Black & White Photo - Hey Mom, look what violence on TV does to Dad! – Vintage Photo Print
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This rare historic print captures Black & White Photo - Hey Mom, look what violence on TV does to Dad! in remarkable detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Black & White Photo - Hey Mom, look what violence on TV does to Dad!
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A lighthearted take on a familiar household scene, the title casts Dad as the casualty of the family's TV habit while Mom takes the role of the unimpressed observer. Its joke draws on a long public argument over whether televised violence harmed viewers, a debate that grew loud in the United States after television reached most homes in the 1950s and came back again and again to Congress and researchers in later decades. The record does not say whether the picture was meant as satire or simply as a parent's gag, but it shows how quickly the living room set became a target of both anxiety and ridicule.
| Subjects | Historic Print Archive |
|---|---|
| Original scan | 1,327 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-156064 |
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