Petersen+-+Decades

toc =**All Decades**=

General Links
[|American Cultural History: The 20th Centur] Click on your decade

20th Century History - Decade by Decade Click on your decade

[|Timeline of the 20th Century]

Pop Culture Variety of links about the culture and fads in the United States during the 20th century. Browse by decade or by topic, such as movies, music and television.

[| Periods in American History] Click on your time period for a list of links.

[| Ease History] Over 600 videos and photographs of historical events, campaign ads, and core values of America through the decades.

[| A Biography of America] Presents American history as a living narrative. You'll find a listing of key events of each historical period.

[| 20th Century Year by Year] The Infoplease Almanac outlines the important events for each year from 1900 to 2001. World events are listed at the top, then U.S. events, including sports, entertainment, science and deaths of famous persons.

[|Time Warp] Toys & Inventions

TimeSearch Enter a year and get a list of all the significant events that happened.

Fashion
[|A Century of fashion] Choose a decade to see pictures of how "stylish" people dressed at that time.

[|Century in Shoes]

Advertisements
[|Ad Access] Images from American advertising campaigns of the 20th Century. Includes over 7,000 advertisements printed in U.S. and Canadian newspapers and magazines between 1911 and 1955.

[| Ad Flip] Find advertisement posters from your decade

Advertising History Timeline The most important events in American advertising history

Music
American Popular Music from 1900-1950

American Popular Music from 1950-1990's

[|op Music Hits by Decade]

Food
[| The Food Timeline] Shows when various foods became used by peoples of the world. Links to information and recipes in many cases.

Film
Top Films by Decade Scroll down to the bottom of the webpage and find your decade.

[| Film History by Decade] The greatest films of each decade

[|TV Land] Watch video clips of classic TV shows

Other
[| Famous Trials] Read about a famous trial that occurred in your decade

[| Nobel Prizes] The official home page of the organization which annually awards prizes to distinguished world leaders in several fields: Chemistry, Literature, Peace, Physics, Economics, Physiology & Medicine. Find out who won which prize each year. Includes speeches and background information on each winner.

[| Postage Stamps] Postage stamps using images from the decades of the 20th Century are available here. Choose your decade, and call up a colorful image of the stamps that reflect that period.

The Travel Film Archive A collection of travelogues and educational and industrial films that show the world the way it was between 1900 and 1970.

YouTube Time Machine Search for videos by year and genre.

=Specific Decades=

1930s
[|America in the 1930's]

1950s
[|The 50's Web] Fads, fashion, and pop culture from the 40's to the 80's

[|Epherma Now - 50's] Showcases advertising and illustrations art of the 1950's

1960s
[|Patio Culture of the 1960's] Television, toys, food, and more of the 1960's

[| The Psychedelic 60's] All about the 60's

1980s
[|The 80' Club] Pop culture and politics of the 80's = =

=Databases=

=Tools=

[|Timeline Maker]

[|Slideshare] Online Presentation Makers (Alternatives to PowerPoint)

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