The reality of life in the 1950s was shockingly different. Sure, the porcelain veneer of the traditional American family with a white picket fence, a string of pearls, and a multi-course meal on ...

The 1950s marked a major change for Phoenix. The decade was marked by large growth, end of segregation in schools and more ...

American society in the 1950s was geared toward the family ... Although women had other aspirations in life, the dominant theme promoted in the culture and media at the time was that a husband ...

By the 1950s, diners had become a staple for the average American restaurant-goer, mainly due to their low prices, large ...

American society in the 1950s was geared toward the family ... Although women had other aspirations in life, the dominant theme promoted in the culture and media at the time was that a husband ...

Here's what diners looked like during their heyday, and why they are still such a strong symbol of American life. The first railcar ... before their rise in the 1950s. During the Great Depression ...