Related tags:
50s + (26)
1960s + (16)
1940s + (13)
history + (12)
vintage + (11)
music + (10)
film + (9)
television + (8)
art + (8)
advertising + (7)
movies + (7)
tv + (6)
retro + (6)
comics + (6)
1930s + (6)
60s + (5)
nuclear + (5)
photography + (5)
propaganda + (5)
war + (5)
sciencefiction + (4)
science + (4)
rockabilly + (4)
photos + (4)
photographs + (4)
London + (4)
fifties + (4)


Users that often use this tag:
madamjujujive (12)
jonp72 (5)
Artw (4)
jonson (3)
flapjax at midnite (3)
Trurl (3)
mattdidthat (2)
Potomac Avenue (2)
kittens for breakfast (2)
Blazecock Pileon (2)
Alvy Ampersand (2)
gman (2)
miss lynnster (2)
zarq (2)
digaman (2)
Tlogmer (2)

True Adventures in Better Homes - Here is a collision of two worlds: men’s adventure magazines or “sweats” meets Better Homes and Gardens. These photocollages are set against the backdrop of the McCarthy era, advertising, sexual repression, WWII and the Korean War. The cool, insular world of mid-century modern living glossed over all danger and darkness, which the heroic male fought off in every corner.
posted by Artw on Apr 16, 2012 - 44 comments

The making of George Pal's War of the Worlds
posted by Artw on Oct 30, 2011 - 26 comments

Keep watching the skies - The New York Times looks back at 50s Sci Fi films in anticipation of Alien Trespass, the new film from X-Files veteran R.K. Goodwin. One or two of those classics haven't even been remade yet!
posted by Artw on Mar 28, 2009 - 19 comments

The pictures that horrified America - how comic books tipped 50s America into a moral panic. [more inside]
posted by Artw on May 8, 2008 - 51 comments