Things I’ve looked up in the past few days trying to plot a story set in the early 1950s:
- How did people treat cat allergies in the 50s?
- What government organization oversaw adoptions in the early 1950s?
- What are some funny things kids could do to mess with a bible?
- What are slang words for ‘selling’?
- What door-to-door salesmen were common in 1953?
- When was Wisconsin deer hunting season in 1953?
- How did teenagers celebrate Halloween in the 50s?
- in 1953, at a gas station job, would you be more likely to be paid with cash or check?
- Were gun silencers used in the 1950s?
- When were answering machines invented?
- What are some possible ways a high school student in rural Wisconsin in 1953 could have won $1000?
- What was the drinking age in Wisconsin in 1953?
- Were after-school programs common in the U.S. in the 1950s?
- What kind of corporal punishment was used in U.S. public schools in the 1940s and 50s?
- What did teenagers in a small rural Wisconsin town do for fun in the 1950s?
- What were some common snacks in 1953?
- What were the high school graduation rates in 1953?
- What kind of books were assigned for high schoolers to read in the 1950s?
- In 1950 in the midwest, were kids more likely to be sent to foster homes, group homes, or an orphanage?
With Love,
Natalie