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Hershey’s rich cocoa fudge recipe from the ’70s & ’80s

Retro Christmas appetizer recipes from 1965

Retro Christmas appetizer recipes from 1965

A collection of cute & colorful classic Christmas cookies

A sweet collection of cute & very colorful classic Christmas cookies

How to make an edible Christmas tree out of star-shaped cookies (1962)

How to make an edible Christmas tree with star-shaped cookies (1962)

Vintage Hanukkah cards

Chanukah Sameach! 8 vintage Hanukkah cards for kids

A treasury of 100+ vintage Christmas cookie recipes

A treasury of 130+ vintage Christmas cookie recipes

Lava lamps 1999

Vintage lava lamps: They’re like wild – way out! (1960s & 1970s)

Lite Brite vintage toy from 1967

Lite-Brite: The beloved low-tech toy from the ’60s, ’70s & ’80s that let us make glowing pictures with colored pegs

100+ vintage cake recipes for every occasion

Sweet! More than 100 classic cake recipes for every occasion

Festive and fancy ways to wrap gifts with tissue paper - ideas from the 1960s (2)

Festive & fancy ways to pouf-wrap gifts with tissue paper (1964)

How to make adorable retro ornaments shaped like birds & butterflies

How to make adorable retro ornaments shaped like birds & butterflies: A vintage craft project

Christmas recipes - Campbell's Santa Sauce recipe (1969)

Holiday appetizer recipes from the ’60s: Saucy cocktail meatballs, Cheese trees & Wreath rollups

Deck the halls with lots of '60s-style Christmas decor

Deck the halls with lots of homemade ’60s-style Christmas decor

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

Holiday tomato soup fruitcake

Have yourself a little tomato soup fruitcake for a very retro Christmas (1960s)

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)

Have a crafty Christmas! Retro holiday decor you can make (1964)

Have a crafty Christmas! Retro holiday decor you can make with ideas from the ’60s

Marshmallow-topped sweet potatoes 1998-001

5 ways to make some old-fashioned marshmallow sweet potatoes for a Thanksgiving side dish

old-fashioned green bean casserole recipes

11 of the best old-fashioned green bean casserole recipes from the ’50s, ’60s & ’70s

Candyland 1960s

Look back at Candy Land, the vintage board game that made millions of kids dream of an ice cream & lollipop world

Beautiful party tablesettings 7 ways to present a holiday table with retro style (1974)

Beautiful party tablesettings: 7 ways to present a holiday table with retro style (1974)

Gumdrop Christmas tree craft 1966

How to make an old-fashioned gumdrop Christmas tree decoration (1966)

Christmas sweets Homemade candy and fudge recipes (1960)

Classic Christmas sweets: Homemade candy & fudge recipes (1960)

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

Exercise advice from the 60s to help you get beautiful legs (4)

How gals in the ’60s got such gorgeous legs: Retro leg exercises & stretches

Jell-O Salad Gelatin Would you eat jello in celery mixed vegetable flavors (1964)

Jell-O Salad Gelatin: Would you eat jello in celery & mixed vegetable flavors? (1964)

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

Roll-in-one stuffed meatloaf recipe: An easy one-dish meal from 1966

4 new walnut brownie desserts from the sixties - including a retro ribbon loaf cake

6 chocolaty walnut brownie desserts from the sixties – including a retro ribbon loaf cake

10 stunning vintage evening dresses

10 stunning vintage evening dresses worthy of the red carpet: Eye-catching form-fitting bodycon styles from the 1950s & 1960s

These old-fashioned baby names for girls just aren't making a comeback

Sorry, Mildred. Too bad, Gertrude. These 12 old-fashioned baby names for girls just aren’t making a comeback

A baker's dozen delightfully delicious vintage pecan pie recipes

A baker’s dozen delightfully delicious vintage pecan pie recipes

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)

Can’t fail 5-minute fudge recipe - vintage candy

Can’t fail 5-minute fudge recipe (1950s & 1960s)

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

Say, say, oh playmate Look back at the history of this old song and clapping game

Say, Say, Oh Playmate: We traced the story of this old song and hand clapping game, and have the lyrics

Vintage kitchen appliances from 1961 - Frigidaire Flair pull-out range stove and ovens with glass doors that lift up

8 vintage sixties kitchens with Flair ranges: Pull-out electric stoves and glass oven doors that opened upwards

A piece of chocolate cake on wooden background

3 vintage & classic chocolate cake recipes from Hershey’s

6 cute cupcakes with fluffy frosting and delicious decorations (1995)

6 cute cupcakes with fluffy frosting and delicious decorations (1995)

Mr Whipple Please don't squeeze the Charmin

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

Winchester House San Jose

The story of the truly bizarre Winchester Mystery House: From the haunted, mixed-up mind of Mrs William W Winchester

20 vintage pink bathrooms: Bubblegum-era midcentury home decor of the 1950s & 1960s

Edible cranberry candle salad with mayo from 1966 at Click Americana (2)

Wait – what? How to make edible cranberry candles as your holiday salad (1960s)

Vintage stove top meatloaf recipe (1965)

Stove top meatloaf recipes from the sixties

Woman with a vintage shrimp appetizer tree in 1965

Go totally ’70s and make a retro shrimp Christmas tree appetizer for your holiday party! Here’s how

Vintage Disney ticket books

Vintage Disneyland tickets: The A B C D E rides and attractions at the Magic Kingdom (1959-1982)

breathtakingly gorgeous vintage evening gowns

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

Boris Karloff's guacamole recipe Avocado mash from Frankenstein's monster (1966)

Boris Karloff’s guacamole recipe: Frankenstein’s monster does the avocado mash (1966)

Monster Mash How the hit song by Bobby 'Boris' Pickett came to be - and became a huge hit

Monster Mash: How the ghoulish Halloween song by Bobby ‘Boris’ Pickett came to be – and became a huge hit

Slice of Libby's pumpkin pie - classic recipe

Libby’s pumpkin pie recipe: Find out how to make the classic homemade pie

Lattie top apple pie recipe

A dozen delicious classic apple pie recipes (1960s)

How to make old-fashioned apple head dolls - shrunken apple vintage crafts

How to make old-fashioned apple head dolls: Get vintage shrunken apple DIY craft directions, details & photos

History of Halloween - glowing Jack O lanterns - carved pumpkins

How did Halloween start? The strange history of Halloween – including trick or treating and carving jack-o’-lanterns – goes way, way back

Two sensational Southern banana pudding recipes

Two sensational Southern banana pudding recipes

Classic cookie recipe Butterscotch Oaties - 1960s

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

Dark and delicious pumpkin pies with brown sugar & molasses

Dark & delicious: 5 ways to to make old-fashioned pumpkin pies with molasses & brown sugar

Teens Sears - bus stop - Aug 1956

How to flirt and chase men ’til they catch you: Seventeen magazine’s top tips for teen girls in the 1950s

Tiny magical worlds A collection of vintage View-Master reels

Take a look! Vintage View-Master reels & viewers

IBM Selectric typewriter 1965

Vintage IBM electric typewriters from the ’60s, including the Selectric with swappable round print heads

University of Michigan Library card catalog

Remember those amazing old wooden library card catalogs – and how to use them? Look it up!

Fruits Royal Hawaiian A carved pineapple with fruit salad inside retro recipe

Fruits Royal Hawaiian: A carved pineapple basket with fruit salad inside (1965)

American Airlines 1958 - Stewardesses

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

Amazing Live Sea Monkeys

Everyone’s favorite instant pets: The (not so) amazing live Sea-Monkeys

A mid-century modern home design

A mid-century modern home design & decor for a hip young family (1965)

Easy Chicken Cacciatora recipe from 1962

Easy Chicken Cacciatora recipes (1962)

Sonny and Cher years on TV

Sonny and Cher’s hit TV variety show: Music, comedy & divorce (1976)

The $2 bill making a comeback (1964)

Will the two-dollar bill make a comeback?

1961 Spring jackets fashion

Fashion designer Arnold Scaasi: Floods of colorful clothing for 1961

How to make a space-saving guest wall for visitors (1961)

How to make a space-saving guest wall for visitors (1961)

Creedence Clearwater Revival band

Creedence Clearwater Revival runs a rock ‘n’ roll factory (1971)

PSA airlines - header

Remember the planes with a smile? We’ve got vintage PSA ticket jackets, emergency cards & more from Pacific Southwest Airlines

It's retro appetizer time! Get these Cheddar-sherry, ham & cream cheese spread recipes (1968)

It’s time for retro appetizers in fun shapes! Get these Cheddar-sherry, ham spread & cream cheese spread recipes (1968)

Easy, saucy spaghetti recipes

Easy, saucy spaghetti recipes from the noodle’s ’60s & ’70s heyday

Double layer pumpkin cheesecake pie: The classic recipe (1967)

Double layer pumpkin cheesecake pie: The classic recipe (1967)

Hello Halloween! Party food & fun for teens (1963)

John McCain after being released in 1973

Ex-POW John McCain tells the story of his captivity in Vietnam (1973)

Aretha Franklin - Aretha - With The Ray Bryant Combo 1961

Aretha Franklin’s earliest reviews from the ’60s

Chuck Berry, the real daddy of rock 'n' roll

Chuck Berry, the real daddy of rock ‘n’ roll, goes on a cosmic boogie trip (1972)

colorful genealogical chart for recording marriages

Genealogy: How far back can you trace your family tree? (1967)

Mercury, the Man's Car (1966)

Ford Mercury, the Man’s Car: Cyclone, Caliente & Brougham (’66-’67)

1960 How to make a pineapple treasure chest centerpiece

Make a pineapple treasure chest salad with mayonnaise from 1960 for a very… unique… centerpiece

Yabba dabba doo! The Flintstones theme song & lyrics

Yabba dabba doo! The Flintstones theme song & lyrics

Mary Poppins - Jolly Holiday

Elusive ‘Mary Poppins’ at last captured by Disney (1965)

Groovy walls! 25 vintage wallpaper samples from 1963

Fancy fruit and veg Do-it-yourself garnishes (1965)

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

How to make a roll-away children’s activity center (1961)

Easy Doozits and other sweet sixties recipes starring the combo of peanut butter & graham crackers (1962)

1950 Tomato soup cake

Magic tomato soup cake recipes from the ’50s & ’60s

The Jackie Kennedy Look (1967)

The Jackie Kennedy Look (1967)

1968 - Dresses and fashion for women

Simple and stunning: ’60s skirts & dresses from the 1968 Wards catalog

20 frosted party sandwich loaf recipes you won't want to make at home

20 frosted party sandwich loaf recipes to make… or avoid

Banana Splits TV show characters

The Banana Splits intro, theme song & lyrics (1968-1970)

The Monkees - Davy Jones, Peter Tork, Mike Nesmith, Micky Dolenz

The Monkees make us Daydream Believers (1960s)

Milky Way ice cream log recipe from 1969 (2)

A party-perfect decorated dessert: The Milky Way ice cream log from the ’60s & ’70s

Lingerie, pantyhose, girdles, garters & more from the 1968 Wards catalog

’60s lingerie, pantyhose, girdles, garters & more from the 1968 Wards catalog

40 favorite vintage breakfast cereals from the '60s (1967)

40 favorite vintage breakfast cereals from the ’60s (1967)

Gold Bell stamps home gift catalog from 1963

Everything for the home in the 1963 Gold Bell gift stamp catalog

Mobile homes: The hot housing trend of the ’50s and ’60s

Vintage 1968 Cadillac ads

Vintage 1968 Cadillac ads

Mister Rogers - Fred Rogers - 1971

Who is Mister Rogers? (1968)

Catalog of gifts for men and boys from M Shwartz & Co. 1968

Clothes and gifts for men and boys in the M Shwartz & Co. 1968 catalog

Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy with young Candice Bergen

Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy: The art of ventriloquism (1938)

Marvel and DC super heroes: Ka-pow! Look at ’em now (1966)

Hogan's Heroes star Bob Crane on finding the humor in war (1965)

‘Hogan’s Heroes’ star Bob Crane on finding the humor in war (1965)

Vintage Venetian rum cake recipe (1968)

Venetian rum cake recipe (1968)

Strawberry satin pie recipe (1964)

Strawberry satin pie recipe (1964)

A fashionable fire A strange way to model '60s nightgowns

A fashionable fire: A strange way to model ’60s nightgowns

Vintage reel-to-reel tape recorders and players

Getting real with vintage reel-to-reel tape recorders

A vacation home on the water The Homarina beach cabin (1960)

A vacation home on the water: The Homarina beach cabin (1960)

How Outsiders & Rumble Fish author S E Hinton got her start (1975)

How Outsiders & Rumble Fish author S E Hinton got her start (1975)

The Outsiders - movie cast

Looking inside ‘The Outsiders’ movie (1983)

The retro-modern space-age Monsanto Home of the Future at Disneyland (1)

The retro-modern space-age house: Monsanto’s Home of the Future at Disneyland (’50s & ’60s)

A Christmas tree with meat ornaments

Holiday hostess tree! A retro-style Christmas tree with meat ornaments (1961)

Kerner Commission: Racism confronted after months of soul-searching (1968)

Kerner Commission: Prejudice – A name for racism (1968)

A vacation home with Japanese style - Summer teahouse

A vacation home with Japanese style: Summer teahouse (1960)

Your second home The Ranger A-Frame cabin from 1960

Build your second home: The Ranger A-Frame cabin (1960)

Celebrity yearbook photos

Celebrity yearbook photos: See 150+ stars before they were famous!

Idyllic scenes from Philadelphia's suburbs in 1962

Idyllic scenes from Philadelphia’s suburbs back in 1962

Disney's Mary Poppins movie - Dick Van Dyke and Julie Andrews

See the Mary Poppins movie trailer and Hollywood premiere (1964)

I Dream of Jeannie - Master finding the bottle

The humble beginnings of the genie bottle on ‘I Dream of Jeannie’

Kurt Vonnegut's backstory on Slaughterhouse-Five (1969)

Kurt Vonnegut’s backstory on Slaughterhouse-Five (1969)

Strawberry ice box frosted cake recipe

Frosted strawberry pink party cake (1964)

The Courtship of Eddie's Father TV show

Courtship Of Eddie’s Father theme song & lyrics (1969-1972)

I Dream of Jeannie TV show - In the genie bottle

I Dream of Jeannie: Inside the bottle (1966)

Tie dye how-to for satin

Turn on the colors! How to tie-dye clothes (’60s & ’70s)

Newspaper headlines from Senator Bobby Kennedy's assassination (1968)

News headlines from when Senator Bobby Kennedy was shot (1968)

Green Acres on TV Guide - 1966

Green Acres: Theme song & lyrics (1965-1971)

1966 Wonder Horse toys

Wonder horse! Ride-on spring horse toys (1960s)

Beverly Hillbillies - Family in the car

The Beverly Hillbillies: Theme song & lyrics (1962-1971)

Bewitched - Samantha, Darrin and Endora

Bewitched makes its magical television debut (1964)

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

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

Cast of The Munsters 1960s

The Munsters are ready for more (1965)

Vintage dating life Should women court men (1960)

Vintage dating life: Should women court men? (1960)

3 ways to enjoy franks and beans

4 ways to enjoy franks and beans (1961)

Space age: Amazing retro futuristic homes of the ’60s

The artichoke hairstyle of 1961

The backstory of TVs huge hit, Bonanza (1959-1973)

What Time Is It? A Puppet Storybook vintage book for preschoolers (1968)

Happy holiday hairstyles of the '60s (1968)

Happy holiday hairstyles of the ’60s (1968)

Super stylish '60s belts

Super stylish ’60s belts

Fondue recipes from 1968

Fun with fondue & other recipes for a really ‘with it’ dinner party! (1968)

How to make a '60s beehive hairstyle

How to make a ’60s beehive hairstyle

Beehive hairstyles of the 1960s (1)

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

9 vintage recipes for classic rice pudding (1966)

Classic dessert: 9 vintage recipes for rice pudding (1966)

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet: The quintessential ’50s family

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

Jimi Hendrix Experience band photo

Jimi Hendrix concert is an experience, all right (1968)

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

How the railroads first crossed America (1968)

Flower pot sandwiches

How to make cute flower pot sandwiches

1969 Summer recipes - Daylight time savers recipe book

Daylight time savers: Quick & easy summer recipes (1969)

Rice Krispies treats

The original Rice Krispies Treats recipe & their delicious history

Vintage catchphrases

Famous catchphrases: ‘Excuuuse me’ & other lines we loved to repeat (1978)

10 top TV catchphrases of the ’60s

Walter Cronkite April 1962

‘Have story, will travel’ is newsman Walter Cronkite’s motto (1962)

Lost in Space 1967

‘Lost in Space’ is out of this world (1965)

1967 Get Smart

TV’s ‘Get Smart’ spoofs the spies (1965)

Andy Griffith on a telephone

Andy Griffith’s start in showbiz: From teaching to television (1960)

Young Ron Howard - Ronnie Howard 1960s

Ron Howard: Andy Griffith’s Ronnie is all boy (1965)

Rainbow cake recipe - Jello

Rainbow cake of whipped Jello: Five layers of fluffy flavors make one impressive-looking dessert (1962)

That Girl - Marlo Thomas - Ted Bessell

Marlo Thomas shines in TV’s ‘That Girl’ (1967)

Twiggy on pink

Big-eyed, twig-limbed Twiggy is newest top model (1967)

Fashions with a velvet touch (1963)

’60s fashions with a velvet touch (1963)

Make a Teddy Bear cake (1961)

Martin Luther King Jr slain by lone Memphis assassin (1968)

3 fun backyard additions: Mini-barn, outdoor kitchen & play castle (1965)

7 big pictures of the hottest hairstyles of 1967

7 big pictures of the hottest 1967 hairstyles

Build a dream-come-true play house in your backyard (1962)

make some mms party cookies with this easy recipe (1964)

Mmmmm… make some m&ms party cookies with this easy recipe (1960s)

22 divinely delicious deviled egg recipes

22 divinely delicious deviled egg recipes

The future Your own personal flying cars, powered by electricity

The future: Your own personal flying cars, powered by electricity (’50s & ’60s)

1963 Chocolate fudge recipe

Marshmallow cream fudge recipe (1963)

Frosted layered sandwich loaf (1965)

Mary Tyler Moore models the hottest wigs of the sixties

Fleet Admiral Nimitz: Liberty flourishes only where there is free flow of communication (1960)

Kennedy: Society grows or withers according to the power of its ideas (1961)

President Eisenhower Informed citizens are the guardian and spirit of democracy (1960)

President Dwight D Eisenhower (R): Informed citizens are the guardian & spirit of democracy (1960)

Mexican Chef's salad recipe 1969

Mexican Chef’s Salad & Salsa De Jitomate recipes (1969)

4 fabulous Fiesta Banana Cake recipes from 4 different decades

Inside grocery stores & supermarkets of yesteryear

The Monkees are coming: Singers-spoofers offer crazy fun (1966)

Apple-spice dump cake recipe

Apple dump cake recipe & vintage dump cake how-tos

blue princess telephone 1962

Spring’s a-ringin’ with convenient new phones in colorful tones! (1962)

Jelly bean carousel cake recipe (1965)

41 fantastic & classic sweet potato recipes

Roy Orbison with red guitar

See the legendary music man Roy Orbison without his iconic sunglasses

Get the classic 7-minute frosting recipe, plus a dozen variations to try

The Easter Egg Cake recipe (1969)

Anyone for Yo-ho-ho? Disneyland’s new Pirates of the Caribbean ride (1967)

Julie Andrews Sound of Music The Hills are Alive

Julie Andrews in ‘The Sound of Music’ spreads magic (1965)

dried roses

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

It’s fun to fondue! (1969)

California lamb shanks recipe 1964

3 recipes for lamb shanks in foil bundles (1960s)

World wonders about first words after landing on the moon (1969)

World wonders about first words after landing on the moon (1969)

Bonnie butterscotch brownies (1964)

Bonnie butterscotch brownies (1964)

The new heavy-duty 1961 Ford Trucks

Wild! Color invades the kitchen on decorator appliances (1960s)

Boy on a Big Wheel

So long, tricycles – the Big Wheel’s here now (1969-1975)

Barbie’s new family & friends: Tutti, Francie, Casey & Chris (1960s)

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