Hi folks,
New topic: the fifties. In my country it was a new beginning. After the war the influence of the allies grew, Germans again remember "Bauhaus" style (not everyone of course, it was sth. between being conservative and modern), but also the first "globalization" took place. Again I worked together with my Canadian friend Elvaerwyn. It was really interesting to compare what was different and what was similar in this time when we compared North America and middle of Europe. Partly we had completely different views and sometimes it was nearly identical.
So I thought: Was it possible in those times when a Canadian and German will do sth. together? Any kind of social media? Sharing music and ideas as we do today? Well it was not really possible...
But okay it was in a totally different way. So here is my story:
My character Dani should be a German girl, she is writing a letter to her friend, a Canadian. No he is not in Canada. Of course it would be possible to reach him with that good old W48 phone on the desk and a lot of money. The letter would take a few weeks or she had to send it via airmail on special light-weight paper.
But Canadian army was stationed in Germany after WW2. And so Dani was able to get some goods from over the big pond. It is June 1956, at the wall a Studebaker calendar, the magazine "Radio Mirror" (of course one month old) on the table. A Bill Haley record is on the player. And she must be rather lucky to have her own radio and also a telephone or it is daddy's room
The truth is, we had people living in barracks still. The real economic growth just started and did not reach everyone in 1956. The radio was the equivalent to more than a monthly wage.
Thank you Elv for:
- the extremly stylish dress
- the cool curtains
- the wallpaper
All furniture, lamps and equipment was made for this scene. Some research was needed ... it was before I was born, hopefully all fits to the time.