1950s

Rules for Wives, 1955

By Erik Loomis

In General

On August 23, 2016

This list of Good Housekeeping's 1955 "Good House Wife's Guide" has been getting a lot of attention on ye ol'intertubes. What are those guidelines? 1.) Have dinner ready. Plan ahead, even the night before, to have a delicious meal ready, on time for his return....

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Can I Sum Up the 50s in One Image?

By Erik Loomis

On July 8, 2015

Yes. Yes I can.

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A Sunday Morning Quiz

By Erik Loomis

On August 3, 2014

From the Ladies Home Journal, May 1957: After taking this quiz, act appropriately. Whatever that may be.

Rethink Your Mother’s Day Dinner

By Erik Loomis

In General

On May 3, 2014

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America’s Distribution of Wealth

By Erik Loomis

On January 16, 2014

If you are like me, you think Lawyers, Guns, and Money has really gone downhill since Erik Loomis began posting here, what with the unionism and socialism and all the.

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They Eat Lard

By Erik Loomis

On November 1, 2013

British lard advertisement, 1957 Just because. Are they also drinking a lard-based cocktail? ....Jewish Steel in comments suggests this could be a parody. Sad if true. Good parody though.

How to Lose What We Have

By Erik Loomis

In General

On May 28, 2013

1950's "How to Lose What We Have" is first-rate capitalist propaganda precisely because it lacks anything even remotely approaching subtlety, unless you count its conflation of the New Deal with Stalinism. The only disappointment here is that because of the time period, the filmmakers threw...

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