Welcome to the 1960s

Most recent posts

7-Up float: Combine Seven-Up soda & ice cream for a truly retro treat

Vintage home decorating: See 30+ mid-century wallpapers from the ’60s

The original Gilligan’s Island theme song & cast you probably don’t remember (1963)

Pretty, thin, young and single? Check out these sexist stewardess job requirements of the ’50s & ’60s

Homemade potpourri: How to make an old-fashioned rose jar

7-Up float: Combine Seven-Up soda & ice cream for a truly retro treat

Vintage home decorating: See 30+ mid-century wallpapers from the ’60s

The original Gilligan’s Island theme song & cast you probably don’t remember (1963)

Fancy fruit & veg! Do-it-yourself garnishes (1965)

A baker’s dozen delightfully delicious vintage pecan pie recipes

Vintage refrigerators - retro home from the '60s

Crazy, colorful retro kitchens from the ’60s, with bright & bold decorator appliances

16 breathtakingly gorgeous vintage evening gowns with long skirts so full they’d make a Disney Princess jealous

Looking back to when Jim Clark won the Indianapolis 500 race in a rear-engined car (1965)

Click for more from the '60s

How times have changed: Look back at the sixties

Misheard lyrics from hit songs: Mondegreens from the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s

Charles Manson & the murders that shocked the nation: How Sharon Tate & 6 others were killed in 1969

50 Madmen-era vintage drink recipes & how people would toast in the ’60s

Wonder horse! See vintage ride-on spring horse toys from the 1960s

40 vintage backyard ideas so fab, you’ll want to re-create this relaxing sixties-style outdoor living vibe

The Vietnam War, as seen on Newsweek covers (1964-1973)

See more old stuff from the '60s that's new here!

7-Up float: Combine Seven-Up soda & ice cream for a truly retro treat

Seven-Up floats! Ice cream and 7-up - what a cool, cool combination for a summer afternoon... what a treat for the whole family! Get a few different vintage float recipes here.

Vintage home decorating: See 30+ mid-century wallpapers from the ’60s

See a bunch of vintage mid-century wallpapers, and get vintage insight from the '60s about traditional and then-modern home decor and color schemes.

The original Gilligan’s Island theme song & cast you probably don’t remember (1963)

The original Gilligan's Island pilot had three actors who were cut before the series began, and a completely different theme song. Hear it here!

Pretty, thin, young and single? Check out these sexist stewardess job requirements of the ’50s & ’60s

See what was needed to put you in the running for a coveted stewardess job back in the '50s and '60s! Some requirements were grounded in reason, but many were just plain sexism in action.

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.

Woodstock: What people said the famous music festival was REALLY like (1969)

Woodstock was supposed to be '3 days of peace and music' - but as these stories from right after the concert describe, it didn't exactly end up that way.

20 vintage pink bathrooms: See some wild bubblegum-era midcentury home decor of the 1950s & 1960s

While not exclusively the domain of the fifties, the popularity of vintage pink bathrooms - including pink toilets, sinks and bathtubs and other home decor - reached its peak during the middle of the century.

Live Jetsons-style in the home of tomorrow! Ideas for retro-futuristic space-age inventions (1958-1961)

Imagine getting paid to create retro-futuristic space-age inventions. Throughout the late 1950s and early 1960s, that is exactly what commercial artist and futurist Arthur Radebaugh got to do.

Classic cookie recipes: Butterscotch oaties & chewy butterscotch oat squares (1968)

Butterscotch oaties - a classic recipe to make 60 deliciously buttery melt-in-the-mouth cookies. Also get a bonus recipe for chewy butterscotch oat squares!