Here’s What American Families Looked Like The Year You Were Born

In the early 1940s, the radio was still the main form of living room entertainment. Although televisions were invented, they were much more expensive than radios which were found in more than 80 percent of American homes at the time.

The origins of the mid-century modern movement began to sprout in the 1940s—but did not take off until the end of World War II.

Lilemong tsa bo-1940, likhitla li ne li kopane haholo. Leha ho le joalo, ba ile ba rua molemo ka lisebelisoa tsa morao-rao.

Lipalesa li ne li tumme haholo lilemong tsa bo-1940, haholo-holo ho upholstery, le hoja li ne li tla tloha li etsa tsela bakeng sa moralo oa sejoale-joale. Joalo ka litloaelo tsohle tsa moralo, leha ho le joalo, lia khutla!

Li-’40s e ne e le nako ea phetoho. Mona, sete ea TV e hlaha ka phaposing ea ho phomola e khabisitsoeng ka mokhoa o mong.

Mohlomong Chinoiserie e ne e le feshene ea lekholong la bo19 la lilemo, empa e ile ea khutla ka matla lilemong tsa bo-1930. ’Me boteng ba eona bo ile ba tsoela pele ho fihlela lilemong tsa bo-1940, haholo-holo ha maeto a machaba le khoebo li ntse li buleha lilemong tsa ka mor’a ntoa.

Wallpaper ea mohlala e ne e tumme haholo lilemong tsa bo-1940. Sebakeng sa moetlo oa lipalesa oa setso, ona o ka kamoreng o na le moralo o hlakileng haholoanyane.

Ka 1950, lithelevishene li ne li se li tsebahala haholo malapeng a Maamerika. Empa seo ha sea ka sa thibela batho ho tsoela pele ho khabisa ka mokhoa oa mahaeng – nka, ka mohlala, setulo sena sa gingham-upholstered.

Setulo sa serurubele, se bitsoang ka molao setulo sa Hardoy kapa setulo sa BKF, se ile sa ntlafatsoa Argentina ka 1938, empa se ile sa fetoha katleho e kholo US ka bo-1940 ka mor’a hore se hlahisoe ke Artek-Pascoe le Knoll. Empa hang ha moetso oo o kene sechabeng ka 1951, botumo ba oona bo ile ba ata haholo, ’me ho ile ha hlahisoa likopi tse ka bang limilione tse hlano nakong ea lilemo tse leshome.

Li-motif tsa tropike, joalo ka lesira lena, e ne e le khalefo eohle lilemong tsa bo-1950-eseng feela ka moralo oa ka hare, empa hape le feshene. Leha ho le joalo, setulo sa matsoho se senyehileng, se setse ho tloha lilemong tsa bo-1930 le bo-1940.

Merero ea fatše e bulehileng e ile ea qala lilemong tsa bo-1950 ‘me ea fetoha lets’oao la matlo a sejoale-joale a bohareng ba lilemo.

Ha ho letho le reng “1950s” joalo ka mokato oa linoleum o motšo-le-tšoeu. Empa mona, e kopantsoe le lintlha tsa naha, ho kenyeletsoa litulo tsa mofuta oa Shaker le linkho tse pentiloeng tsa porcelain.

Likichine li ile tsa qala ho hōla ka boholo lilemong tsa bo-1950, karolo e ‘ngoe ka lebaka la tlhokahalo ea sebaka se eketsehileng bakeng sa lisebelisoa tsohle tse ncha tse ntseng li etsoa le ho kenngoa malapeng. Ntlong ena, ho na le mochini o hlatsoang lijana le sebaka sa ho lahlela lithōle.

Mebala ea pastel, haholo-holo mint e tala le lesea le pinki, e ne e le mebala e ‘meli e tummeng ka ho fetisisa bakeng sa moralo oa ka hare. Hoa thahasellisa hore hangata li ne li kopantsoe le mantsoe a khubelu.

Truman Capote o ne a e-na le botumo bo sa tsitsang ba maximalism, bo neng bo lahleheloa ke botumo ba minimalism ho elella bofelong ba lilemo tsa bo-1950. Leha ho le joalo, lehae la Capote le na le mekhoa e meng e tsebahalang ea lilemong tsa bo-50, joalo ka Chinoiserie, wallpaper e nang le mohlala, le pente e khubelu.

Ha se kamehla e mabapi le ho kenyelletsa mekhoa eohle ea morao-rao le e meholohali lapeng la hau. Kamore ena ea ho phomola e bonolo e ile ea khomarela lintho tsa motheo ha ho tluoa tabeng ea ho fana ka thepa, le hoja mebala e nkoa e le 1950s.