Entertainment 1950's (Period 3-4) by Alison McElrath https://padlet.com/alisonmcelrath/g55x91n579wa Now that you have completed research on a given 1950's topic, you will share your findings with the rest of your classmates. Double click a blank area on the padlet board to begin sharing your information. Pictures/videos will enhance your contribution! Provide the names of your group members and the topic. You must also include works cited at the end of your post. en-us 2017-03-09 13:56:26 UTC 2023-04-09 12:58:49 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/93420106/e75606224b7be50102581f52cf46e26ab3ad7e81/48daf62c0f583efd42126c212b9f6698.jpg Entertainment danieldrennan https://padlet.com/alisonmcelrath/g55x91n579wa/wish/158967482 Popular Comics by Daniel Drennan
  • Flash Comics were one of the more popular comics in the 1950's
  • The comics started in the 1940's and other authors are making new versions of the Flash
  • For example, The Flash Reborn means that the Flash was literally reborn and now has a different story to his name
  • The New 52 Flash comic series means that there are 52 pages in the book
  • DC Comics made a new series call "The New 52" for all of the DC Comic characters
  • For example, The New 52 Wonder Woman, The New 52 Superman, and The New 52 Batman
  • Cereno, Beneito. “The Evolution of the Flash: Best Stories by Decade.” Comics Alliance, Comics Alliance, 22 Apr. 2015, comicsalliance.com/the-evolution-of-the-flash-best-flash-stories-by-decade/. Accessed 9 Mar. 2017.
]]> 2017-03-09 14:12:51 UTC https://padlet.com/alisonmcelrath/g55x91n579wa/wish/158967482 Entertainment https://padlet.com/alisonmcelrath/g55x91n579wa/wish/158970646 Drive In Movies/Theatres by Alex Fineman
  • Drive in Movies influenced movie attendance and fast food service. (Hartsock)
  • Outdoor theaters became known as "ozoners". (Hartsock)
  • The first drive in theatre was called the Auto Mobile Movie Theatre. (Hartsock)
  • Drive in theaters offered a movie for 25 cents, and was shown in a 500 by 500 foot lot capable for holding 336 cars. (Hartsock)
  • During the 1950’s the Drive-ins got bigger. (Hartsock)
  • During the 1950s, food service was refined into a profitable venture for ozoners. (Hartsock)
  • While typical foods sold were popcorn, soft drinks, hot dogs and candy, Jack Farr's Trail Drive-In, in Houston, Texas, served chicken, tamales, shrimp and chili. (Hartsock)
  • Prior to the construction of pizza parlors, the drive-in theater was the only place in many communities that served pizza. (Hartsock)
  • The movies shown in these drive-in venues had often been released several weeks earlier in conventional, walk-in theaters. (Hartsock)
  • While typical foods sold were popcorn, soft drinks, hot dogs and candy, Jack Farr's Trail Drive-In, in Houston, Texas, served chicken, tamales, shrimp and chili. (Hartsock)
  • Some theaters provided a Snack-Kar to deliver refreshments to viewers. (Hartsock) 
  • Now fewer than 1000 drive in theatres exist now. (Hartsock)

Works Cited:

Hartsock, Ralph. "Drive-In Theaters." Pop Culture Universe: Icons, Idols, Ideas, ABC-CLIO, 2017, popculture.abc-clio.com/Search/Display/1363542. Accessed 8 Mar. 2017.

At A Drive-In Theater. Photographer. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016.
quest.eb.com/search/115_2842973/1/115_2842973/cite. Accessed 10 Mar 2017.


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  • The first Brooklyn Public library was a Bookmobile. (Marvel)
  • The bookmobiles job was to reach people that were too far from libraries. (Marvel)
  • The bookmobile stopped at two types of locations community hubs and schools.(Marvel)
  • A typical day saw the bookmobiles stop at those location for a few hours. (Marvel)
  • Many children relied on weekly visits of the bookmobiles. (Marvel)
  • Bookmobiles lent out 252,323 books and traversed 6,600 miles of Brooklyn streets in 1952.(Marvel)
  • They continue to borrow book to other people to this day. (Marvel)
  • A Brooklyn Public Library News Bulletin article said, "Books are more popular than pretzels, traveling carousels and ice cream with the youngsters of Glenwood, one of fifteen stops on the Brooklyn Public Library Library-On-Wheels schedules."(Marvel)
  • Sometimes one of the bookmobile workers job is crowd control. (Marvel)
Works Cited:

Marvel, Ivy. "Taking It to the Streets: Bookmobiles and Brooklyn." Taking It to the Streets: Bookmobiles and Brooklyn. N.p., n.d. Web. 9 Mar. 2017

Bookmobile. Photographer. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016. quest.eb.com/search/115_2840495/1/115_2840495/cite. Accessed 10 Mar 2017.

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This is what The 52 Flash Comic looks today

I got this picture from
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