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Vintage Thingmaker toys were pretty basic - but so fun. Fill a mold with colorful plastic goo, then heat it up. The result: rubber bugs... and flowers, dragons, monsters, cars and more.
60+ colored paper towel designs that ruled the cool kitchens from the 1960s to the 90s
Kitchens once matched their paper towels to the walls. See how colored paper towel designs went from plain white rolls to full-blown decor pieces.
Books in a home once signaled that the residents were intelligent, worldly, and could afford to collect their favorite volumes. Look back at some vintage bookshelves from the past!
This ‘Coke keeps you thin’ TV commercial was Coca-Cola’s bold pitch in 1961
A 1961 ad insisted Coke keeps you thin, comparing a bottle to half a grapefruit. See the wild vintage commercial and its surprising staying power.
Stevie Wonder’s wild ride from 12-year-old Motown prodigy to music legend
He was a hitmaker at 13. See how Stevie Wonder built a music career that spanned six decades and reshaped pop music along the way.
Retro pool toys: Inflatable animals, rafts & more vintage water fun from the ’60s
Retro pool toys like these plastic inflatables made summer twice as fun when you could float and play and create pretend worlds right in the swimming pool!
Vintage Cessna planes: How a Kansas farmer built the best-selling airplane ever (1950s-70s)
From a Kansas farmer's 1911 biplane to Wichita's twin-engine giants, vintage Cessna planes once ruled small airports and corporate runways alike.
DIY milk carton candle how-to: Easy retro craft made with ice & wax (1960s & 70s)
Turn an empty carton into a lacy homemade candle. This milk carton candle craft uses ice, wax and a few kitchen basics.
Vintage velveteen & velvet dresses: Sassy & slimming popular party fashions from the 1960s
See 1960s velvet dress styles worn for at-home entertaining, plus the real difference between velvet and velveteen fabric.
These little vintage plastic wading pools were the perfect size to help introduce babies and children to water fun in the safety of their own shallow kiddie pools!
Meet the Monkees, the crazy fun made-up band that became a real phenomenon (1967)
Cast from a 1965 casting call, the Monkees turned a made-for-TV band into an Emmy-winning show and a real pop sensation.
Talking dolls of the 1960s: Inside Mattel’s chatty empire of fun & friendly pull-string playmates
Pull the ring and hear her talk: See the 1960s talking dolls, from Chatty Cathy to Mrs. Beasley, that ruled toy chests for a decade.
Reel-to-reel tape recorders: How Bing Crosby helped launch a home audio revolution (1940s-70s)
Reel-to-reel tape recorders ruled home audio for decades -- see the vintage machines and ads that trace their rise, peak and fade.
Branded freebies ruled the 60s, 70s and 80s — see what a buck & a box top could buy
See how branded freebies worked back in the day, when a few box tops and a buck could get you real swag by mail.
Toothpaste through the decades, from tube concept to the fluoride breakthrough
A century of vintage toothpaste ads and tubes, from 1890s tooth powder to Crest's fluoride breakthrough and beyond.
In this collection of vintage interviews, actress Nichelle Nichols (1932-2022) talked about her role as Uhura on Star Trek. Through her own words and vintage photos, you can find out about the groundbreaking star's life both before and after the Enterprise took flight.
Marilyn Monroe’s death at 36: The night that shocked the world in August 1962
Marilyn Monroe's death: What the coroner found, what the investigation concluded, and why questions about that August 1962 night never fully went away.
1960s short hairstyles: 7 bold looks that defined the decade’s most revolutionary era in hair
1960s short hairstyles ranged from the mod Sassoon bob to soft bouffants -- here's how the decade's most daring haircuts happened.
25 stunning mid-century foyer ideas from the golden era of American home design
Mid-century foyer style went far beyond a place to hang your coat. See how postwar Americans turned entrance halls into design statements.
Dinah Shore’s home tour: See inside her charming Beverly Hills house in the 1960s & 70s
Dinah Shore's Beverly Hills home, as seen in the 1960s and '70s -- with her commercial kitchen, guest cottage and the life she built between TV shows.
Adam-12: The accurate LAPD codes and cop lingo that made the show feel so true to life
Adam-12 leaned on real LAPD codes, ride-alongs and an actual police dispatcher to make this 1968 cop show feel like the real deal.
50 slick Hide-A-Bed sofa styles that turned any living room into a secret guest bedroom (1940s-70s)
Hide-a-bed sofas turned a regular couch into a guest room overnight. See vintage styles and ads from the 1940s through the 1970s.
Lustre-Creme: The popular shampoo that put famous 1950s & 60s actresses in every magazine ad
The old-fashioned Lustre-Creme shampoo was famous for hiring famous actresses to promote their product. Here's a look at some of the stars!
Mr Potato Head used to require a real potato — here’s how the famous toy has changed since 1952
Mr Potato Head started with real vegetables and push-pins in 1952 -- and became the first toy ever advertised on TV. Here's the full story behind the famous spud.
Before email, people wrote letters -- and Hallmark made sure they had stylish paper to do it with. A look back at the vintage Hallmark stationery sets.
Bonanza: The fascinating story behind TV’s biggest Western hit of the 1960s
Bonanza almost didn't survive its first season. Here's how the show went from near-cancellation to the No. 1 Western on TV -- and what ended it for good.
Jigsaw puzzles: The fun & addictive fad that took over American living rooms — more than once (1908)
Jigsaw puzzles swept America not once but twice -- first in 1908, then again in the Great Depression. Here's the wild history behind the hobby.
Soap-on-a-rope: The old-fashioned gift that made a real splash in the 1970s
Let’s consider for a moment the soap-on-a-rope phenomenon — a peculiar fusion of the useful and the whimsical that once occupied a prominent place in
Rocky and Bullwinkle: How a moose & squirrel became TV’s sneakiest, funniest satirists
Rocky and Bullwinkle debuted in 1959 as a kids' cartoon – and spent five seasons smuggling Cold War satire past network censors. Here's the full story.
Electric typewriter history from Edison to IBM's Selectric -- how a humming office machine with a golf ball print head came to dominate American workplaces.
