How did people dress?
Who were some important/ famous people?
What were some popular toys/ items?
Any other important facts are welcome.
It is for an English project.
Thank you!
2007-11-01 10:13:58 · 7 answers · asked by ♫Melinda 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
My mother was only a baby during those times. =/
2007-11-01 10:17:56 · update #1
Bomb sheltars were in many back yards.
Kennedy was killed.
Women still wore hats
Folk music was big
TV was getting to be in color
Variety shows on tv were popular
People dressed up to stroll on the boardwalk in Atlantic
City,NJ on the weekends.
Gas was around 25 cents a gallon.
American Bandstand was the rage
There weren't many 2 car families
The Beatles were coming
Proms were held in the school gyms
I think Ed Sullivan was on tv then.
Bob Hope, George Burns and Gracie Allen, and Jack Benny
were popular comedians
Don't think by '65 black faces were on commercials yet.
Jim Crow laws were still in effect in the south.
The civil rights movement led by Dr. King was picking up steam..............
2007-11-01 10:44:25 · answer #1 · answered by westville sal 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The dress fashion of the day seemed to change in a more global way when it did change. One second the cloths everyone wore seemed out of date or not hip, the next...you were in!
You would have seen and sensed the different groups we had in schools back then. We had hoods, who were the rough and ready kids wanting to fight.
The jocks who stayed together and were willing to defend themselves or their girlfriends.
And the geeks who tried to stay under the radar for fear of the other groups.
There were more one on one confrontations, boys were tougher..I know they hate hearing that but follow the logic. We didn't drive as a rule so we walked a lot. We didn't sit in front of the TV or a computer (there were no PCs) back then. Our electronic world was picking up the rotory phone and dialing my girlfriend.
2007-11-01 10:26:44 · answer #2 · answered by jammer3160 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was the era of the hippies and John F. Kennedy was the president. It was also when the Beatles, and the Rolling Stones came to the USA and changed rock and roll forever. After that music in America was never the same. And lets not forget about flower children, Woodstock, and Haight Ashbury.
2007-11-01 10:28:21 · answer #3 · answered by Eugene 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Viet Nam war was on everyone's mind. President Kennedy was assassinated. Powerful muscle cars were being raced on the streets, not this pansy Japanese car "drifting" crap.
We wore Levi's and shirts.
Try Google-type in "1960's".
2007-11-01 10:21:50 · answer #4 · answered by WooleyBooley again 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
With a quarter you could see a movie, get some popcorn and a moonpie, and still have some pennies leftover for the train ride home.
2007-11-01 10:16:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
heck just google it. john f kennedy was important. martin luther king. clothes kinda sucked! lol. "beatle hair cuts and beatle boots! gogo boots. barbie dolls and g i joes. i was born in 55.
2007-11-01 10:25:39 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
are ppl on here really that old?...(no offense)
2007-11-01 10:16:25 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋