50's+Lifestyle

[|Inventions of the 1950's]

Fashion in the 1950's media type="custom" key="4281763"

Famous People and Lifestyle of the 1950's media type="custom" key="4281771"

A day in the life of a small town in the 1950's media type="custom" key="4281803"

Civil Defense Video: Surviving and Atomic Blast media type="youtube" key="9V47Qs9Eyus" height="344" width="425"

Marilyn Monroe on the Jack Benny Show media type="youtube" key="Q6VsjAejSWE" height="340" width="560"

Toys //Barbie//, 1959

[|Wham-O]'s [|Hula Hoop] and the [|Frisbee], both introduced in 1957. [|Schwinn] bicycles [|Radio Flyer] wagons. [|Robbie the Robot] [|Ohio Art Company]'s tin lithographed tea sets and Little Chefs Stoves [|Ideal Toy Company]'s diaper-wetting [|Betsy Wetsy], [|Mattel]'s 1959 adult-bodied fashion doll [|Barbie] first produced on March 9, 1959. Boys wanted Daisy [|BB guns], [|Lincoln Logs], and miniature [|Matchbox] vehicles. [|View-Masters], [|Silly Putty], and [|Slinky] were bestsellers. [|Mr. Potato Head], a toy of plastic face parts that could be stuck into a potato, was the first toy to be advertised on network television, Popular board games included [|Milton Bradley]'s //[|Candyland]// (1949), //[|Chutes and Ladders]//, and //[|Careers]// (1955).