The very best movie performances of the 1950s include turns from James Dean in Rebel Without a Cause and Bette Davis in All ...

The 1950s were a huge contrast with the grim war years of the 1940s. As peace broke out, Western society saw a consumer boom that led to unprecedented levels of economic prosperity. The growth of ...

The 1950s were a transformative decade for the Western World. As post-war economies flourished in North America and many European countries, the rise of mass production and advertising led to a ...

The 1950s brings to mind poodle skirts, sock hops, and drive-in movies. I Love Lucy, The Honeymooners, and Leave It to Beaver were popular television shows, and Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, and ...

The 1950s brought a warmth to American living rooms that no television screen could match. Families gathered around their ...

Editor’s note: Throughout the offseason, The Athletic is celebrating the 150th anniversary of college football, one decade at a time. For more on the 1950s, read Michael Weinreb on Cold War coaches ...

I asked you, our feral commentariat, to give me your opinions on what the best cars of the 1950s were and holy hell, did you all deliver. We've got Chevys, we've got Dodges. There are Benzes and ...

Before every game was on television, baseball fans listened on radio and studied box scores in newspapers to follow their team when they weren’t lucky enough to be at the ballpark. Maybe more than ...