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Vintage recipes: Classic food & drink

Baker's Chocolate Wellesley fudge cake recipe

Baker’s Chocolate Wellesley fudge cake recipe (1941)

1982 Sweetheart fudge pie Rocky road bar recipes

Sweetheart fudge pie & Rocky road bar recipes (1982)

Ladybird Johnson’s famous lemon pound cake recipe (1966)

Hot buttered Cheerios recipe

Hot buttered Cheerios: How to make this super-easy, surprisingly savory snack from the ’80s – plus some tasty variations

Chocolate Texas sheet cake recipe

Chocolate Texas sheet cake recipe (1986)

Vintage makeup

Blue eyeshadow: The good, the bad & the ugly vintage makeup

How to use makeup crayons (1974)

How to use makeup crayons to get a vintage ’70s look (1974)

How to get hot eighties hair & makeup (1982)

Retro hairstyles

Beehive hairstyles of the 1960s (1)

Goodbye, bouffant – Hello, beehive! The hot hairstyle of 1960

Fabulous '40s hair styles for women (1948)

Fabulous ’40s hair styles for women (1948)

7 big pictures of the hottest hairstyles of 1967

7 big pictures of the hottest 1967 hairstyles

Classic fashion

Colorful 70s fashions for women from 1974

Relax – skinny is out of style (1974)

1961 Spring jackets fashion

Fashion designer Arnold Scaasi: Floods of colorful clothing for 1961

Classic Vintage wedding dresses from the early 1900s

The most beautiful vintage wedding dresses from the early 1900s

That's entertainment: Classic movies, music, TV & more

Rocky Horror Picture Show - movie poster

Time Warp back to 1975 for The Rocky Horror Picture Show

1959-Rock 'n' roll star Buddy Holly & three others killed in air crash

Buddy Holly & three others killed in airplane crash (1959)

The perfect 50s housewife

How to be a perfect ’50s housewife: In the kitchen

Choose your own Adventure book series (1979-1981)

Bunkers All in the Family

All in the Family theme song & lyrics

See decades of vintage homes, decor & more

15 fabulous examples of fun and fashionable flooring from the fifties

15 fabulous examples of fun & fashionable flooring from the fifties

6 beautiful ways to make a welcoming Christmas wreath for your front door (1962)

6 beautiful ways to make a welcoming Christmas wreath for your front door (1962)

Tiny, private gardens and sweet retreats Clever ideas for small outdoor spaces from the 1960s

Small gardens & sweet retreats: Clever ideas for secluded outdoor spaces from the 1960s

Mr Whipple Please don't squeeze the Charmin

Mr Whipple: Please don’t squeeze the Charmin! 20 years of toilet paper drama

DIY Halloween decorations on a budget Fiendishly clever ideas from the days before party supply stores (1919)

DIY Halloween decorations on a budget: Fiendishly clever ideas from the days before party supply stores (1919)

How Hot Dr Pepper became a cool thing in the world of warm winter drinks (1960s)

How Hot Dr Pepper became a cool thing in the world of warm winter drinks (1960s)

Winter rum drink recipes from 1971

Warm yourself up with these winter rum drinks (1971)

For a retro party: Vintage holiday punch and cocktail recipes from the '50s & '60s

For a retro party: Vintage holiday punch and cocktail recipes from the ’50s & ’60s

How about a cup of classic hot chocolate 10 different recipes to try

How about a cup of classic hot chocolate? 15 cozy cocoa recipes

True crime

Newspaper headlines from the real-life Death of a Cheerleader story The Kirsten Costas murder

Newspaper headlines from the real-life Death of a Cheerleader story: The Kirsten Costas murder (1984)

reenactment of St Valentine's Day massacre 1929 for jurors

Chicago gang kills six: The St Valentine’s Day Massacre (1929)

The real death of a cheerleader story (1985)

Classic cars & trucks

1956 De Soto Firedome 4-Door Station Wagon

Pushbutton magic on the ’56 De Soto Firedome station wagon: Easy as ringing a doorbell

Service station full service - gas station 1944

Fill ‘er up? Some vintage full-service gas station tips for attendants – and it’s so obviously advice from another era (1944)

A 1950s home tour See inside a small house in San Francisco

A 1950s home tour: See inside a small house in San Francisco

Historic medicine

Timer & The Incredible, Indelible, Magical, Physical, Mystery Trip (1973)

Kevin Tighe - Randy Mantooth - Emergency TV show

Young viewers love ‘Emergency!’ TV show paramedics (1972-1979)

How cats helped create the first iron lung machines for polio victims (1938)

The Samuel Colt House, Hartford, CT

Take a look around Armsmear, Samuel Colt’s famously over-the-top Victorian mansion built in Hartford, Connecticut

I Love Lucy - Chocolate factory candy conveyor belt episode with Lucille Ball

I Love Lucy and the chocolate factory: The famous job switching episode (1952)

Thomas Edison says that people work too hard and worry too much (1913)

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