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Greta Garbo on cover of Photoplay - December 1934

The legendary actress Greta Garbo and her movies (1934)

America's highest-paid film star in the 1930s was a Swedish-born woman we know as Greta Garbo. A legend during the Golden Age of Hollywood, Garbo was one of the most popular actresses of the silent film era, as well as very successful in the early talking films.

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

See more than 150 celebrity yearbook photos of actresses, actors, singers, musicians, politicians and others whose names you know... but the faces in these pictures from years ago -- when they were young, and often long before they were famous -- may surprise you!

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Life after ‘Leave It To Beaver’ – Tony Dow & Jerry Mathers (1977)

Jerry Mathers and Tony Dow grew up in somewhat of a fairytale world on television's 'Leave It to Beaver.' 20 years later, in 1977, both actors talked about what it was like to be childhood stars who had to grow up and cope with the adult world.

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

Michael Landon stars in 'The Little House on the Prairie,' a fact-based World Premiere drama that tells the story of the Ingalls family in its move to Kansas from Wisconsin, and its struggle to survive there, as seen through the eyes of young Laura, who also narrates.

Bob Barker - The Price is Right game show

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

'The Price is Right' television game show host Bob Barker reckons he's interviewed 50,000 persons on the air, and concludes very few Americans are smart alecks.

Happy holiday hairstyles of the ’60s (1968)

Christmas coifs are catching the season's sparkle. Make your '60s hairstyle repertoire merrier! For romance, try pin-on tendrils, love-locks, and Emily Bronte ringlets. For a change of color, cut or curve, wear a wig that's charmed with stretch or curl.

James Garner - The Rockford Files TV show

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

James Garner and producer-creator Roy Huggins are having another try at a wry, tongue-in-cheek series, 'The Rockford Files.' Jim Rockford is a modern-day private eye, money-hungry, and a man who gets heroic only if he's forced into it.

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

So far as General Ulysses S Grant is concerned, we are warranted in assigning him a high place among the great soldiers of the world, and the first place among the soldiers who have figured on the American continent.

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

"The Odd Couple" TV show recounted the madcap experiences of Felix Unger (Tony Randall) and Oscar Madison (Jack Klugman), two of Neil Simon's most endearing and enduring characters.

How to make a ’60s beehive hairstyle

Although the dramatic, dome-shaped beehive hairdos are rather difficult to manage, they are not impossible to create at home. Here's how to make the '60s beehive style!

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

The bouffant coiffure has had its day. What’s needed to set off evening clothes is a smooth, high-piled coiffure -- a new hairdo that creates the illusion of tall elegance -- the beehive.

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

"I Love Lucy," a domestic comedy series reduces the role of husband to roughly that of the male spider, and I wouldn't be at all surprised if, at the end of the season, Miss Ball ate him.

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

Ozzie and Harriet Nelson, with their progeny David and Rick, are synonymous with the American family image both on and off television. The Nelson boys are perhaps the only people who have literally grown up before the eyes of millions of weekly viewers.

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

The show's unorthodox theme: A family of youngsters ages 5-17 makes the big-time in rock 'n' roll, and, led by their mother -- in real life David Cassidy's stepmother -- Shirley Jones, tour club dates as the Partridge family aboard a psychedelic bus.

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

Willy's Chocolate Factory is for all "With his wavy orange mane and glazed fish-green eyes, Gene Wilder conveys a beguiling look of incipient madness. In his films to date, he has seemed always on the verge ... Click to read more...

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

Adrian Lyne's 'Flashdance' widens the eyes. Equal pans of shamelessness, brainlessness, and perverse energy have been scrambled into a movie that's laughable, preposterous and truly awful.

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

Lincoln's Gettysburg Address speech was so brief, history has no photographs of President Lincoln actually saying those oft-repeated words on November 19, 1863. But here are the pictures we do have of the President that day.

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

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

Take a stroll back to the late 1800s and early 1900s to see some of the grand homes and mansions that lined New York City's famed Fifth Avenue.

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

Besides reporting the news on "CBS News with Walter Cronkite," he takes an active part in selection and editing of news and film, and is often his own leg-man, covering fast-breaking news stories on the spot.

Abraham Lincoln quotes: Famous sayings from a wise leader

Practically starting the moment he uttered the syllables, Abraham Lincoln's words of wisdom have served to illuminate the course of America, and to encourage every person to be the best version of him or hersel... Click to read more...

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

What do you get when you mix equal parts Mel Brooks and James Bond? Get Smart - one of the most hilarious spoofs on spies and private eyes ever to be presented on television or in any other medium. (Also see the memorable opening credits!)

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

Andy Griffith, who stars as a slow-talking, story-telling jack-of-all-trades with a sly Southern sense of humor in the new 'Andy Griffith Show,' is very much like the character he plays. The only difference is that Griffith is famous.

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

Ronnie Howard, the red-haired moppet of "The Andy Griffith Show," is that rare child actor without guile and a Hollywood head.

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

On Tuesday nights, a great many folks are watching Happy Days, with Ron Howard as Richie Cunningham, Donny Most as Ralph Malph, and Henry Winkler as Fonzie, growing up in 1956 - or at least the 1956 some like to believe existed.

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

A 20-year-old newcomer to show business and a 40-year veteran made it to the top of the ratings charts recently as NBC's "Chico and the Man" took the No. 1 spot.

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

After 'That Girl' proved a comedy success and a sort of personal triumph last season for the dark-haired, dark-eyed girl who played the title role, ABC executives suggested that the series be called 'The Marlo Thomas Show.'

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

What a surprise! Milk is spreading across the lips of celebrities New campaign launched to reverse attitudes causing milk-drinking decline Milk is out to surprise America. More than 20 top-name celebrities ... Click to read more...

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

Twiggy's big, blue eyes, set in fantastic black lashes, brightened and she waved her hand on the world's top model from London's first morning in New York.

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

Dr. Martin Luther King, Nobel Peace Prize winner who made nonviolence his chief weapon in the fight for civil rights, was shot to death here last night as he stood on a balcony outside his motel room.

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

A Louisiana boy with the fervor of a music with-the-modern-beat is burning up the radio, television and film industries. He is 21-year-old Jerry Lee Lewis, of Ferriday, Louisiana.

Airplane hijacker DB Cooper remains elusive (1976)

DB Cooper remains elusive: Jumped with $200,000 5 years ago The discovery of a tattered pair of pants has failed to generate any more dues to D.B Cooper who disappeared with $200,000 after the hijacking of a j... Click to read more...

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

The music, a blend of '80s pop rock and '40s big-band sound, is grand; the choreography is chrome-plated tackiness (just right) and there is enough glitz and glitter to give you a cornea burn.

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Fact and fiction about George Washington’s dentures

Two big questions that have emerged over the years: Did George Washington have wooden false teeth? Did George Washington's dentures include actual human teeth that came from slaves? Find out here!

President Nixon resigns - farewell speech 1974

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

Nixon's final presidential crisis was thrust upon him by the ruling that he could no longer withhold 64 disputed White House tapes from the Watergate prosecutors. Here is the story of those last 17 days of his presidency.

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

"We sometimes despair over specifics in our educational, political, and military systems or of actions, or opinions of individuals representing them." - Fleet Admiral Chester W Nimitz, USN

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

"If ever the United States should reach a point where the clash of ideas comes to an end, where debate disappears, where everybody agrees with everybody else on everything, then we are finished as a nation." - John F Kennedy

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