# What ONE PRODUCT comes to mind when you think 1950s? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 8, 2014, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-product-comes-to-mind-when-you-think-1950s/680855 "2014-02-08T20:44:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-product-comes-to-mind-when-you-think-1950s/680855/41 "2014-02-09T14:08:15Z")
Bakelite. I know it dates back earlier than the 50’s, but that’s the first thing I thought of. ---
**Author:** ![JuliaSqueezer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/82dd89/32.png) [@JuliaSqueezer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JuliaSqueezer)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-product-comes-to-mind-when-you-think-1950s/680855/42 "2014-02-09T14:12:15Z")
Toni home permanents. They even came out with a line of Toni dolls that had synthetic hair you could “perm” with a sugar water solution. edited to add: US, in my middle 60’s ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-product-comes-to-mind-when-you-think-1950s/680855/43 "2014-02-09T14:25:12Z")
Brylcreem Georgia (now Tennessee) Age:53 ---
**Author:** ![rbroome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/838e76/32.png) [@rbroome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rbroome)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-product-comes-to-mind-when-you-think-1950s/680855/44 "2014-02-09T14:27:23Z")
TV dinners ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-product-comes-to-mind-when-you-think-1950s/680855/45 "2014-02-09T15:36:08Z")
A 1950’s Style Death Ray. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-product-comes-to-mind-when-you-think-1950s/680855/46 "2014-02-09T15:51:13Z")
Someday I’m going to go into detail on my theory that when people talk about a decade, it isn’t an exact ten year period. “The Sixties” usually includes hippies, Vietnam protests and civil rights milestones from '70-'72, but doesn’t include the more uptight early sixties: music like the Everly Brothers and “Teen Angel”, or Eisenhower-era politics, with Nixon as VP and JFK a mere senator. Oh, yeah … hula hoops. ---
**Author:** ![Tethered\_Kite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@Tethered\_Kite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tethered_Kite)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-product-comes-to-mind-when-you-think-1950s/680855/47 "2014-02-09T16:30:37Z")
The three Ps of cool: Pat Boone Penny loafers Poodle skirts And lipstick on someone’s collar being proof of infidelity. Collar? ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-product-comes-to-mind-when-you-think-1950s/680855/48 "2014-02-09T17:01:03Z")
Western movies. Jello Home perms missred, 51, Tennessee ( formerly Indiana) ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-product-comes-to-mind-when-you-think-1950s/680855/49 "2014-02-09T17:05:54Z")
> [@River\_Hippie](#): > > As a guitar guy I think of the first generation Fender Stratocasters. First year 1954. Personally, I prefer the late sixties models but many Strat fans consider the late 50s models to be the ultimate. > > [Example](http://www.vintageandrare.com/uploads/products/37038/1294971/original.jpg) > > Also as a car guy the late fifties Chevy Bel Airs. Oh yeah - Buddy Holly playing a Strat. Born 1963. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-product-comes-to-mind-when-you-think-1950s/680855/50 "2014-02-09T17:07:27Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Someday I’m going to go into detail on my theory that when people talk about a decade, it isn’t an exact ten year period. “The Sixties” usually includes hippies, Vietnam protests and civil rights milestones from '70-'72, but doesn’t include the more uptight early sixties: music like the Everly Brothers and “Teen Angel”, or Eisenhower-era politics, with Nixon as VP and JFK a mere senator. > > . I agree ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-product-comes-to-mind-when-you-think-1950s/680855/51 "2014-02-09T17:48:06Z")
Hula Hoop, Davy Crockett hat, pogo sticks. I had all three. 66. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-product-comes-to-mind-when-you-think-1950s/680855/52 "2014-02-09T17:52:04Z")
TV sets. Specifically, B&W sets. > [@digs](#): > > Someday I’m going to go into detail on my theory that when people talk about a decade, it isn’t an exact ten year period. “The Sixties” usually includes hippies, Vietnam protests and civil rights milestones from '70-'72, but doesn’t include the more uptight early sixties: music like the Everly Brothers and “Teen Angel”, or Eisenhower-era politics, with Nixon as VP and JFK a mere senator. I had a History prof who insisted the 1950s ended with the Kennedy assassination in 1963 and the 1960s with Nixon’s resignation in 1974. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-product-comes-to-mind-when-you-think-1950s/680855/53 "2014-02-10T00:06:31Z")
Hula-hoop. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-product-comes-to-mind-when-you-think-1950s/680855/54 "2014-02-10T00:32:04Z")
TV Dinners ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-product-comes-to-mind-when-you-think-1950s/680855/55 "2014-02-10T00:38:09Z")
69 here. Ovaltine(Captain Midnight). ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-product-comes-to-mind-when-you-think-1950s/680855/56 "2014-02-11T00:13:45Z")
Great big honkin monstrosities of cars, made of steel and good old American sweat. I wasn’t born until the 70’s so my reference point is mainly stuff like Happy Days and Back to the Future. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-product-comes-to-mind-when-you-think-1950s/680855.md?page=2)