1970s
At home with singer Helen Reddy (1978)
At home with Helen Reddy The celebrated singer’s California home is filled with music, plants and country charm Winner of countless awards for her records
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At home with Helen Reddy The celebrated singer’s California home is filled with music, plants and country charm Winner of countless awards for her records
Vanning has become an American craze. Today it means to personalize a common van and build a lifestyle around it. Throngs of Americans are doing it. A key feature of the outing is the mutual admiration of vans and the adorning artwork.
Fanzines: Chaotic dabblings in the ’80s Fanzines emphasize the negative side of everything, but still manage to be witty and thought-provoking. by Jim Reichenberger One
On a birthday, a family visit to Arlington The scene could have been fashioned on canvas by a Renaissance master. The mother bowed her head.
My Sister Sam’s Pam Dawber lands the Sexiest Man Alive — Moonlighting’s Mark Harmon
Cosmopolitan magazine cover headlines (May 1967) Mothers and sons: The ultimate hang-up Why German men are insane about American girls The infallible test to tell
Why his new TV show is making it even harder for him to get a girlfriend Come September, John Stamos fans are going to have
Love the house — love its windows! Unfortunately it doesn’t always happen that way. Some of us choose a Cape Cod for its cozy charm,
Mary Ann Mobley & Gary Collins Mary Ann, Gary, and daughter Clancy live in a Beverly Hills home steeped in southern charm She is, of
What can we do with this horrible old kitchen? Frigidaire saves her from covering leftovers. A special storage area in this Frigidaire Frost-Proof Food-life Preserver
Custom cakes: So incredible — and they’re edible! Nancy Frank has a job that’s so much fun you could almost call it play. She makes
Bobbed hair – is it here to stay? by Jean Van Evera The furor has almost been forgotten, but not so long ago, a woman’s
ILLINOIS. Is about equal in extent to England. with a population of 1,722. No State in the Valley of the Mississippi offers so great an inducement to the settler as the State of Illinois.
When the first AC Nielsen ratings for the fall 1964 TV season came out, a wave of shock and panic rippled through an industry suddenly turned upside down.
They didn’t call Cindy Crawford a supermodel for nothing! Below, check out a selection of her fashion magazine covers from the mid- to late-eighties. Cindy
Banana split cake recipe Ingredients 1 pint vanilla ice cream 3⁄4 cup walnuts 1/2 cup graham cracker crumbs 1 Tablespoon butter/margarine 1 Tablespoon sugar 1/2
Don’t spoil the looks Whether you’re remodeling or building, follow a simple, straightforward style. Your house will look better and cost less A house should
Dishes to make food most attractive by Marion Brownfield We hear a great deal about “the psychology” of this, that and the other. The
Some automobile accessories by Elizabeth Lounsbery The accessories of the automobile have grown apace in design and number with the progress of development in motor-vehicles, until
What better use to make of those big, clumsy cartons that enclose your new refrigerator or range? Make a fun toyland for the kids!
‘65 Chevrolet — The roof is new and so is everything underneath it
Showtime: Mothercare fashions are a hit >> Also see: Polished, professional… and pregnant: Maternity clothes from the ’80s Workdays: For moms on the go Let’s
Clowns and daredevils! Ponderous pachyderms! Wild beasts! And 34 new acts from behind the Iron Curtain! A peek into the life of a circus clown.
While the “finale” in the original article title refers to the fact that this was Clark Gable’s last movie — he died just 12 days after filming of The Misfits ended — looking back, we can see that the phrasing was oddly (and sadly) prescient: Time would eventually reveal that this was Marilyn Monroe’s final film role, too.
But being an anchor man is indeed a funny kind of job in journalism. You are what people are familiar with, you’re what they have confidence in. They like some anchor men better than others the way they like some newspapers better than others.
“Thelonious,” a tune from his very first Blue Note session, had verses fashioned from a single ingeniously hammered note, with three horns playing shifting dissonances behind it. He developed the one-note motif in his solo and then abruptly broke into some pure, old-fashioned Harlem oompah stride.
No matter how independent teenagers may sound when they’re talking about furniture, they still need guidance… Here are pieces that easily please all concerned – without a family scene. They’re in good taste and all have growth potential.
‘Shake It Up’ is a full-fledged quandary by Jon Pareles The new wave groups in the platinum bracket — the Cars, Blondie, the Police —
What were the most popular tunes of the first year of the sixties? Here are Billboard magazine’s Top Hot 100 songs of 1960!
Before Flipper was a hit TV show, Luke Halpin appeared as Sandy Ricks in two movies, Flipper and Flipper’s New Adventure!
A man gave birth to a mouse. The mouse built the man an empire. A true-life fable, as recounted by Disney’s official biographer.
Take a look back here at Woman’s Day covers during the year 1950, and marvel at how much magazine marketing, photography and graphic design have changed.
The word flapper entangled itself with the ‘dreadful’ side of youth — with jazz, short skirts, bobbed hair and glistening legs; with the ‘immodest’ passing of corsets; with cigarette smoking; with petting parties and gasoline-buggy riding…
Fancy holiday party snacks Chicken Ham Pinwheels recipe An elegant roll-up wins top honors in the Fancy category Ingredients 2 chicken breasts, skinned and boned
This wallet card, being distributed to top bankers under the ABA’s imprimatur, offers common-sense advice and space for handy phone numbers in case of emergency.
Norwegian Palettes – Christmas cookie recipe Ingredients 1 egg 1/2 c. sugar 1/2 tsp. grated lemon rind 1/2 c. butter or margarine 1-1/2 c. sifted
Extra-special cookies for Santa Cookies for the jolly gentleman from the North Pole must be extra special — extra special at Christmas too for little
Observers have also noted how quickly computers have pervaded American society. Princeton’s president Robert F Goheen thinks their impact can be compared to Gutenberg’s invention of movable type.
Our jolly cut-out Santa really jumps! >> Click on either image to get a larger printable version! He jumps and he jiggles — a spritely
Spicy Walnut Bars recipe The spices are cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg and ginger. Ingredients 2 cups light brown sugar, packed 3/4 cup margarine or other shortening
Pepper cookies recipe Traditional in Northern Europe and Scandinavia. Ingredients 1-1/2 cups butter 1 cup sugar 1 cup dark corn syrup 2 tablespoons brandy or
Aeronautics: A question about its future What is to become of aeronautics after the war? This problem is discussed in “Le Petit Journal” of Paris
Timothy Hutton’s performance in Ordinary People won him an Oscar, and he became something of a symbol of vulnerability and tenderness for teens.
Back to buying Without strong retail sales, economic recovery is impossible. But are consumers confident enough of the future to start spending again? “Consumers today
No-sew wrap-and-go fashion From a beach cover-up to a party dress, the perennial “pareo” does it all, with just two yards of fabric or a
For a tote-lunch – Texas open-faced sandwiches! Cut in fourths, swap pieces at the picnic Directions: Remove top and bottom crusts of an 8- or
Once again, America welcomed the Marquis de Lafayette The whole nation invited this Frenchman to be its guest so it could say “thank you” to
The B-1 Bomber The principal launch pad for the airborne cruise may be the new swing-wing B-1 bomber. Designed as a successor to the 25-year-old
More than a thousand objects from earth are known to be in space now Clearly visible much of the time: 6 big, light-reflecting U.S. satellites
The suit is back! After years of living in casual separates, there’s a new way to dress — with great finish, sophistication, style — and
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 35th President of the United States by Laura Bergquist, LOOK Senior Editor From the fizzy early takeoff of the New Frontier to
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