1950s


 * = ** Oftentimes the 1950s are called the Golden Age or the Atomic Age, marking a time of incredible economic and technological growth. Americans, on the surface at least, were living the American Dream. The Ralph M. Besse library would like to invite you to look at our collections on the 1950s all through November and December.** ||

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Fever Of '57: the Sputnik movie The Road to Brown McCarthy Trials: An Exploration Through Archival Film The WPA Film Library: H-Bomb Test, 1952
 * Library e-videos:**

Rethinking the 1950s : how anticommunism and the Cold War made America liberal 1950, crossroads of American religious life
 * Library e-books:**

Fashion in the 50s Rachel Cooke on the female pioneers of the 1950s Brave Hearts: Remembering the Little Rock Nine "The Luckiest Generation:" LIFE with America's Teenagers in 1950s America Sputnik's Impact on America Jonas Salk's Polio Vaccine Trials Would Be Hard To Repeat Today The Beatnik Generation
 * Links:**

1950s Candy Toys of the 50s The Atomic Automobile
 * Just for Fun:**

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