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Bunkers All in the Family

All in the Family theme song & lyrics

Motown is rocking – and selling – in Detroit (1965)

The mystery of DB Cooper: Hijacker parachutes from jet (1971)

Sanford and Son an instant, impressive hit (1972)

The Muppet Show Muppets

Kermit, Miss Piggy and Jim Henson bring ‘The Muppet Show’ to life (1976-1981)

Portrait George Washington - National Guard Heritage

President George Washington’s Farewell Address (1796)

The first family of the future: The Jetsons (1962)

Laverne and Shirley cast photo

Laverne & Shirley theme song & lyrics (1976-1983)

Creepy 70s Halloween costumes based on TV shows

These vintage Halloween costumes based on ’70s TV shows were creepy for all the wrong reasons

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)

Leave It To Beaver TV show cast

How the TV show ‘Leave it to Beaver’ began, and made millions yearn for an idealized version of the ’50s that never actually existed

The Lost Boys movie

Vampires punk out in tongue-in-cheek movie ‘Lost Boys’ (1987)

The Samuel Colt House, Hartford, CT

Take a look around Armsmear, Samuel Colt’s famously over-the-top Victorian mansion built in Hartford, Connecticut

I Love Lucy - Chocolate factory candy conveyor belt episode with Lucille Ball

I Love Lucy and the chocolate factory: The famous job switching episode (1952)

Thomas Edison

Thomas Edison says that people work too hard and worry too much (1913)

Dorothy with the Wicked Witch and Glinda - Wizard of Oz

Behind the scenes of The Wizard of Oz movie (1939)

Nikola Tesla on an iPad - Click Americana

100 years ago, did Nikola Tesla predict the iPad, Skype, mobile phones & more? (1915)

I Love Lucy debuts, and a leading TV critic hates it (1951)

Thomas Alva Edison holding an incandescent lightbulb c1911

Thomas Edison says electricity will cure everything (1914)

Debbie Harry & Blondie have the punk rock moves (1977)

Debbie Harry & Blondie have the punk rock moves (1977)

Silent films: Why so few have survived

Old silent movies: Why so many classic films have been lost

Sonny and Cher years on TV

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

Creedence Clearwater Revival band

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

In the movie Rocky, Sylvester Stallone packs a real punch (1976)

In ‘Rocky,’ Sylvester Stallone packs a real punch (1976)

President Nixon resigns - farewell speech 1974

President Nixon’s last 17 days in office: Desperate search for a way out after Watergate (1974)

Howard Hughes Hollywood’s secret heartbreaker (1942)

Howard Hughes: Hollywood’s secret heartbreaker (1942)

Simon and Garfunkel - 1982 NYC

Simon and Garfunkel reunite for half a million fans in Central Park (1981)

We loved Lucy Lucille Ball magazine covers from the '50s

We loved Lucy: ’50s magazines with Lucille Ball on the cover – plus what she had to say about her marriage to Desi Arnaz

Ghostbusters - Who you gonna call

Ghostbusters: A blockbuster movie that’s not a bust (1984)

Marie Curie - Madame Curie - Scientist

Marie Curie tells how she discovered radium (1921)

The Godfather movie - Brando and Pacino 1972

The Godfather: The gangster movie moves uptown (1972)

Raiders of the Lost Ark scene

Indiana Jones & Raiders of the Lost Ark a stunning summer hit (1981)

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

Barry Manilow in 1976

Barry Manilow says he likes being middle-of-the-road king (1976)

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)

John Lennon and Yoko Ono

The Beatles’ John Lennon shot and killed in New York (1980)

The real Bonnie & Clyde: Texas officers trap and kill notorious duo in shootout (1934)

The Civil War: President Abraham Lincoln’s call to arms (1861)

Mary Poppins - Jolly Holiday

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

Meet Josephine Garis Cochrane, inventor of the dishwasher (1892)

Friends TV show opening credits - Main titles

The Rembrandts turn ‘Friends’ theme song into a hit record (1995)

Cast of Family Ties TV show - The Keatons

Family Ties: A hit TV show all on its own (1985)

Cosby Show

The ‘Cosby Show’ appeals to young and old, black and white (1986)

The Jackie Kennedy Look (1967)

The Jackie Kennedy Look (1967)

Bosom Buddies - Tom Hanks, Peter Scolari and Wendie Jo Sperber

Tom Hanks gives thanks for Bosom Buddies (1981)

80s Jell-O Pudding Pops

Jell-O Pudding Pops & other brands in the ’80s pudding pop craze

Elvis Presley: A different kind of rock idol (1956)

Model Jennifer Connelly as Jenny Connelly in 1982

Before she was famous: Meet a young Jennifer Connelly (1982)

Louis Gossett Jr. (Fiddler) and LeVar Burton (Kunta Kinte)

A guide to Roots: The TV miniseries, night by night (1977)

Larry Hagman - Dallas TV show

Larry Hagman loves playing the evil JR Ewing on TV’s Dallas (1978)

Taxi TV show cast

TV’s Taxi takes off with Hirsch, DeVito & Danza (1978-1982)

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial movie - flying bicycle

Earthlings love the movie E.T. – The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

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

The Monkees make us Daydream Believers (1960s)

Romantic tradition returns in the movie ‘Somewhere in Time’ (1980)

Actor Michael Landon and family at home - 1975

Michael Landon and his family at home (1975)

WKRP in Cincinnati TV show cast

WKRP in Cincinnati (1978-1982)

The cast of Murphy Brown 1988

Murphy Brown role the perfect fit for Candice Bergen (1988-1998)

Mister Rogers - Fred Rogers - 1971

Who is Mister Rogers? (1968)

Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy with young Candice Bergen

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

Valerie Harper, Mary Tyler Moore, Cloris Leachman on The Mary Tyler Moore Show

The Mary Tyler Moore Show theme song & lyrics (1970-1977)

The aliens are coming - Close Encounters of the Third Kind movie (1)

The aliens are coming: Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

Larry Wilcox Erik Estrada in CHiPs TV show

Ponch & John hit the roads in LA on CHiPs (1977-1983)

Facts of Life cast members

The Facts of Life theme song & lyrics (1979-1988)

Diff'rent Strokes

Diff’rent Strokes theme song & lyrics (1978-1986)

George Palmer Putnam, husband of Amelia Earhart, and Mrs Frederick J Noonan

Amelia Earhart missing: Her husband awaits news (1937)

Growing Pains cast

Growing Pains theme song & lyrics (1985-1992)

Full House TV show cast

Full House ends its iconic run on ABC TV (1987-1995)

Love Story - Ali MacGraw and Ryan O'Neal

Ali MacGraw shines in the hit movie ‘Love Story’ (1970)

St Elsewhere cast

St Elsewhere has a long and healthy run (1982-1988)

Bea Arthur talks Maude

Bea Arthur talks ‘Maude’ – the TV show made just for her (1977)

Hogan's Heroes actor Bob Crane murdered (1978)

Still unsolved: Hogan’s Heroes actor Bob Crane murdered (1978)

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)

Captain Bartho. Roberts with two ships, Viz. the Royal Fortune and Ranger 1721

The Pirate Code: Rules for Black Bart’s ship (1724)

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)

Steve Martin performs King Tut on SNL (1978)

See Steve Martin perform “King Tut” on SNL (1978)

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

Watson and Crick discover and model the structure of DNA (1953)

Celebrity yearbook photos

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

Orson Welles freaks out the country with 'War of the Worlds' (1938)

Orson Welles freaks out the country with ‘War of the Worlds’ (1938)

Waldorf Astoria, New-York c1909

The end of an era: New York’s Waldorf-Astoria Hotel torn down (1929)

Rocky Horror Picture Show - movie poster

Time Warp back to 1975 for The Rocky Horror Picture Show

The truth about Hollywood draft deferments during WW2 (1942)

The truth about Hollywood draft deferments during WW2 (1942)

Isadora Duncan dancing on the beach

Dancer Isadora Duncan killed in bizarre accident (1927)

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

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

Annie Oakley portrait - Philadelphia

The amazing Annie Oakley, expert shot (1890s)

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

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

Cheers TV show theme song & lyrics (1982-1993)

Airplane movie with the autopilot

Airplane! A zany spoof on Hollywood disaster movies (1980)

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

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

Diana Ross's TV special with The Jackson 5, Bill Cosby & Danny Thomas (1971)

Diana Ross’s TV special with The Jackson 5, Bill Cosby & Danny Thomas (1971)

Miss Lina Cavalieri circus

Women: How to gain weight (1918)

Actress Billie Burke with flowered hat

Billie Burke: Wholesome cleanliness a must for womanly beauty (1912)

Bewitched - Samantha, Darrin and Endora

Bewitched makes its magical television debut (1964)

Greta Garbo on cover of Photoplay - December 1934

The legendary actress Greta Garbo and her movies (1934)

Leave it to Beaver - Tony Dow Jerry Mathers-001

Life after ‘Leave It To Beaver’ – former child stars Tony Dow & Jerry Mathers on their acting careers and beyond (1977)

Little House on the Prairie - Ingalls family

The new TV series: Little House on the Prairie (1974)

Bob Barker - The Price is Right game show

Come on down! Bob Barker and The Price is Right (1976)

Happy holiday hairstyles of the '60s (1968)

Happy holiday hairstyles of the ’60s (1968)

James Garner - The Rockford Files TV show

James Garner’s ‘The Rockford Files’ TV show debuts (1974)

General Ulysses S Grant dies The career of a soldier and a president (1885)

General Ulysses S Grant dies: The career of a soldier and a president (1885)

Tony Randall Jack Klugman Felix Unger Oscar Madison The Odd Couple

The Odd Couple: Jack Klugman & Tony Randall are Oscar & Felix (1970s)

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

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

C’mon get happy! Meet the Partridge Family & see the intro (1970)

Jimi Hendrix Experience band photo

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

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971) Chocolate river

Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory for all – See the trailer! (1971)

Flashdance stage with water

Flash back with Flashdance: What a feeling! (1983)

Gettsyburg Lincoln

Photos from the day of Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address (1863)

Home of Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt - Fifth Avenue New York City - 1894

See NYC’s stunning historical Fifth Avenue mansions (1890s)

Walter Cronkite April 1962

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

President Abraham Lincoln quotes

Abraham Lincoln quotes: Famous sayings from a wise leader

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)

Happy Days cast 1974

‘Happy Days’ for the trio starring in 1950s revival (1974)

Chico and the Man - Jack Albertson Freddie Prinze

Chico & The Man ratings high, but stars not awed (1974)

The Jackson Five - including Michael Jackson

New on the scene: The Jackson Five (1970)

That Girl - Marlo Thomas - Ted Bessell

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

What a surprise! Celebrities with milk mustaches (1990s)

What a surprise! Celebrities with milk mustaches (1990s)

Twiggy on pink

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

Berry Gordy’s Motown Records still flying high (1971)

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

Goodness gracious! It’s Jerry Lee Lewis with ‘Great Balls of Fire’ (1957)

Airplane hijacker DB Cooper remains a mystery (1976)

Tesla holding a phosphor-coated wireless light bulb

Nikola Tesla’s plan to give free electricity to everyone (1896)

Xanadu movie poster

Xanadu: A place where dreams come true? (1980)

George Washington - false teeth-dentures

Fact and fiction about George Washington’s dentures

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)

Founding Father Benjamin Franklin dies at age 85 (1790)

Mariska Hargitay takes on modeling & a ‘Falcon Crest’ role (1988)

Benjamin Franklin’s advice for getting better sleep (1786)

Doris Day tells you how to get organized! (1959)

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

Science fiction television: The future is now (1993)

Shaun Cassidy collage 1977

Up & comer Shaun Cassidy follows in illustrious footsteps (1977)

Ladybird Johnson’s famous lemon pound cake recipe (1966)

Roy Orbison with red guitar

See the legendary music man Roy Orbison without his iconic sunglasses

Julie Andrews Sound of Music The Hills are Alive

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

LIFE Apr 23, 1956 Jayne Mansfield cover

Jayne Mansfield: Broadway’s smartest dumb blonde (1956)

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

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

Indianapolis Motor Speedway finds a new owner (1945)

Watergate is the hot address in Washington DC (1969)

Young Brooke Shields The early career of a budding supermodel (1975)

Young Brooke Shields: The early career of a budding supermodel (1975)

The Brady family on the stairs

The Brady Bunch debuts: Home, sweet, riotous home (1969)

Green Day’s 1995 benefit concert

Pregnant with a prince Princess Diana's maternity outfits (1982)

Pregnant with a prince: Princess Diana’s maternity outfits (1982)

The assassination of President Kennedy (1963)

Death of an outlaw: First account of Jesse James’ murder (1882)

Thou Soul of our souls: A prayer by Theodore Parker (1950)

Richard Nixon - first Watergate speech

Richard Nixon’s first Watergate speech – Text & video (1973)

The ‘Buttoned-Up’ Mary Tyler Moore (1974)

Bogart & Bergman are superb in Casablanca (1943)

Nichelle Nichols: She’s hoping dream becomes reality (1968)

See the last photograph ever taken of Abraham Lincoln (1865)

The Encyclopedia of American Last Names

A look back at Elvis, from right after his death (1977)

Jim Nabors’ Gomer Pyle sings (1964)

Match Game 76 - 70s TV game show

Match Game: A game show with some real blank

The Gettysburg Address: How it really happened (1863)

Walt Disney ready to release 'Cinderella' (1950)

Walt Disney thrills the world with the release of the classic animated movie ‘Cinderella’ (1950)

Abraham Lincoln for President! Honest Abe’s campaign ads for the 1860 Presidential election

New sitcom Gilligan’s Island a surprise hit on TV (1965)

Queen Elizabeth and President Eisenhower 1957

Queen Elizabeth sends Eisenhower her drop scones recipe (1960)

Abraham Lincoln’s letter of condolence to Mrs Bixby (1864)

Captain Kangaroo

Good morning, Captain Kangaroo! Opening credits & more (1955)

America shocked when Alexander Hamilton dies after a duel (1804)

Kate Mulgrew of Star Trek: Voyager – Where no woman has gone before (1995)

Sha Na Na: Carefree greasers singing music from the fifties (1970)

Young Elvis: Elvis Presley as a child & teenager

vanderbilt-biltmore-postcard-1950s

Asheville’s Biltmore Mansion: A century of American opulence

Monty Hall of “Let’s Make a Deal”: Critics’ barbs sting, but fans love him (1974)

Michael J Fox: TV’s favorite son (1987)

Love among the Reagans: Life with Ronald Reagan in 1942

Gloria Steinem on aging (1976)

Allen Ginsberg and the San Francisco Human Be-In (1967)

The Lewis and Clark Expedition, 100 years later (1905)

A look at the lingo picked up from the Watergate hearings (1973)

Hooray for those ‘Eight Is Enough’ girls! (1977)

JFK & Jackie get married: The Bouvier-Kennedy wedding (1953)

‘Jogging’ is the latest fad (1968)

Readers get love and relationship advice from Bette Davis (1942)

Charles Lindbergh’s flight launches airplane business (1929)

Max Headroom: 20 minutes into the future (1987)

Presenting Miss Shirley Temple in ‘Baby Take a Bow’ (1934)

Rock star Janis Joplin found dead in Hollywood home (1970)

Who has the best figure in Hollywood? (1942)

Richard Nixon: A vision of victory (1968)

Political experts explain why your vote matters (1976)

Young Stevie Wonder

Meet Little Stevie Wonder, age 13 (1963)

Famed rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix dies (1970)

Chicago laughs at Al Capone pretending to be a gentleman (1929)

Tommy Howell is already a ‘veteran’ actor at age 17 (1985)

reenactment of St Valentine's Day massacre 1929 for jurors

Chicago gang kills six: The St Valentine’s Day Massacre (1929)

H. G. Wells interviews Booker T. Washington (1906)

Where is the Land of the Lost? In the world of Sid & Marty Krofft (1975)

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