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Pictures from the 1940s and 1950s

Pictures from the 1940s and 1950s. By: Kunal Lobo, Matt Rollings , and Cody Hopkins. Pictures From Our Attic. Iwo Jima. This picture was taken during World War II. It was taken in Iwo Jima in February of 1945. Return From War. This was a picture of the return from the war.

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Pictures from the 1940s and 1950s

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  1. Pictures from the 1940s and 1950s By: Kunal Lobo, Matt Rollings, and Cody Hopkins

  2. Pictures From Our Attic

  3. Iwo Jima • This picture was taken during World War II. • It was taken in Iwo Jima in February of 1945.

  4. Return From War • This was a picture of the return from the war. • This happened on August 14, 1945. • The men that returned from the war kissed the first women that they saw.

  5. Baseball • On the right is Hank Greenberg. He played for the Detroit Tigers. • The Red Sox player are Ted Williams and Eddie Pellagrini. • They are posing with JFK in April of 1946

  6. Television • This picture was taken in the 1950s, it was the arrival of the new, larger televisions, up from the original three inch screens.

  7. Marilyn Monroe • This is Marilyn Monroe, she was an actress, and a model. • Unfortunately she died of an over dose of sleeping pills.

  8. Literature • Cat and the Hat- Dr. Suess • Charlotte’s Web- E.B. White • Stewart Little- E.B. White • The Catcher and the Rye- J.D. Salinger • James Bond: Casino Royale- Ian Fleming • Lord of the Rings- J. R. R. Tolkein • On the Road- Jack Keroiac

  9. Music • Doo- wap • “Bubble gum” music • Rock n’ Roll (Elvis) • “He’s got the Whole World in His Hands”- Laurie London • “Great Ball of Fire”- Jerry Lee Lewis

  10. Breakthroughs and Inventions • Mr. Potato Head • Watson and Crick discovered the double helix of DNA. • The television remote (followed by the wireless remote • The answering machine • Saran Wrap • Cure for Polio • Liquid paper • Rayon • HIV/AIDS • Lithium • Bacteria • Contraceptive Pill

  11. Events(wars) • World war II ended in 1945 • Nazi surrender in 1945 • D- day 1944 • Cold War- after 1945 • Korean war- 1950

  12. More Events • Alaska and Hawaii became states in 1959. • Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay climbed Mt. Everest in 1953. • John XXIII became pope. • 1948 was the first Olympic games since Hitler’s Nazi propaganda.

  13. ART PHOTOGRAPHS

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