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Candyland 1960s

Look back at Candy Land, the vintage board game that made millions of kids dream of an ice cream & lollipop world

These old-fashioned baby names for girls just aren't making a comeback

Sorry, Mildred. Too bad, Gertrude. These 12 old-fashioned baby names for girls just aren’t making a comeback

Say, say, oh playmate Look back at the history of this old song and clapping game

Say, Say, Oh Playmate: We traced the story of this old song and hand clapping game, and have the lyrics

Creepy 70s Halloween costumes based on TV shows

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

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

How cats helped create the first iron lung machines for polio victims (1938)

Go oh-so-retro and wallpaper your ceiling like they did in the ’70s

How the Weepuls were won (1986)

How to make a roll-away children’s activity center (1961)

Timer & The Incredible, Indelible, Magical, Physical, Mystery Trip (1973)

Photo gallery: The canopy bed revival of the 1970s

1966 Wonder Horse toys

Wonder horse! Ride-on spring horse toys (1960s)

Juvenile Jungle movie from 1958

How to stop your kids from becoming juvenile delinquents (1958)

Howdy Doody color TV promo

With millions of TV fans, Howdy Doody branching out into comics (1950)

The perfect ’80s tween birthday: Slumber party!

Vintage preschool favorites: Puppet Storybooks with 3D lenticular covers

Marshmallow bunny birthday cake

Make a cute marshmallow bunny birthday cake (1941)

Young Ron Howard - Ronnie Howard 1960s

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

Free To Be... You And Me from Marlo Thomas & Friends

Free to Be…You and Me: A one-of-a-kind, star-studded message to kids (1973)

Boy on a Big Wheel

So long, tricycles – the Big Wheel’s here now (1969-1975)

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

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

McDonald’s Friendly Skies Meals on United Airlines (1991-1993)

Disneyland Small World facade vintage postcard

It’s a Small World after all: About Disneyland’s hugely-popular attraction for little Mouseketeers (1960s)

Antique Christmas cards with dogs - vintage postcards (6)

Christmas goes to the dogs: A party for pups, plus antique Christmas postcards with dogs

Antique and vintage Christmas postcards from the early 1900s at Click Americana (6)

Christmas at Red Butte: A short story by Lucy Maud Montgomery, the author of Anne of Green Gables (1909)

Play time! Popular toys from 1948

Captain Kangaroo

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

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

Survey: What’s happening to the American family? (1972)

Young Stevie Wonder

Meet Little Stevie Wonder, age 13 (1963)

Smell this! 50+ vintage scratch ‘n sniff stickers

Rolling hoops

Rolling hoops: The coolest toys around in the Victorian era

Latest Mattel toys & games for Christmas (1966)

Vintage Ho-Ho-Holiday photos with Santa (1940s-1990s)

Storybook Christmas party ideas (1969)

Monster Mash: Halloween costumes from the 1960s

Wonderful Wizard of Oz book from 1900

When the classic story started: An early Wonderful Wizard of Oz book review from 1900

Romper Room: Real children doing real things (1978)

Mickey Rooney: His life story at age 18 (1939)

Five wonderful children's room decor ideas 1962

5 clever children’s bedroom decor ideas (1962)

Autism 'Wooden doll' illness noted at university (1960)

Autism: ‘Wooden doll’ illness noted by university reseachers (1960)

15 vintage Easter cards (1900-1924)

Kids on drugs: They’re children you know. Maybe your own. (1970)

Decorations and treats for an old-fashioned Christmas table (1910s)

Decorations and treats for an old-fashioned Christmas table (1910s)

Vintage Christmas postcards - children (2)

How to choose Christmas gifts for kids (1930)

Dr Seuss and his Nerkle Corral (1956)

Shrinky Dinks inventor tells her story (1987)

Aww! See these celebrity baby photos (1976)

Toddler in highchair with sugar jar

Vintage parenting advice: What kids should & shouldn’t eat (1905)

The problem of Christmas gift-giving (1914)

Tips for train travel with children (1910)

1909 food Railroad freight car filled with gigantic strawberries

Crafty ways to use strawberry boxes (1909)

Judy Garland & Deanna Durbin grow up in Hollywood (1939)

Autism easy to define, hard to pinpoint (1974)

Young furniture that grows up with its owner (1965)

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

An eighties sticker collection primer (1984)

Collectors getting stuck on stickers (1982)

Antique babies: Cabinet card portraits of baby boys & girls

I want to ride my tricycle: 17 Vintage trike snapshots

Advice on boys’ too-loud voices (1904)

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

Change the scene: Renovating kids’ bedrooms (1972)

Bright and Early Books for kids from Dr Seuss (1972)

El Marko watercolors idea factory: Rainy day fun (1972)

Auto trip tips with Scotch Magic Transparent Tape (1972)

Playskool toy sets: Candy Land Kids & Village Blocks (1982)

New & classic Fisher-Price preschool toys (1965)

New Post’s Sugar Crisp cereal (1950)

10 years of Shirley Temple (1946)

Baby-sitting isn’t just sitting (1950)

What does TV do to kids? (1977)

School calisthenics & outdoor exercise (1899)

Clothes trees for the kiddies (1915)

Humor forms basis for a child’s faith in parents (1936)

Make a colorful playroom for the kids (1966)

Marie Antoinette dress sewing pattern (1869)

Autism: The child in the glass ball (1967)

Can you get my child in the movies? (1921)

Fanciful costumes of paper (1906)