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The period of the early part of the 20th century, while there were many changes and developments, seems to very much stay recognizable. This is the Dieselpunk period which covers a style and technological look of the 20s up to the end of the Second World War. Things were Art Deco, Radio was king, men wore suits and hats, planes were propeller driven, music and culture were a certain way, and so on. And the world felt large and things were not all hooked up to a grid yet (many parts of the country still lacked electricity or even if they had it, their life was still a more traditional way but with new fangled technology coming in; see "O Brother, Where Art Thou?")

And then came the post-war period where things started to become a different world. TV was replacing radio and film, design was going space age, people were leaving the cities for this new thing called suburbia, dress was getting more casual, jet engines replaced prop engines, nuclear technology and space travel were all the rage, and so on.

The challenge is to retard that or prevent that or absorb that into the other style, and have the 50s and period after for however long can be maintained be closer to that 20s-30s-40s period. I suppose in many ways, this is a Dieselpunk challenge.
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