Things You Didn’t Know About the 50s

4 min readMar 18

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It wasn’t all idyllic.

Photo by Jan Canty on Unsplash

A certain segment of America is very nostalgic about the 1950s. I’m a little too young to remember much about that decade but is seems idealized on TV. I suspect it wasn’t all Mayberry and cool stops around Route 66, though I wish we still had more of those roadside attractions.

Larrylambert

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You probably don't know my name, but have likely seen my work. I'va written for numerous syndicated cartoon strips and my gags have appeared in national pubs.

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