Cordell Jackson: the lost godmother of 1950s rock ‘n’ roll
What might have been?
1950s
Indie rock and new wave hits reimagined as pulpy 1950s ephemera
There’s a fellow out there named Todd Alcott who has put together an enchanting series of prints reimagining popular songs by some of the most…
Elmer Fudd, capitalist shill: The auto industry finances Looney-Tunes propaganda, 1950s
Within a few years of the end of World War II, a perceived need to stamp out any trace of leftist ideas led to the…
Weirdo National Security Agency posters from the 1950s, 60s and 70s
I hope you kids are all as grateful for the FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) as I am. Thanks to FOIA, we get to read,…
You’ll poke someone’s eye out with those things: Bullet bras from the 1940s and 1950s
Here’s a fashion statement I never understood: Bullet bras. I know a lot people find the Bullet bra AKA the Torpedo bra incredibly sexy, but…
Paperback to the Future: Best of British science-fiction covers from the 1950s
The back story of Britain in the fifties reads like the checklist for a Star Wars script. The war is over, the Empire is dying…
Ken Russell’s iconic photographs of Great Britain in the 1950s
One of Ken Russell’s childhood memories was of going to school on a rainy day and noticing the clouds reflected in the puddles. These clouds–that…