In fact, since most American men rarely used their new tools, the possession of a "fetishistic tool" often served as the object of the hobby (57). ... Although her Picture Cook Book, first published in 1950, remained a best seller throughout the decade, the Betty Crocker character aged rapidly in the 1950s "a new makeover transformed her into an older and wiser, more mature and motherly figure. ... The Ed Sullivan show brought Lincolns and Mercuries into the homes of Americans, and in 1956, GM was on the Top Ten Advertisers list. ...

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