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A Crush: as in I have BIG EYES for her.

These famous lines uttered by Humphrey Bogarts Rick Blaine to Ingrid Bergmans Ilsa Lund in the film Casablanca, quickly passed into popular usage as a toast.

A description of a pretty girl; She has Hollywood eyes.

A person whose looks or interests set them apart from the crowd.

Would you loan me $5?

Wow.!, an expression of surprise or great excitement

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A term first used by the Hollywood press to describe a full figured, good looking girl. Many Hollywood starlets would claim to be the original oomph or sweater girl.

Attractive women featured on posters during WWII to entertain military men. The mot famous pin-up girl was Betty Grable, shown in a bathing suit and high heeled shoes looking over her shoulder; a pin up of Rita Hayworth was stuck on the first atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.

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1. Paperback books: Born in the late 1930s, these tomeswith flashy covers, racy stories, and cheap prices-were read by the millions during the 1940s. The first paperback publisher was pocketbooks in 1939. Soon Avon Books, Dell Books, Popular Library, Bantam Books, New American Library and Gold Medal Books were enticing readers with paperback editions.

Readers could select from over 150 different titles. The adventures of superheroes were the most popular, including:

is a 1940 novel by Ernest Hemingway. It tells the story of Robert Jordan, a young American in the International Brigades attached to an antifascist guerilla unit in the mountains during the Spanish Civil War. As an expert in the use of explosives, he is given an assignment to blow up a bridge to accompany a simultaneous attack on the city of Segovia.

This novel my Marguerite Steen was the first in a trilogy including Twilight on the Floods and Jehovah Blues, which follows the Floods family through two centuries of their involvement in the slave trade. Steens dramatic style of writing and action-packed novels won her a large following of fans.

a historical novel about the Crucifixion written by Lloyd C. Douglas. The book was one of the best- selling titles of the 1940s. It entered the New York Times Best Seller list in October 1942, and four weeks later rose to No. 1. It held the position for nearly a year. The Robe remained on the list for another two years, returning several other times over the next several years including when the movie version was released in 1953.

was a weekly magazine published by the United States military during World War II. Founded and edited by Major Hartzell Spence (1908-2001), the magazine was written by enlisted rank soldiers only and was made available to the soldiers, sailors and airmen serving overseas. It was published at facilities around the world -- British, Mediterranean, Continental, Western Pacific -- for a total of 21 editions in 17 countries. Yank was the most widely read magazine in the history of the U.S. military, achieving a worldwide circulation of more than 2.6 million. Each issue was priced at five cents because it was felt that if soldiers paid, they would have a higher regard for the publication. Each issue was edited in New York City and then shipped for printing around the world where staff editors added local stories. The last issue was published in December, 1945.

a romance novel by Kathleen Winsor that was made into a movie by 20th Century Fox. It tells the story of orphaned Amber St. Clair, who makes her way through 17th century English society by sleeping with more and more important men. The book was roundly condemned by Roman Catholic "decency" watchdogs, which helped to make it popular. One critic went so far as to number each of the passages to he objected. The film was finally completed after substantial changes to the script were made, toning down some of the book's most objectionable passages in order to appease Catholic media critics.

is the newspaper published for the United States Armed Forces overseas. It is available in three formats: the European Edition, the Mideast Edition, and the Pacific Edition.

written by Dr. Benjamin Spock, was first published in 1946, and is one of the biggest best-sellers of all time. By 1998, it had sold more than 50 million copies. It has been translated into 39 languages.

is Mickey Spillane's first novel featuring private investigator Mike Hammer.

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Top Movies of the Decade Rebecca (1940) How Green Was My Valley (1941) Mrs. Miniver (1942) Casablanca (1942/43) Going My Way (1944) The Lost Weekend (1945) The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) Gentleman's Agreement (1947) Hamlet (1948) All the King's Men (1949)

Lauren Bacall was born on September 16, 1924 in New York City, New York. After working as a model in her early twenties, Bacall debuted with husband-to-be Humphrey Bogart in TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT. The two were married in May 1945 and were together until Bogart's death in 1957. After Bogart's passing, Bacall went on to marry Jason Robards in 1961. They were together for eight years until their divorce in 1969. Lauren's nickname has long since been "Baby". But her trademark sultry voice seems contradictory to her innocent alias. Nevertheless, Bacall has been tempting men around the globe for ages after TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT penned Bacall as "the seductress" thanks to her line to Bogart: "If you want anything, just whistle. You know how to whistle, don't you Steve ? Just put your lips together and blow." Her notable films include: THE BIG SLEEP, KEY LARGO, and HARPER.

Swedish born Ingrid Bergman won three Oscars for her acting in GASLIGHT, ANASTASIA and MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS. Bergman's defining role was as Bogart's old romance in CASABLANCA. Ingrid Bergman's other notable movies include: FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS, BELLS OF ST. MARY'S, JOAN OF ARC, INTERMEZZO, SPELLBOUND, NOTORIOUS, INDISCREET, and CACTUS FLOWER.

Unusual looking and sounding, Humphrey Bogart began his career playing bad guys, then later became an unlikely but effective leading man. Bogie's defining role would be as Rick the club owner in CASABLANCA. Notable films include: THE MALTESE FALCON, THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE, THE BIG SLEEP, and THE CAINE MUTINY. Humphrey Bogart won the Best Actor award for THE AFRICAN QUEEN. After co-starring with a young Lauren Bacall in TO HAVE AND TO HAVE NOT, they fell and love and got married, coming to represent true love to generations of film fans. Humphrey Bogart was one of the most popular, most enduring film stars Hollywood ever generated.

Bing Crosby, Best Actor 1945 Big Box Office Draw ANYTHING GOES, THE BELL'S OF ST. MARY'S, ROAD TO SINGAPORE, HOLIDAY INN, WHITE CHRISTMAS, THE COUNTRY GIRL, HIGH SOCIETY, PEPE, ROBIN AND THE SEVEN HOODS

A charming, sophisticated leading lady, Olivia de Havilland had quite a following in the 1940's, which was well deserved. Her defining role was in GONE WITH THE WIND. Olivia de Havilland's notable movies include: THEY DIED WITH THEIR BOOTS ON, THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD, THE SNAKE PIT, THE HEIRESS, TO EACH HIS OWN, and HUSH, HUSH SWEET CHARLOTTE. Of the four principal actors in GONE WITH THE WIND (the others were Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, and Leslie Howard), Olivia de Havilland is the only survivor.

After huge success as Dorothy in THE WIZARD OF OZ in 1939, Judy Garland appeared in a series of popular films in the 1940's including MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS, EASTER PARADE, and the ANDY HARDY series opposite the dynamic Mickey Rooney. Judy Garland's youthful energy and all-American girl spunk, combined with a singing voice of heartbreaking vulnerability, made her the girl with something extra in the filmic 1940s. Judy's other notable films include: JUDGEMENT AT NUREMBERG. Garland's performance in A STAR IS BORN is considered one of her best films.

Bob Hope started in show business as a dancer and comedian in vaudeville, where he earned the nick name, Rapid Robert. His nickname is "Old Ski Nose." Bob's signiture song is "Thanks for the Memories," from the Paramount film, THE BIG BOADCAST OF 1938, which is Bob Hope's feature film debut. One of our favorite Hope movies is THE PALEFACE. Bob Hope's defining comedic film roles were made in the very successful Road pictures, made during the 1940's and 50's with Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour; including: ROAD TO SINGAPORE, ROAD TO ZANZIBAR, ROAD TO MORRACCO, ROAD TO UTOPIA, ROAD TO RIO, ROAD TO BALI, and ROAD TO HONG KONG. Bob Hope holds the Guinness Book of World Records for being the most honored entertainer. Hope received 5 special Academy Awards, a Golden Globe: Ambassador of Good Will, plus many others for his meritous service.

Barbara Stanwyck was a unique, sultry actress who combined looks, brains, and heat, to memorable effect. Her defining role was as the sexy temptress in DOUBLE INDEMNITY, opposite Fred MacMurray. Notable movies include: STELLA DALLAS, BALL OF FIRE, THE LADY EVE, SORRY-WRONG NUMBER, CHRISTMAS IN CONNECTICUT, and WALK ON THE WILD SIDE. Barbara Stanwyck made a huge career out of being both tough and desirable, as alluring as any woman and as strong as any man. Late in life Barbara Stanwyck starred in the well regarded TV series, THE BIG VALLEY.

A pretty child, Elizabeth Taylor grew up to be a sexy and voluptuous woman. Elizabeth Taylor was as famous for her many high profile marriages, and illnesses, as her movies. Her defining role would have to be as "Maggie" in CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF, opposite Paul Newman. Notable films include: A PLACE IN THE SUN, NATIONAL VELVET, and GIANT. Elizabeth Taylor won two Best Actress Awards (BUTTERFIELD 8 and WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF ?) Elizabeth Taylor was married to filmmaker Michael (AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS) Todd, who died in a plane crash. Actor Richard Burton is said to have been the great love of her life, but they couldn't make marriage work though they tried it twice. Liz Taylor was described as the last of the great American stars, a description she more than lived up to. Her most recent film is THE FLINTSTONES and a ABC television movie THESE OLD BROADS with Joan Collins, Shirley MacLaine, and Debbie Reynolds.

A fey, wistful brunette leading lady, Oklahoma-born Jennifer Jones became the protg of producer David O. Selznick in the early 1940s and married him in 1949 after her divorce from actor Robert Walker. Selznick took control of her career and ensured her appearances in prestige productions by leading directors. Although she had appeared in a pair of Republic Pictures programmers under her birth name of Phylis Isley in the 1930s, the actress was re-invented by Selznick and given the new moniker. She achieved stardom as the visionary title character in "The Song of Bernadette" (1943), for which she won an Oscar as Best Actress. She continued in John Cromwell's WWII home front epic "Since You Went Away" (1944), King Vidor operatic color western "Duel in the Sun" (1947) and as the enigmatic, inspirational subject of William Dieterle's "Portrait of Jennie" (1948), the latter possibly her finest film.

The Ink Spots The Ink Spots were a popular black vocal group that helped define the musical genre that led to rhythm & blues and rock and roll, and the subgenre doo-wop. They and the Mills Brothers, another black vocal group of the 1940s, gained much acceptance in the white community.

Charles "Bird" Parker, Jr. (August 29, 1920 March 12, 1955) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Early in his career Parker was dubbed "Yardbird" (there are many contradictory stories of its origin). It was later shortened to "Bird" and remained Parker's nickname for the rest of his life and inspiration for the titles of his works, such as "Yardbird Suite" and "Bird Feathers". The New York City nightclub Birdland was named after him, as were the George Shearing song "Lullaby of Birdland" and the Weather Report's composition "Birdland. Father of B-bop music.

The Father of Be-bop

Alton Glenn Miller (March 1, 1904circa December 15, 1944), born in Clarinda, Iowa, was a American jazz musician and bandleader in the swing era. He is widely recognized as the genre's best-selling performer from 1939 to 1942 and fronted one of the most well-known "Big Bands." During World War II, while traveling to entertain U.S. troops in France, his plane disappeared in bad weather. His body was never found. Miller's signature recordings including, among others, "In the Mood", "Tuxedo Junction", "Chattanooga Choo Choo", "Moonlight Serenade", "Sun Valley Jump", "String of Pearls", and "Pennsylvania 6-5000" (named for the phone number of his New York hotel residence) have remained familiar, even to generations born decades after Miller disappeared.

The Adventures of Superman, adapted from the DC Comics character created in 1938, came to radio as a syndicated show on New York City's WOR on February 12, 1940. On Mutual, it was broadcast from August 31, 1942 to June 17, 1949, as a weekly serial. It was aired on a three-times-a-week schedule from January 31, 1949 to June 17, 1949. The series shifted to ABC Saturday mornings on November 5 1949, and then to twice-a-week in June, 1950, continuing on ABC until March 1, 1951

Back in the Saddle Again: The theme song of Gene Autry, the Singing Cowboy. Originally written in 1938 by Ray Whitley for the film Border G Men, Autry soon revived it for his own movies and regularly sang it on his radio and TV shows.

a song about a virtuoso trumpet player, was a major hit for the Andrews Sisters and an iconic World War II tune. The song was written by Don Raye and Hughie Prince, and was recorded at Decca's Hollywood studios on January 2, 1941, eleven months before the United States entered World War II. The sisters introduced the song in the 1941 Abbott and Costello film Buck Privates, which was in production when they made the record. "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Song. The song is closely based on an earlier Raye-Prince hit, "Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar," which is about a virtuoso boogie-woogie piano player.

All reporting of news and war information was censored by the Code of Wartime Practices for American Broadcasters, starting in 1942.

is an Irving Berlin song whose lyrics reminisce about White Christmases. "White Christmas" was introduced by Bing Crosby in the 1942 musical Holiday Inn. In the film, he actually sings it in a duet with Marjorie Reynolds. The song went on to receive the Academy Award for Best Song. .

The single by Frank Sinatra sold more than one million copies. It also marked a shift in popular music. The Harry James Orchestra originally recorded the song in 1939 (with Sinatra singing), but Sinatra wanted to recorded it in 1943. When a musician strike prevented that, Sinatras managers decided to release the earlier song, renaming the single to highlight Sinatras name. Until this time, bandleaders were the most important musicians to feature on musical covers.

Debuting on the radio in 1944. Paul Harveys distinctive reporting style kept him on the air into the twenty-first century.

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, an American radio and television series, was once the longest-running, live-action situation comedy on American television, having aired on ABC from 1952 to 1966 after a ten-year run on radio. Starring former bandleader Ozzie Nelson and his vocalist wife, vocalist Harriet Hilliard (she dropped her maiden name after the couple ended their music career), the show's sober, gentle humor captured a large, sustaining audience, even if it never reached the top ten in the actual ratings and later critics tended to dismiss it as fostering a slightly unrealistic picture of post-World War II American family life.

1. Im Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover This song by Art Mooneys orchestra became the #1 hit single on the Billboard chart in January 1948 and began a revival of old- time banjo songs.

is a song written and recorded by American country music singer-songwriter Hank Williams in 1949. The song about depression was largely inspired by his troubled relationship with wife Audrey Sheppard. With evocative lyrics, such as the opening lines "Hear that lonesome whippoorwill/He sounds too blue to fly," the song has been covered by a wide range of musicians Rolling Stone ranked it #111 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. It's the second oldest song on the list, and one of only two from the 1940s.

France and Britain declared war on Germany and Italy. The German army conquers the following nations: 1. Austria 2. Czechoslovakia 3. Poland 4. Norway 5. Denmark 6. Holland 7. Belgium 8. Luxembourg 9. France

Germany invades Russia in June of 1941 Germans pushed to the outskirts of Moscow. The Russian winter prevents Germans from invading and taking over Russia. Japan bombs Pearl Harbor Japan launches a surprise attack on our naval base in Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. December 7, 1941 A day that will live in infamy. The United States declared war on Japan the next day. D-Day Invasion of the allied troops at the beaches of Normandy. The plan was to liberate France from the Nazis. May 8th, 1945-VE Day Victory in Europe.

The Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 the nuclear weapon Little Boy was dropped on Hiroshima by Enola Gay, a U.S. Air Force B-29 bomber which was altered specifically to hold the bomb, killing directly an estimated 80,000 people and completely destroying approximately 68% of the city's buildings. In the following months, an estimated 60,000 more people died from injuries or radiation poisoning. Since 1945, several thousand more hibakusha have died of illnesses caused by the bomb. It was the second such device to be detonated (the first being the successful test at the Manhattan Project's desert test site, in New Mexico), and the first ever to be used in military action. It has been claimed (and in many places, including much of North America, is generally believed) that the American atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were the primary factors leading to the subsequent Japanese surrender, and the official end of World War II. The position of the U.S. government at the time was that the bombings obviated the need for an American ground invasion of Japan, an operation that, had it occurred, would have been many times bloodier than the Normandy invasion of Europe.

The Atomic Bomb dropped on 9 August 1945, Nagasaki was the target of the world's second atomic bomb attack at 11:02 a.m., when the north of the city was destroyed and an estimated 39,000 people were killed. According to statistics given at the Nagasaki Peace Park, the dead totaled 73,884, injured 74,909 and sufferers 120,820.

The Holocaust The Nazis created 24 concentration camps used to hold and exterminate undesirables such as Jews, Gypsies, handicapped, Catholics and homosexuals. After the war many of the concentration camps were destroyed. However, some have been preserved as museums that will hopefully prevent anything like this from happening again.

The United Nations is formed: China falls to communism.(1949) Israel founded in 1948, Israel is the world's only Jewish state although its population includes citizens from many ethnic and religious background. The Berlin Blockade (June 24, 1948 to May 11, 1949) became one of the first major crises of the new Cold War, when the Soviet Union blocked railroad and street access to West Berlin. The crisis abated after the Soviet Union did not act to stop American, British and French humanitarian airlifts of food and other provisions to the Western-held sectors of Berlin; this was referred to as Operation Vittles by the Americans and Operation Plainfare by the British. When World War II ended in Europe on May 9, 1945, Soviet and Western (U.S., British, and French) troops were located in arbitrary places, essentially, along a line in the center of Europe. From July 17 to August 2, 1945, the victorious Allied Powers reached the Potsdam Agreement on the fate of post-war Europe, calling for the division of a defeated Germany into four occupation zones (thus reaffirming principles laid out earlier by the Yalta Conference), and the similar division of Berlin into four zones, later called East Berlin and West Berlin. The French, U.S., and British sectors of Berlin were deep within the Soviet occupation zone, and thus a focal point of tensions corresponding to the breakdown of the Western-Soviet wartime alliance.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected president in 1940 and 44. He is the only U.S. President to serve more than two terms in office. He provided stability for the United States people during the Depression and World War II Harry S. Truman is elected president in 1948

Victory gardens, also called war gardens or food gardens for defense, were vegetable, fruit and herb gardens planted at private residences in the United States, Canada, and United Kingdom during World War I and World War II to reduce the pressure on the public food supply brought on by the war effort. In addition to indirectly aiding the war effort these gardens were also considered a civil "morale booster" in that gardeners could feel empowered by their contribution of labor and rewarded by the produce grown. Victory gardens were planted in backyards and on apartment-building rooftops, with the occasional vacant lot "commandeered for the war effort!" and put to use as a cornfield or a squash patch. During World War II, sections of lawn were publicly plowed for plots in Hyde Park, London to publicize the movement. In New York City, the lawns around vacant "Riverside" were devoted to victory gardens, as were portions of San Francisco's Golden Gate Park

Collected rags, scrap metal, and rubber. The war savings stamp (WSS) was a patriotic program used by the United States Treasury to help fund participation in World War II, and was principally aimed at school-age children. Stamps were available in 10, 25 and 50 cent, and 1 and 5 dollar denominations and did not provide interest, although in some cases collections of stamps could be redeemed for war bonds. Every Scout to Save a Soldier was a slogan used to motivate Boy Scouts and Girl Guides to help sell the stamps.

The fitted jacket-and-skirt suit, with a peplum to the hip One- and two-fabric day dresses with 3- or 4-sided squarish curved necklines, the bust shaped by soft gathers above or below, and sometimes swags or drapery on the skirt Lace and taffeta eveningwear with asymmetric, bouffant styling Cap-sleeved cotton or rayon blouses and matching tap-style shorts or wide-leg pants for recreation.

Pencil thin mustaches The Zoot suit Mid-thigh jackets Pants wide at the knee/narrow at the ankle Wide brimmed hats Watch chains/worn by poor blacks, whites and Hispanics.

The Offices of Price Administration (OPA). Families would receive stamps to buy rationed food products. Women gave up their silk stocking to make parachutes. Gas Rationing The average American could drive only about 60 miles per week. Carpools/Public Transportation Other Rationing Women were allowed 3 pairs of shoes per year. Food such as potatoes and meat were also rationed. Sugar was also rationed.

Rosie the Riveter was the symbol of working women during the war.

Winnie the Welder Betsy the Builder Women worked the swing shift 11:00 PM to 7:00AM Women were well suited for factory work because of their manual dexterity.

Air raid drills Bomb shelters were built behind homes. Civil Defense Teams Women practiced with machine guns. Anti-aircraft guns were put on the roof of the Capitol building.

A blue star in your window meant that someone in your home was fighting in the war effort. A gold star in your window meant that someone in your household was killed while fighting in the war effort.

Tommy Dorsey: was a jazz trombonist and bandleader in the Big Band era.

Many suggest that Goodman achieved the same success with jazz and swing that Elvis Presley did for rock and roll. Both helped bring black music to a young, white audience. It is true that many of Goodman's arrangements had been played for years before by Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra. While Goodman publicly acknowledged his debt to Henderson, many young white swing fans had never heard Henderson's band. While some consider Goodman a jazz innovator, others maintain his main strength was his perfectionism and drive. Goodman was a virtuosic clarinetist and arguably the most technically proficient jazz clarinetist of all time. Goodman was one of the most important musicians of the Twentieth Century in that he was the major catalyst for the big band era. The Lycos Music website says of Goodman: His encouragement of musicians like [electric guitarist Charlie] Christian, Wilson and Hampton not only helped Goodman to promote important careers in jazz but also did much to break down racial taboos in show business and American society. The fact that he was never an innovator means Goodman was not a great jazzman in the sense that Armstrong, Ellington, Charlie Parker and others were. Nevertheless, he was a major figure in jazz and played an important role in the history of twentieth century popular music.

born in Clarinda, Iowa, was a American jazz musician and bandleader in the swing era. He is widely recognized as the genre's best-selling performer from 1939 to 1942 and fronted one of the most well-known "Big Bands." During World War II, while traveling to entertain U.S. troops in France, his plane disappeared in bad weather. His body was never found. Miller's signature recordings including, among others, "In the Mood", "Tuxedo Junction", "Chattanooga Choo Choo", "Moonlight Serenade", "Sun Valley Jump", "String of Pearls", and "Pennsylvania 6-5000" (named for the phone number of his New York hotel residence) have remained familiar, even to generations born decades after Miller disappeared.

One of the first multimedia stars, from 1934 to 1954 Bing Crosby held a nearly unrivaled command of record sales, radio ratings and motion picture grosses. Widely recognized as one of the most popular musical acts in history, Crosby is also credited as being the major inspiration for most of the male singers of the era that followed him, including Frank Sinatra, Perry Como, and Dean Martin. Yank magazine recognized Crosby as the person who had done the most for American G.I. morale during World War II and, during his peak years, around 1948, polls declared him the "most admired man alive," ahead of Jackie Robinson and Pope Pius XII. Also during 1948, the Music Digest estimated that Crosby recordings filled more than half of the 80,000 weekly hours allocated to recorded radio music. Bing Crosby's recording of "White Christmas" has "sold over 100 million copies around the world, with at least 50 million sales as singles

an accomplished jazz clarinetist, composer, bandleader, and writer.

Duke Ellington and his band still stood above the rest!

Bebop or bop is a form of jazz characterized by fast tempos and improvisation based on harmonic structure rather than melody. It was developed in the early and mid-1940s. It first surfaced in musicians' argot some time during the first two years of the Second World War. Hard bop later developed from bebop combined with blues and gospel music The Father of Bebop was Charlie Bird Parker

The teenage girls heartthrob in this decade. He managed chart hits in the 1940s, 50s 60s and his last New York, New York in the 1970s. Sinatra lived life in the fast lane-He loved booze and women. He had supposed ties to organized crime. Academy Award winner Ten time Grammy award winner

Baseball a. Jackie Robinson joins the Brooklyn Dodgers b. Robinson broke the color barrier. Football a. Marion Motley-Cleveland Browns-breaks the color barrier in professional football Horse Racing a. Citation wins the Triple Crown in 1948-The first million dollar horse.

Economic Boom New Consumer products are being produced again in 1946. The Baby Boom-1946-64 Television-Large scale broadcasts begin in 1946.

Age of the bobbysoxer This is the first decade that we use the term teenager. The Jitterbug is the dance of the decade. The G.I. Bill is introduced. Penicillin is introduced. 331/3 RPM vinyl records are introduced in 1948. Silly Putty-1943

First Computer The Polaroid Camera-1947 The Sound Barrier is broken by jet airplanes. Radiation is used to treat cancer patients. Inflation The first McDonalds opened its doors in 1948.

Commercial Television makes its strong appearance in 1946. 1948-Texaco Star Theatre with Milton Berle. Uncle Milty or Mr. Television. Kukla, Fran and Ollie Howdy Doody Time Arthur Godfrey and Friends

The predecessor of the fast food restaurant. They were longer than they were wide. Waitresses were on a first name basis with their customers, They had a language all there own. A type of shorthand. Diners were extremely popular from 1920- 1970. They have been making a comeback. 1940s reach their peak in popularity.

Adam & Eve on a raft: Nervous pudding: Put out the lights and cry: An M.D.: Heart Attack on a Rack: Eve with a lid on: Abbott and Costello: BLT

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