The Nifty Fifties Work cited page By: Laura Wagner Period 3

Kitchen Appliances/Items  General Electric introduces colored kitchen appliances  Non-stick cooking pan in 1954  Dow Chemical creates Saran Wrap  Ray Kroc started McDonalds in 1954 (random fun fact!)

Broadcasting  First colored TV and broadcasting in 1953  First remote control for the television  First commercial videotape recorder is introduced

Broadcasting cont…  The first 3-D movie is shown: Arch Oboler's Bwana Devil, starring Robert Stack  Telephone Answering Machine created by Bell Laboratories and Western Electric.  Sony, a brand new Japanese company, introduces the first pocket-sized transistor radio

Everyday Items  Seatbelt  First “AAA” battery in 1954  Antihistamines enter popular use for treatment of allergies and head-colds.  White Rose Redi-tea is the world's first instant iced tea  First Credit card (Diners) invented in 1950 by Ralph Schneider Hyperlink

Everyday Items cont…  American automobile manufacturer Chrysler Corporation introduces power steering, which they called Hydraguide  Still camera gets built-in flash units  Super glue invented in 1951

Neato Toys  Silly Putty  Barbie-1959  Hula Hoop-1958  Mr. Potato Head-1952  Frisbee  Tonka Trucks  Skateboards  Yahtzee  PEZ dispensers

Work Cited!  "1950s Timeline - History Timeline of the 1950s." 20th Century History. The New York Times Company, Web. 25 Feb  Rich, Candace. "Pop History - Inventions of the Fifties." The Fifties Index - Oldies Music, Classic TV, Fifties History, Fifties Clothes, Burma Shave, Elvis, American Bandstand, Sixties Fashion and more. Candace Rich., Web. 25 Feb

Work cited cont..  "YouTube - Retromercial: Frisbee and Hula Hoop." YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. Diana herrera, Web. 25 Feb  Reitan, Ed. "RCA-NBC Firsts in Color Television." Novia Internetworking. Ed Reitan, Web. 25 Feb