http://www.english.upenn.edu/~afilreis/50s/home.html
A comprehensive list of links dealing with culture and literature in the 1950s.

http://www.eisenhower.utexas.edu/
Learn about the nation's 34th president, Dwight D. Eisenhower, through his presidential library's site.

http://www.fiftiesweb.com/tv50.htm
A site devoted to TV shows of the decade.

http://www.people.virginia.edu/~acs5d/elvis.html
A comprehensive look at rock idol Elvis Presley by one of his fans.

http://www.mtr.org/welcome.htm
The Museum of Television and Radio preserves shining examples of broadcasts from this era.

http://www.mediahistory.com/time/1950s.html
A timeline of technological advances during the decade.

http://www2.kenyon.edu/people/slomanj/roads.htm
As state highways made it easier to travel in the 1950s, roadside architecture arose that provided a look into the culture of the decade, from billboards and Burma Shave signs to diners and gas stations.

http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/PAO/html/hst_1950.htm
A timeline of the development of jet propulsion in the era that begsaw the beginnings of the race for outer space.

http://cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/
A CNN Interactive special report on the Cold War, from to the tools of espionage to a thriller written by the site's readers.