animation in America in 1957 was much simpler . Everybody love Lucy and Father always know well . Make yourself aroot beerfloat , sit on the davenport , and head on over to the next Sir Frederick Handley Page to take a look at life in 1957 .
1. You know what they say about the size of a man’s fin.
General Motors andFordwere duking it out with their " Olds vs. Edsel " warfare . Ford ’s Edsel included such forward - call back features as lights that prompt drivers that it was time to serve the engine . Chevrolet opt to put their money into advertising . This is the class that had Dinah Shore telling " See the USA in your Chevrolet " on radio and TV spots . Whatever people chose to labor , the average price of a automobile was only $ 2,749 . Brace yourself – gasoline was only 24 cents a gallon !
2. “Welcome to Babyville.”
AfterWorld War II , people were settling down and getting back to the business of make the American dreaming . disk number of babies were endure between 1946 and 1964 , and even today , this generation is referred to as the " Baby Boomers . " By 1957 , everybody on the fast track was move out to the suburbs . Doctors , attorney , teachers , and cops created a plenty exodus to the land of lawn lawn mower and charcoal grills . With all the new babies being born , it ’s no admiration that suburbia became do it as " Babyville . "
3. All eyes toward the sky.
In July 1957 , American John Glenn set a new transcontinental fastness disc . The navy tryout pilot fly a supersonic jet from California to New York in just 3 hours , 23 second , and 8.4 seconds .
4. What’s with all the hips?
medicine lover had plenty of pick in the class when rock’n’roll ' n ' roll took over the charts . Sung dynasty like Sam Cooke ’s , " You Send Me " and Jimmie Rodgers ’s " Honeycomb " were popular , but the true star of the class wasElvis Presley . He rock adolescent across the nation with collision like " All didder Up " and " Jailhouse Rock . " You could buy a 45 - rpm record ( that ’s the footling one ) for 79 penny or an album ( the big one ) for about three bucks . The only job was that a hi - fi record player cost $ 79.95 .
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5. And the Oscar goes to . . .
. . .The bridge circuit on the River Kwai , for Best Picture . Alec Guinness also get ahead the Oscar for Best Actor for his persona in the flick . Joanne Woodward claimed her statue for Best Actress inThe Three Faces of Eve . Other favorites wereAn Affair to Remember,12 Angry Men , and that tiddler who swivels his hip in a movie calledJailhouse Rock . With the medium toll of a movie ticket at just 50 cent , you could give to see them all !
6. The Braves win the World Series!
They were n’t from Atlanta , however . In 1957 , they were the Milwaukee Braves ( just four years before they were the Boston Braves ) . In the 1957 World Series , the Braves , conduce by Hank Aaron , beat Mickey Mantle and the New York Yankees , but it was n’t easy ; it took all seven games .
7. Does this price include the white picket fence?
The American dreaming was a whole portion tacky in 1957 . You could buy your very own house for about $ 12,200 . A customs duty built , split - degree cost a little more – around $ 19,000 . For those who were n’t quite ready to buy , rip was only about $ 90 a calendar month !
8. It’s all relative.
Those house prices look pretty good , but what was the average household income in 1957 ? On average , people made around $ 4,500 a year . If you sold cars , you made $ 7,000 to $ 10,000 a year . A escritoire made about $ 3,900 a class . So , could you yield to own ?
9. It was a small world, after all.
In 1957 , the Census Bureau reported that there were 171,984,130 people in the United States , and 2,889,768,830 in the entire world . Today , there are 6.6 billion people in the human beings , include more than 300 million Americans .
10. Rabbit ears were popping up all over the place.
In 1957 , there were 47,200,000 TV sets in America ; the RCA Victor model be $ 78 . What was everybody watching ? Top show includedGunsmoke , The Danny Thomas Show , I screw Lucy , andThe Ed Sullivan Show .
11. What’s a Sputnik?
Before astronauts , space missions wing without a crew . The first of these , Sputnik , come from the Soviet Union . Sputniktechnically was n’t asatellite , it was a 184 - pound basketball - size bundle of radio transmitter that took only 98 minutes to orbit Earth . When it was plunge on October 4 , 1957 , during the pinnacle of the Cold War , the United States was caught completely by surprise and the " Space Race " was on !
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12. This black and white had nothing to do with TV.
In the interestingness of school integration , President Eisenhower sent army troops to keep the peacefulness at Central High School in Little Rock , Arkansas , so that nine black scholar could attend the formerly all - white shoal . These kidskin are forever stamped in chronicle as the Little Rock Nine .
13. Who’s Dick Clark?
mass part bopping in the middle of the family elbow room in 1957 when ABC began airingAmerican Bandstand , host by Dick Clark . Teens dance to the hit of the solar day , and each hebdomad a different band performed . After each song , Clark would interview the teens and have them rate the song for its " danceability . " The first nationwide audience poll parrot ranked Patti Page asAmerican Bandstand ’s favorite female vocalizer of the yr . The show went off the air travel in 1989 .
14. Teen idols were “dreamy.”
Teenage female child had plenty of conk to do thanks to the many teen idols of the recent 1950s . Ricky Nelson rocked and rolled on his kin ’s hit TV show , Ozzie and Harriet , and people tune up in every week just to see if he ’d spill the beans . And Pat Boone cut such a wholesome image in his white patent of invention leather horseshoe that even parent could n’t object . In 1957 , he topped the chart with " Love letter in the Sand . "
15. “Fashion Forward” had nothing to do with Paris.
In 1957 , American women had houses to clean , children to rear , and parties to contrive . With cardigans , ivory , knee - length skirts , and heels , a peeress always looked good . teenaged girls choose for bobby socks , saddle shoes , and poodle skirt . Females young and onetime even wear pant from time to time , especially pedal pushers , or Capri pants . For guys , a leather crown or a letterman sweater was a must .
16. Lennon and McCartney meet for the first time.
In 1957 , a chance meeting at a church in Liverpool would eternally change the face of rock music . On July 6 , The Quarrymen , a skiffle mathematical group lead by singer and guitaristJohn Lennon , performed a spear at the Woolton Parish Church . Among those in attendance was a young instrumentalist make Paul McCartney . The two future Beatles were enter by a common supporter , and McCartney helped Lennon set up for the gig . Lennon was so impressed with McCartney ’s musical ability that he invited him to join the group . The Quarrymen finally became The Beatles , and the eternal rest is music history .
17. Baseball moves to California.
Due to aging stadiums and slumping ticket sales , the archrival Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants strike west following the 1957 season . The Dodgers played one net game at Ebbets Field on September 24 , 1957 , before run to Los Angeles . The stadium remained without a squad until it was torn down in 1960 . The Giants played one last game at the Polo Grounds on September 29 , 1957 , before head to San Francisco . The arena was vacant until the Mets go in for the 1962 and 1963 season . It was demolished in 1964 .
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