The average annual income in the ‘50s was just under $3,000.
Kitchen debuts – Tupperware at home party sales, electric frying pans, nonstick cookware.
The Fifties saw the dawning of the space age, elements of which carried over into home decor.
Kitchen appliances came in a new array of colors, including pink, turquoise, yellow and green!
In 1950 fewer than 1 in 10 American homes owned a TV set. By the end of the decade, 9 out of 10 American homes were tuned in.
The popular sitcom Leave It to Beaver premiered on October 4, 1957, the same day the Russian satellite Sputnik was launched.
Many homeowners took to building bomb shelters like this one in the 1950s.
Parisian poodle motifs appeared on everything, from pillows to purses, clothing to wallpaper.
Gunsmoke first aired on television in 1955. The series lasted a full 20 years.
1956 was a big year for Elvis! He scored his first number-one hit ("Heartbreak Hotel"), and he released "Hound Dog," the top-selling single of the decade.
TV lamps that sold for around $10 in the 1950s go for about $125 in today’s collector market.
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