Technology
A basis for innovation, entertainment and convinience
Labor Reducing Appliances
When: Throughout 1950's
Location: Across America
Cause: Led to the creation of household items such as the dishwasher, microwave, washer and dryer for clothes, etc.
Reason: Economic boom after war allotted time for technological advancements on commodities and easier living
Result: Made American citizens more reliant on technology instead of physical application
Significance: Started progression for this industry field and businesses such as General Electric, citizens, especially housewives could now persue careers and hobbies to an extent that they never could before
To Whom: The general American population, specifically housewives
General Electric's Clothes Iron
Del Monte's "Woman-Safe" Ketchup
A Collection of "Mechanical Servants" For the Housewife
Advances in Health
When: Throughout 1950's
Location: Across America
Cause: Vaccinations from ailments, better health awareness
Reason: Flourishing medical knowledge and technology from post-war boom
Result: Less deaths nationwide from disease and illness, burdens of polio lifted from millions of Americans
Significance: Contributed to America's international placehold, forged the way for future advancements
To Whom: All American citizens, eventually the entire world's population
Celebration for the Polio Vaccine
Microscopic Typhoid Bacteria
A 1950's Cardiac Surgery in Progress