Narrative and Character: Anecdote Studios: Research items in the 1950's

Here are some things that I've found around 1950's that maybe of help when coming to thinking of the story. :D

• Superglue
• Hydrogen bomb
• First non stick Teflon pan
• Fortran- the first ever computer language
• Barbie Doll
• Coca Cola
• Car companies like Ford, Chevrolet
• Radios like Zenith or Admiral makes
• Magnetic Tape Recorder
• TV
• First ever computer
• Microwaves
• Dictabelt- a sound recording format used in offices.
• Drive in movie theatres
• Sugar Pops/ Corn pops
• Silly Putty
• Ball-O-Fire gumballs (A way of exaggerating the bomb maybe???)
• The stuff of grilled cheese sandwiches arrived; KRAFT® Deluxe process cheese slices are introduced.  
• Jukeboxes
• The comic strip famous for Snoopy, Peanuts debuted in 1950’s
• First elevator was made
• Johnson’s Baby Powder
• First Organ Transplant
• Gender designed dolls, prams, dressmaking for girls toys and Cowboys and Indians, cars and construction sets for boys.
• Credit Card
• Breeder Reactor
• First oral contraceptive (the pill)
• Hovercraft
• Robot
• First leak free ball point pen
• First copy machine

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