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How times have changed: Look back at the forties
See more old stuff from the '40s that's new again here!
When 14-year-old ‘Woo Woo Kid’ Sonny Wisecarver got married in 1944, the scandal made national headlines
Find out about the teen marriages of Sonny Wisecarver - aka "The Woo Woo Kid" - who went on to inspire the 1987 movie 'In the Mood,' starring Patrick Dempsey.
Love among the Reagans: Life with Ronald Reagan in 1942
With two lively females on his hands, Ronnie calls his home “The Ronald Reagan Home For Delinquent Girls” By Ida Zeitlin The Ronald Reagans were
See dozens of vintage US Army & Navy shoulder insignia, plus WWII military medals & ribbons
Take a look back at all kinds of American WWII military medals, decorations, shoulder insignia and other Army and Navy honors from the 1940s and earlier.
20 retro yellow kitchens from yesteryear: Sunny midcentury home decor
These retro yellow kitchens - in all their buttery, warm and sunny splendor - are here for the midcentury home decor enthusiast to appreciate!
Homemade potpourri: How to make an old-fashioned rose jar
In this era of push-button cans of room deodorants and fancy smells, there is still the lingering remembrance of grandma's old-fashioned rose jar with flower petals.
Talking behind her back: 12 really mean vintage ads that could give anyone a complex
The judgments are harsh, and nobody is worried about subtlety in these ridiculously mean vintage ads that ran in popular magazines years ago.
Get ready for Oldsmobile’s ‘new thrill’ – Futuramic cars from the late ’40s
Futuramic in more than style - the Oldsmobiles of '40 let you push a button to roll down the windows, and made automatic seat adjustments.
Vintage basement decor from the ’40s & ’50s: See 25 creative remodels
Check out these 12 retro basement remodels, including a ranch room with a Western atmosphere, created with cowhide furniture, a totem pole, and a colorful pattern for the floor copied from a Navajo blanket.
Walls with a fashion future! Vintage wallpaper samples from 1940
These 72 wonderful wallpaper samples come straight from the forties, when wallpaper was all the rage. See real examples of vintage home decor here!
Are flying saucers real? Roswell UFO mystery enthralls the nation (1947)
A rancher sparked the Roswell UFO conspiracy theory when he saw flying discs that disappeared and reappeared. Before long, UFO-mania took over the country.
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