Some cool 1950 fashion images:
President Harry S. Truman and First Lady Bess Truman Returning to the White House after the Renovation, 03/27/1952
Image by The U.S. National Archives
Original Caption: President Harry S. Truman and First Lady Bess Truman Returning to the White House after the Renovation, 03/27/1952
Created By: National Archives and Records Administration. Office of Presidential Libraries. Harry S. Truman Library. (04/01/1985 - )
From: Series: Photographs Relating to the Administration, Family, and Personal Life of Harry S. Truman, compiled 1957 - 2004, documenting the period 1849 - 2004
Contact: Harry S. Truman Library (NLHST), 500 West U.S. Highway 24, Independence, MO, 64050-1798. PHONE: 816-268-8272; FAX: 816-268-8295; EMAIL:truman.reference@nara.gov.
Production Dates: 03/27/1952
Scope and Content Note: President Harry S. Truman (foreground, right) and First Lady Bess W. Truman (foreground, second from right) are arriving at the White House to reoccupy the building after the massive renovation project is completed. They arrived at 6:20 in the evening. All others present are unidentified.
Persistent URL: arcweb.archives.gov/arc/action/ExternalIdSearch?id=6993233
Truman Library URL: www.trumanlibrary.org/photographs/view.php?id=19279
Access Restrictions: Unrestricted
Use Restrictions: Unrestricted
At the Tiki Bar
Image by Heritage Vancouver
On March 23, 2011, Heritage Vancouver journed back in time to the Polynesian splendour of the Tiki Rooms at the fabulous Waldorf Hotel to experience the tropical nostalgia of the 1950s. Slipping into our Hawaiian shirts, sipping on a Mai Tais, and listening to exotica music amid palm trees, bamboo and a twinkling midnight sky, we took an eager group of 100 though Vancouver’s last remaining original Tiki bar.
Fashioned at the very beginning of the Tiki craze of the 1950s, the Waldorf is one of the oldest surviving Tiki bars in North America, and one of the last original such establishments left outside of the Hawaiian Islands. A post-war phenomenon, Tiki culture was rooted partially in the nostalgic tropical memories of returned soldiers but also in the erotic fantasies of a middle class fascinated by the exotic and forbidden. The Waldorf’s fabulous Polynesian themed rooms reflect an era when Polynesian ephemera adorned lounges, restaurants, hotels and rumpus rooms. Exotica music was all the rage, and from Broadway musicals to Hollywood movies, North Americans reveled in the allure of the South Pacific Isles. Return with us to a simpler time, of tropical fantasies and strong rum drinks.
Ben Seibel impromptu Iroquois Bridal White Mosaic
Image by Patrick Q
Though this looks like something you'd find today at IKEA, it's not new. This is my parents' wedding china. It's from 1956, the year they married. The pattern is called "Bridal White." Growing up, the creamer was always my favorite. I like the simple clean lines and the cool organic '50's retro modern shapes. It is neat how something can look so modern and so old-fashioned all at once. I guess this is my oxymoron china! :)
