Green Stamps to Hot Pants: Growing Up in the 50s and 60s
Author: Zak Kieley, Genny
Price: $18.95
Category:United States History
Publication Date:2008-11-01T00:00:01Z
Pages:194
Binding:Paperback
ISBN:10:1932472738
ISBN:13:9781932472738
Introduction — School and neighborhood (My school memories — Child of the 50s — Jump rope rhymes — My love for paper dolls — The Lennon Sisters — My bride doll — Sharing a bike — My best friend and first crush — Penny candy in a brown paper sack — Old fashioned candy — Cowboy shows, monster movies and playing ball in the street — F & M school savings program) — The rise of TV : entertainment for the whole family (Family sitcoms — TV Westerns — Fury — The Riflemen — American Bandstand — Dobie Gillis — My Little Margie — The Real McCoys — Lassie) — What we wore (Teenage fashions in the 1950s — Junior high — American Bandstand sets the standards — Fashions in the 1960s — Sewing and home ec. — Fashion sewing in the 1960s — Amluxen’s and learning to sew — My sewing machine — Newspaper patterns — Prom was a special night — Charm bracelets — Crinolines — Hot Pants — Go-Go boots — Mohair sweaters — The shirtwaisted woman — Padded bras — Nylons — Girdles) — Hair (Hair dye — How to create a French roll — Beehive — The Breck girl — The first home permanents) — What our parents wore : hats, aprons, and housedresses (Aprons — Full aprons — Hostess aprons — Kitsch and novelty aprons — Gingham aprons — Crocheted apron — Housedresses — Hats — Hankies) — Drive-ins : the place to be on a Saturday night (Twin City drive-in theatres — Twin City drive-in movie locations — Pretending to be the singing popcorn box — A tank of my own — Porky’s Drive-In — The first frosty mug — Bridgeman’s) — Put on your gloves, let’s go downtown (Going downtown with my sister.
