New Orleans in the Fifties

by Widmer, Mary Lou

• ISBN13: 9781589802681
• ISBN10: 1589802683
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-10-31
• Publisher: Pelican Pub Co Inc

Summary

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. Mary Lou Widmer is a past president of the South Louisiana Chapter of Romance Writers of America and has taught fiction writing at Delgado Community College and the University of New Orleans. She is also the author of New Orleans in the Twenties, New Orleans in the Thirties, New Orleans in the Forties, and New Orleans in the Sixties. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 9
Preface	p. 11
Acknowledgments	p. 13
The Police Action Nobody Wanted	p. 17
Construction in a Booming City	p. 23
Defense Shelters and the Eisenhower Election	p. 33
Gambling in New Orleans	p. 39
Le Car, C'est Tout!	p. 45
Life in Suburbia	p. 55
Entertainment, Outings, and Weekends	p. 71
Fashions and Fads of the Fifties	p. 79
That Glorious Boob Tube	p. 93
Desegregation in New Orleans	p. 101
Art, Architecture, Movies, and Books	p. 107
The Changing World of Music in the Fifties	p. 125
Sports in New Orleans in the Fifties	p. 133
Advancements in Medicine and Technology	p. 141
A Look Around Town at the Decade's End	p. 149
Index	p. 171
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