1950's Time Capsule

Fashion

Jan 1, 1950

https://www.uvm.edu/landscape/dating/clothing_and_hair/1950s_clothing_women.php
The blouse, The dirndl dress, and the full blowy skirt.
Fact1: The blouse was f
ashionable during the 1950s, worn with skirts or pants.
Fact2: either sleeveless or with small puff sleeves and having a billowy skirt, became an extremely popular style
Fact3: was quite popular for a number of dresses during the 1950s.

Transportations

Jan 1, 1950

http://www.friendsofhoneywood.co.uk/Transport/1950s.htm
Fact 1:The LT class of bus were distinctive six-wheelers
Fact 2: Bulleid's prototype shunter 11001 was designed to haul freight trains at a then-faster speed of around 45mph
Fact 3:trolleybus 493 turns out into Sutton High Street from its stand under the turning circle at Bushey Road,

News Event-Depression

Jan 1, 1950

http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1950.html
Fact1: 1950 was the start of the fast changes that would be seen in the next 2 decades , the great depression was becoming a faint memory
Fact2: kids watched howdy doody on 12 inch black and white TV sets and spent Saturday afternoons watching
Fact3: The median family income was $3,300 a year and milk was still delivered to the doorstep.

Technology

Jan 1, 1950

https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ap-us-history/period-7/apush-us-wwii/a/the-manhattan-project-and-the-atomic-bomb
Fact1:which the U.S. dropped on Japan to end World War II, they were also looking into the possibility of an even more powerful explosive device
Fact2:During the 50s, television became the dominant media.
Fact3: The first credit card (Diners) invented by Ralph Schneider.

Actress- Debby Reynolds

Jan 1, 1950

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debbie_Reynolds
Fact1:Mary Frances "Debbie" Reynolds was an American actress, singer, businesswoman, film historian, humanitarian, and mother of the actress and writer Carrie Fisher.
Fact2: Born April 1, 1932, Death, December 28, 2016,
Fact3:Over 1500 of Fisher and Reynolds's possessions will be sold in an authorized personal property auction on Sept. 23.

U.S President

Apr 12, 1950

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_S._Truman
Harry S Truman
Fact1: The 33rd president and was in office from 1950-1952.
Fact2: During World War I, Truman served as an artillery officer, making him the only president to have seen in combat in World War I.
Fact3: Stepping up from Vice President to President upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt (April 12th, 1945).

Movie

Jan 1, 1952

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singin%27_in_the_Rain\
Singing in the Rain
Fact1:1952 American musical-romantic comedy film directed and choreographed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, starring Kelly, Donald O'Connor, and Debbie Reynolds.
Fact2:It offers a lighthearted depiction of Hollywood in the late 1920s, with the three stars portraying performers caught up in the transition
Fact3: The joyous film, co-directed by Stanley Donen and acrobatic

Sports Figure

Jan 8, 1952

Bobby Dillion
https://www.revolvy.com/main/index.php?s=Bobby%20Dillon
Fact1: Bobby Dan Dillon was an American football defensive back for the Green Bay Packers. Despite only having one working eye, Bobby Dillon is the all-time Green Bay Packer's career interceptions leader with 52.
Fact2: Bobby Dan Dillon (born February 23, 1930) was an American football defensive back for the Green Bay Packers.
Fact3: Bobby Dillon 6'1" 180 Safety Green Bay Packers 1952 - 1959 8 Seasons 94 Games Played

Toys

Sep 1, 1952

https://www.retrowaste.com/1950s/toys-in-the-1950s/
Play-Doh, Silly Putty, and a Frisbee
Fact1:Play-Doh only had the
colors red, yellow, and blue.
Fact2:Silly Putty was made on accident, during World War 2, the government asked chemists to search for a synthetic rubber substitute.
Fact3:Frisbees have been made out of a thermoplastic material called polyethylene.

TV Show

Sep 19, 1952

http://affiliate.zap2it.com/tv/the-adventures-of-superman/EP00004061?aid=tmsmil
Adventures of superman
Fact1: You know the drill: When he isn't fighting for truth, justice and the American way, the man in tights dons a suit and glasses for his secret identity as Daily Planet
Fact2: First episode date: September 19, 1952
Final episode date: April 28, 1958
Fact3: Adventures of Superman: The Complete Collection: George Reeves, Phyllis Coates, Noel .

Music

Jan 1, 1956

https://www.thoughtco.com/oldies-singers-and-bands-index-2522116
Fact1:Buddy Holly: an American musician and singer-songwriter who was a central figure of mid-1950s rock and roll. He was born in Lubbock, Texas, to a musical family during the Great Depression
Fact2: Chuck Berry: an American singer, songwriter, musician, and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music. With songs such as "Maybellene"
Fact3: Elvis Presly(January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) an American singer, musician, and actor.