It was a time of changing values and institutions, of a growing fear of communism and, at the same time, a growing sense of domestic tranquility and the importance of the family. It was a time of great growth and development in the city, and a departure from many of the old traditions and customs that had helped to define what New Orleans was all about.
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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. Remember the A-line and Trapeze line in dresses, and the milk bottle on top of the Cloverland Dairy? Mary Lou Widmer recalls for readers these and many other images and events that together define the decade. Packed with photographs, her remembrances will delight and entertain all who lived through this unique decade in the city of New Orleans and will intrigue all those who have a special fascination with the past of the Crescent City.
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Mary Lou Widmer, a native of New Orleans, is former president of the South Louisiana Chapter of Romance Writers of America. She has written several novels set in New Orleans. A certified descendant of settlers in the area prior to the Louisiana Purchase, she is a member of the Louisiana Colonials and the Daughters of 1812. She is also the author of New Orleans in the Twenties, New Orleans in the Thirties, New Orleans in the Forties, New Orleans in the Fifties, New Orleans in the Sixties, and Margaret, Friend of Orphans, all published by Pelican.
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THE DECADE OF THE FIFTIES was the bookmark of the century, the time when all the old traditions carried over from the last century were shed, like a snake's skin, and every phase of life had new rules, as opposite from the old as fire is from ice. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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THE DECADE OF THE FIFTIES was the bookmark of the century, the time when all the old traditions carried over from the last century were shed, like a snake's skin, and every phase of life had new rules, as opposite from the old as fire is from ice. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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New Orleans, World War, Canal Street, New York, New Orleanians, West End, Union Passenger Terminal, City Park, New Basin Canal, Korean War, Pete Fountain, United States, Bourbon Street, Claiborne Towers, Crescent City, Elysian Fields, Mardi Gras, French Quarter, Jefferson Parish, Long Library, Pontchartrain Expressway, Baton Rouge, Canal Boulevard, City Hall, Civic Complex New!
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