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Toys and games for kids in the 1981 Sears Catalog Wishbook

What were the most popular toys in the early ’80s? See toys, games & fun for kids in the 1981 Sears Catalog Wishbook

See what kids in the early '80s were hoping to find under the Christmas tree by browsing the toys and games section of the 1981 Sears Wishbook catalog!

Housewife heaven! Vintage Woman’s Day magazine covers from the fifties

Woman's Day magazine launched in 1937 as an inexpensive in-house magazine for customers of A&P grocery stores. By the time A&P sold the brand ... Click to read more...

Old-school color-changing liquid pregnancy tests & ovulation predictors (1980s)

The '80s color-changing liquid pregnancy tests were is simple to do and easy to read. They said you're pregnant if the liquid turns a distinct color, and not pregnant if it remains clear.

How the world welcomed baby Carrie Fisher (1956)

These newspaper clippings show the world's joy over the birth of a celebrity newborn -- Carrie Fisher. The woman behind Star Wars' Princess Leia grew ... Click to read more...

Latest Mattel toys & games for Christmas (1966)

How to give a preschooler something fun to do. And something fun to learn. The Mattel-O-Phone talks, teaches, and works like real. The voice actually... Click to read more...

Vintage playpens & more: Fold-away baby gear from 1955

Modern living: Fold-away baby gear Most women feel that nothing takes up more room in a home than a baby, unless it is a husband, and he can be dealt... Click to read more...

Cute baby nurseries from the fifties (1955-1957)

Biggest bargain in babyland (1955) The Thayer "Mother Goose" crib is a wonderful new model, with exclusive Snap-Fast hardware. Mother can assemble it... Click to read more...

Million dollar babies: The children of the very rich (1915)

Millionaire mothers spend oceans of dollars in bringing up their babies How will the richest babies in the land turn out? The mothers of Baby As... Click to read more...

Breastfeeding: The best way to keep your baby healthy (1915)

No other one thing a mother can do for her baby means more to him than to feed him at her own breast.

Aww! See these celebrity baby photos (1976)

Celebrity baby photos at David Niven Jr's restaurant include those of Fred Astaire and Leslie Caron, little, big-eyed, Natalie Wood, and debonair Edwardian Cary Grant.

The trouble with triplets: How to tell them apart? (1892)

There is a disadvantage in being parent to triplets, particularly when the trio look as much alike as three dice with the sixes turned up.

Tips for train travel with children (1910)

If the weather is not too warm, it is a good plan to have a child wear his bonnet when he lies down. This will keep cinders from his ears and will help deaden the noise of the train.

Feeding baby: Mother’s milk safest (1915)

In 1915, breastfeeding wasn't an issue of political correctness -- it was very often a matter of life and death. Across the US, 10 percent of babies d... Click to read more...

Wanted poster: Lindbergh Baby kidnapping (1932)

Wanted: Information as to the whereabouts of Chas. A. Lindbergh, Jr of Hopewell, N.J.

Top 100 baby names for boys in the year 1955

What were the keenest, neatest and most popular names for newborns in the mid-fifties? Check out this chart of the top 100 names for baby boys who were born in the year 1955!

Just for the ladies: Woman’s Day magazine covers from 1950

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.

Antique babies: Cabinet card portraits of baby boys & girls

Baby boy in a long white gown Antique cabinet card portrait of a baby Photographer: W A Flower, Perry, Oklahoma Kansas an... Click to read more...

Congrats on your new baby! Vintage cards from 1969

You had a baby! Hear you're getting rave notices Congratulations on your new little tax exemption Best wishes to you and... Click to read more...

Congrats on your baby girl: Vintage cards from 1969

A little daughter! That's happy news! Congratulations on your Baby Girl! A baby girl! Congratulations! Congratu... Click to read more...

From baby to child: Portraits of a little girl (1915)

One of the benefits of having a prominent photographer for a father? Your childhood is well-documented. Here are five photos of Aileen Havlin Harri... Click to read more...

Youngest automobile globe-trotter (1914)

Youngest automobile globe-trotter has traveled 1,000 miles a month 18-months' old John Edmund Hammond cranking papa's cycle-car Los Angeles, Cal, ... Click to read more...

New parents, newborn babies of the ’40s

In some ways new parenthood looks just like it did in the 1940s... and in other ways, it's pretty different. Here's a little peek.

Baby-Shaped Kimbies disposable diapers (1974)

When it comes to diapers, all the absorbency in the world won't help, if it's not in the right place. That's why we shaped Kimbies like a baby, instead of making it square.

Tiny Tears, the doll that cries real tears (1952)

The gift she'll never forget: Tiny Tears, the doll that cries real tears She blows bubbles / She bathes / She has a complete layette The doll th... Click to read more...

Post-war babies grow up: Projected effect on population (1967)

Population shifts: Business effect New trends in population and income are changing America. There is an "explosion" of young adults. Yet some age gr... Click to read more...

GM’s new Love Seats: Child car safety seats (1973)

General Motors has developed two new seats especially for the small fry. We call them Love Seats, and they’re designed to be used in conjunction with your car’s seat belts.

A mid-century perspective on cesarean childbirth (1959)

When this article was published, touting the wonders of c-section deliveries, they stated that the cesarean rate was one out of 20 births. And that nu... Click to read more...

Discover the baby nursery monitor from Fisher-Price (1985)

Fisher-Price lets you be in two places at once. Discover the Nursery Monitor, an easy-to-work, one-way intercom that lets you hear what your baby i... Click to read more...

For expectant moms & new babies: Mennen powder (1959)

To every lady-in-waiting New "swaddling powder" gives baby "wetproof" protection against skin infection Long ago, mothers swaddled their babies in... Click to read more...

New & classic Fisher-Price preschool toys (1965)

New shopping guide for particular parents from Fisher-Price toys Fun, durable, safe, educational... for the precious preschool years when Christmas m... Click to read more...

“Lady, is this your litter?” The park baby cage (1969)

LIFE used to regularly run interesting, strange, amusing or thought-provoking photographs on the last page of the magazine -- and the May 30, 1969 iss... Click to read more...

Baby-sitting isn’t just sitting (1950)

Baby-sitting isn't just sitting When parents permit a teen-age daughter to baby-sit, they have a responsibility to both her and to the baby by B... Click to read more...

Diaper ads: Huggies, Pampers, Luvs (1980s)

Luvs keeps your bouncing baby comfortable. (1982) Luvs' flexible gathers keep up with even the bounciest baby. Our hourglass shape curves to fit roun... Click to read more...

Royal genes! What Princess Diana’s baby will look like (1982)

When Princess Diana was pregnant with the baby who turned out to be Prince William -- aka William Arthur Philip Louis, Duke of Cambridge -- people aro... Click to read more...

Fisher Price baby toys (1970s-1980s)

Fisher-Price makes toys you can trust with a baby (1980) We know that curious babies are a lot stronger than they look. That's why we designed every ... Click to read more...

Conjoined twins amaze scientists (1914)

Twins born to French mother astound all scientists The most astonishing case before the medical world today is that of the babies, Susanna and Made... Click to read more...

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