Survey: What’s happening to the American family? (1972)
We asked some very blunt questions -- and got 350,000 equally candid replies -- and a good deal of hope for the American family. Here's what people had to say.
Fifties fun in Disneyland: Scenes from the early days
Disneyland and the magic of happiness
Main Street, USA - Carefree Corner
Can you put yourself in this picture? Your whole family at Disneyland! They... Read more...
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 ... Read more...
Revisit “A Christmas Story” (1983)
Based on Jean Shepherd's collection of short stories In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash, A Christmas Story has worked its way into American pop ... Read more...
Predictions of the future: Individuals to matter less in 2000 (1968)
Individuals to matter less in 2000
Today's family may fade away, like horse and buggy
By the year 2000, Americans may travel by ballistic missil... Read more...
What kids think of family in the TV age (1955)
Leave it to the kids
...if you want an honest opinion of TV's effect on family life
by Jack Cluett
When my eldest son, Christopher, sidled ... Read more...
Silly Putty: Wonder toy of the 20th century (1951)
Ulcers bothering? Try Silly Putty
by Glenn Williams
Well, sir, I'm here to tell you that in the past couple of days I've had more fun than the o... 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... Read more...
Brady Bunch: Home, sweet, riotous home (1969)
'I refer to the series as a 'people' comedy, rather than a situation comedy, because the show is so real,' says Brady Bunch creator Sherwood Schwartz.
The new Ford Club Wagon (1968)
Too many people? Too little space? Ford Motor Company engineers have a better idea. Club Wagons that practically let you custom design the scaling...
20 ways “The Sound of Music” got it wrong
How much does it differ from the truth, such as in the case of the von Trapp family, and the hugely-successful musical based on their lives, The Sound of Music?
So your last name is Johnson… (1955)
So you're a Johnson
It's a mighty clan, outnumbered only by the Smiths.
Meet some members worth claiming as kinfolk and a few bodacious black shee... Read more...
Do things together! Be a “Fresh up” family with 7-Up (1946)
Family Day USA: "Fresh up" with Seven-Up
Do things together! Be a "Fresh up" family
A family drink... a home drink... that's wholesome, clean-tast... Read more...
The space house: Small-home design (1956)
The space house
A new concept in small-home planning
by Joseph B Mason
This luxury home -- priced under $13,000 -- fills the modern family's re... Read more...
Humor forms basis for a child’s faith in parents (1936)
Mother, for instance, smells an awful smell. She finds long-dead worms in Johnny's pocket. Instead of gagging over her dinner and making Johnny feel like a hangman, she embellishes the story for the rest.
George Burns: Life with Gracie Allen (1936)
Peace at any price, pleads Gracie Allen's spouse
What a woman! What a world! What a headache! Moans husband of "dizzy" actress
"There is one thi... Read more...
How to be a perfect fifties family (1950)
Even though most people consider this a more modern problem, as early as 1950 the family dinner and family time was going by the wayside. With th... Read more...
Rules for wedded couples to be happy (1913)
Rules for wedded couples who would be happy
by Nixola Greely-Smith
Perhaps more well-meaning persons are tinkering away at the marriage problem to... Read more...
A study in ancestors (1896)
A study in ancestors
Result of following up, or rather down, the family line
A South side man tells a good story on himself. He comes of revolu... Read more...
Don’t owe – pay as you go (1916)
Buying on credit slavery
Way pointed to avoid shackles that grip workers
Buying on credit is slavery.
A woman who realizes just, how the sh... Read more...
Start a genealogical record for your family (1905)
Valuable suggestions for keeping the much-needed record of family affairs
A pretty young woman, in a fresh black gown, stood the other day before t... Read more...
Creative ways to present Christmas gifts (1910)
The family's presents
You have probably made the selection of gifts for the family, but the question now clamoring for an answer is, in what way shal... Read more...
