The latter was the work of a blue-ribbon panel selected by Eisenhower to assess the relative nuclear capability and civil defense preparedness of the United States and the Soviet Union. There was relatively little interest in shelters during much of the Eisenhower administration until 1957-the year that saw both the launch of the first orbiting satellite (the Soviet Sputnik) and the release of the Gaither Report in the United States. The pillbox hat was a signature of hers that unsurprisingly declined in popularity after that day in Dallas.Įvery decade has its style of little black dress, and the 1960’s was iconized by Hepburn in 1961’s “Breakfast at Tiffany’s.After President Truman left office in 1952, Americans’ interest in shelters blew hot or cold in keeping with the temperature changes of the Cold War. The ‘60s first first lady remains an icon of style and class, and perfectly represented in her pink Chanel suit and pillbox hat the decorum of the decade that died with President Kennedy in 1963. His later work continued to focus on ‘60s icons, from mushroom clouds to Coke bottles to celebrities and current events. It became synonymous with the Cold War and may still be seen on public buildings that predate the ‘60s and ‘70s.īig, bold and vibrant, the movement known as pop art started with such Warhol works as “Campbell’s Soup Cans” and “Marilyn Diptych,” both from 1962. 1, 1961, these steel or aluminium signs led the way to safety in case of a nuclear attack. The V sign - an upraised fist with index and middle finger extended and parted - also became a symbol for peace during the decade’s anti-war protests.Ĭapturing another historic symbol for peace, the dove, artist Arnold Skolnick designed the iconic bird-on-guitar-neck to promote 1969’s Woodstock Music & Art Fair. The lines represent the semaphore, or flag symbols (think of the album cover for The Beatles’ “Help!”), for the letters N and D, for “nuclear disarmament.” In the early ‘60s the symbols made their way from the UK to U.S. The circular symbol that became ubiquitous in the 1960s and ‘70s was originally the logo for the British Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.
When you think of the ‘60s, you no doubt think about these iconic images:
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