Banana split cake recipe (1982)
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 cup cocoa
1 cup heavy cream/whipping ... Read more...
The ‘Facts of Life’ girls learn lessons in life & love! (1985)
For The Facts of Life stars -- Mindy Cohn, Kim Fields, Nancy McKeon and Lisa Whelchel -- their hit TV series has taught them (and their TV characters) a lot about life and love!
For the past six years, The F... Read more...
Remodel your house, but don’t spoil the looks (1959)
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 look like what it does. Ornament and decoration ... Read more...
Superman star Christopher Reeve paralyzed (1995)
‘Superman’ star Reeve paralyzed in fall from horse
Charlottesville, Va -- Actor Christopher Reeve, star of “Superman” movies, was paralyzed and breathing with the help of a respirator Wednesday after sufferi... Read more...
Time magazine guide: ‘Drugs & the young’ booklet (1970)
The Time guide to drugs and the young
For every parent... For every teacher...
At least 5 million youngsters in this country have tried marijuana. They're not delinquents or from urban slums. They're ... Read more...
Automobile accessories for the motorcar of 1913
Here's some insight into the auto industry from the very early days, where cars didn't come with too many "extras" -- like flower vases and strange little sculptures to encourage the driver to speed things up a... Read more...
Annie takes Broadway (1977)
What have the protagonists of a half-century-old comic strip - Little Orphan Annie - got to do with Broadway?
7 budget small house designs (1956)
These unique designs prove that good things still do come in small packages — that originality can make the tiniest house attractive.
Build enchanting things with cardboard boxes (1965)
What better use to make of those big, clumsy cartons that enclose your new refrigerator or range? Make a fun toyland for the kids!
The new, more elegant ’65 Chevrolets
‘65 Chevrolet -- The roof is new and so is everything underneath it
Make it Mexican! (1982)
Make it Mexican: How to say it
The New York World’s Fair (1964)
What you will see at world’s biggest show
New York’s billion dollar dream fair
When the first visitors enter a onetime Long Island swamp on April 22, they will come face to face with the most varied extra... Read more...
The Vietnam War, as seen on Newsweek magazine covers (1965-1973)
Regular US combat units were deployed to Vietnam beginning in 1965, and while America's direct military involvement ended on August 15, 1973, the last soldiers left Vietnam on March 29, 1975.
The circus: Stupendous! Colossal! Astonishing! (1965)
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.
The Misfits: A finale for both Gable & Monroe (1961)
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.
Q&A with TV news anchorman Harry Reasoner (1971)
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.
Disney World: Fun, fantasy and reality (1973)
Ten million visitors flocked to Disney World in 1972 to see this latest and greatest in Walt Disney’s ever-expanding empire of imagination. That is more American tourists than visited Britain, Germany or Austria.
Jelly-Bean Carousel Cake recipe (1965)
Here is a junior spectacular for such a world-shattering occasion as a child's birthday party. Anyone who loves jelly beans (doesn't everyone?) will love it.
Thelonious Monk altered the language of jazz (1982)
“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.
Young furniture that grows up with its owner (1965)
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.
Top 100 Billboard hit songs of 1960
What were the most popular tunes of the first year of the sixties? Here are Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1960!
My pal Flipper, the dolphin king of the sea (1963)
Before Flipper was a hit TV show, Luke Halpin appeared as Sandy Ricks in two movies, Flipper and Flipper's New Adventure!
How to laugh, just for girls (1955)
Laughter is a serious thing. Hoot if you must, but strict attention should be paid to how you laugh and when. It is the barometer of your emotional state. Precisely put, laughter is a form of behavior.
Men DO make passes at girls who wear glasses! (1953)
The girl with four eyes is no longer shunned. She is considered attractive. In fact, she is so attractive that the style-conscious women with 20-20 vision envy her. In certain areas, women with perfect vision buy gay frames and put window glass in them.
