New Orleans in the Fifties
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New Orleans in the Fifties

  1. 176 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

New Orleans in the Fifties

About this book

Photos and reminiscences of life the 1950s, part of the decade-by-decade series that vividly documents the Crescent City's history.
 
Remember when Mardi Gras was cancelled in 1951 in tribute to the men fighting the Korean War? Surely you were there for Elvis Presley's visit to the Municipal Auditorium in 1956, and you must recall the first time you crossed the brand-new Greater New Orleans Bridge. How about the milk bottle on top of the Cloverland Dairy?
 
For those who were there and those who wish they were, Mary Lou Widmer recalls these and many other images and events that define the decade. Packed with photographs, her remembrances will delight and entertain all who lived through this unique decade in New Orleans and fascinate anyone intrigued by the city's past—from the tumult of integration to the worries about communism to the rapid growth of Gentilly, Metairie, and other suburbs.

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Information

Publisher
Pelican Publishing
Year
2004
Print ISBN
9781589802681
eBook ISBN
9781455609505
Topic
Art
Subtopic
North American History

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Foreword
  3. Preface
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. CHAPTER ONE: The Police Action Nobody Wanted
  6. CHAPTER TWO: Construction in a Booming City
  7. CHAPTER THREE: Defense Shelters and the Eisenhower Election
  8. CHAPTER FOUR: Gambling in New Orleans
  9. CHAPTER FIVE: Le Car, C'est Tout!
  10. CHAPTER SIX: Life in Suburbia
  11. CHAPTER SEVEN: Entertainment, Outings, and Weekends
  12. CHAPTER EIGHT: Fashions and Fads of the Fifties
  13. CHAPTER NINE: That Glorious Boob Tube
  14. CHAPTER TEN: Desegregation in New Orleans
  15. CHAPTER ELEVEN: Art, Architecture, Movies, and Books
  16. CHAPTER TWELVE: The Changing World of Music in the Fifties
  17. CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Sports in New Orleans in the Fifties
  18. CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Advancements in Medicine and Technology
  19. CHAPTER FIFTEEN: A Look Around Town at the Decade's End
  20. Index

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