baby Boom kid.
The greatest decade if you were a white male or lucky enough to be a married white woman. To be black in the 1950's was not great. Not great at all.
@@RadiantSilverlighter not every country was like america💀
@@glitch8661 doesn't matter💀💀 we don't care about other countries this is about america 💀💀 times were not great back then and the older it was the more worse it was
@@RadiantSilverlighter Who are you listening to the blacks of today who don't know better? Black American families did well then, as rare as they were in a majority white nation.
The surgeon general said cigarettes calm the nerves and have no detrimental effects. In fact they’re good for you.
Kept the American worker purring profitably along with the help of coffee if course !!!
How has that changed? Look at the pharmaceutical nightmare of today
We have to return to tradition!
Doesn't work now. Be practical
In order to do that we would have to re-regulate housing and strengthen labor unions. Not to mention a hefty tax increase.
I wish me would! 🙄
Ask my parents who are black what life was like for them. And how whites treated these two decent law abiding people who wanted to share in that American dream
@@ronking8016 we could just stay separate and be happy
We had respect,