Gender roles in 1950s.

Gender roles in 1950s.

Set at the 1956 General Motors Motorama, this is one of the key Populuxe films of the 1950s, showing futuristic dream cars and Frigidaire’s “Kitchen of the Future.”

This movie is part of the collection: Prelinger Archives

Note:  Fashions for the Office, 1955. Office fashion show.

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