Flashback to 1950 - A Time Traveler's Guide

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Let's FLASHBACK to 1950 - a very special year. Was this the year you were born? Was this the year you were married?


Let's travel back in time to celebrate your year, THE YEAR 1950, with this slim 70+ page book packed with fun-filled fabulous facts.
Enjoy a trip down memory lane, as you discover the people, the places, the politics, and the pleasures that made the year 1950 so special and unique, influencing the world we know today.

Imagine if time-travel was a reality, and one fine morning you wake up to find yourself flashed back in time, back to the year 1950.
What would life be like for a typical family, in a typical town, somewhere in America?
The post-war boom gave us booming birth numbers, booming suburbs, a booming economy, and the booming trappings of the consumerist culture we still enjoy today. With the stringent post-war years well behind us, the rising middle classes were feeling an urgent need to spend..... (cont.)
Now just imagine you flashed back to a town in 1950 United Kingdom or Western Europe.
Unlike boom-time America, a very different, more restrained lifestyle would await you.... (Get the book to read more!)


Expertly written by author B. Bradforsand-Tyler, a history teacher with a passion for sharing his knowledge. This slim 70+ page book makes the perfect unique and thoughtful gift for anyone born or married in the year 1950.
Celebrating the people, places, politics, and pleasures that made 1950 a very special year.
Contains just the right amount of light-hearted trivia and serious international feature-news articles.
A beautifully presented book filled with vintage photo reproductions on every page. Includes more than 20 rare vintage advertisements, reproduced in full-page, with added enlarged text for easy reading.


Contains expertly researched and written original full-page feature articles on: 1950 American Family Life,
Austerity in the United Kingdom,
Our Love Affair with Automobiles,
The Golden Age of Television,
1950 in Cinema and Film,
North Korea Invades South Korea,
South African Apartheid Laws,
India, A Country is Born,
The 4th British Empire Games,
Peanuts Comic Strip Debut,
World's First Credit Card,
The Great Brink's Robbery,
Guys and Dolls Hits Broadway,
Marlon Brando Silver Screen Debut,
First F1 World Championships,


Plus 6 pages of fashion trends.
Also includes: Sporting Highlights,
Most Popular Television Shows,
Billboard Top 30 songs,
Famous People Born in 1950,
Census Statistics and
Costs of Goods.


The Time-Traveler's Guide - Flashback series of books are a hit with all generations. Leave them on the coffee table for the grandchildren to enjoy too!