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Violence At Altamont: The 'Hells Angels Stabbing' And T...
January 16, 2019
David Crosby and Graham Nash perform with Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young at the Altamont Speedway Free Festival, California, United States, 6th December 1969. S...
The 1963 March on Washington: A Civil Rights Triumph
January 10, 2019
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. addressing crowd of demonstrators outside the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Source: (Photo by Franc...
History of Driver's Ed: Simulators and Scare Films
January 4, 2019
Though it has a longer history, driver's education since the '50s has two components nobody can forget: driving simulators and scare films. The simulators were contr...
Groovy Trivia From 1960
December 29, 2018
Cafe Jukebox TVA couple dancing by a jukebox in a coffee bar. Groovy! Source: (Photo by Express Newspapers/Getty Images) Jukeboxes, as well as many other period-specific concepts, weren’t exclu...
The Rise of the Preppy
December 27, 2018
The elite, private, preparatory schools of New England developed their own style of clothing that, at least for men, stretched back to the 1920s and 1930s. But it was in the 1960s that this sty...
A New Wave With A Groovy Way To Heat Food
December 26, 2018
Chemist Robert Schiffmann, seen in miniature w. lab coat & stethoscope leaning toward plate of french fries browning in microwave, thanks to his research in making foods crisp i...
Breakfast Cereals From The Groovy Era
December 24, 2018
Boy eating Corn Flakes. (Photo by Lambert/Getty Images) When you think of the word, “invention,” typically something along the lines of science and technology comes to mind. So...
History-Changing Events That Took Place in the 1960s
December 22, 2018
The 1960s brought many changes to America that changed the course of our history.In 1960, Chubby Checker brought a new dance craze, ‘The Twist.’ A quirky dance mo...
Kwanzaa: A Groovy New Holiday
December 18, 2018
Kwanzaa celebration in 2013. (David Cooper/Toronto Star via Getty Images) The groovy sixties gave us a new holiday to celebrate during the winter holiday season, in a lieu of or in additi...
Groovy Prom Songs from the ‘60s and ‘70s
December 7, 2018
High school proms are and have been an exciting American tradition for many high school students. Typically, proms are exclusively for upper class-men and have historically...
How Legionnaires Disease Got Its Name– Nothing Groovy A...
December 5, 2018
Legionnaires Disease was officially diagnosed and named after a fateful American Legion Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1976. There were 4,500 A...
Death Of A Door-To-Door Salesman
December 2, 2018
Arthur Miller’s 1949 play, Death of a Salesman, tells the story of Willy Loman, a traveling salesman who believes that one only needs to be well-liked to be successful. And that might ...
The GREAT Sears Catalog Controversy of 1975
November 26, 2018
The fall/winter Sears catalog from 1957. (Photo by Annie Wells/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) In the late 1800s, the Sears, Roebuck And Company retailer began selling it...
Groovy Era Airline Stewardesses Provided Service with a...
November 12, 2018
The Wright Brothers, Wilbur and Orville, brought the concept of air travel to the forefront with their invention of the airplane in 1903. The original airpla...
Motorcycles from the Groovy '70s
November 9, 2018
1970 Harley Davidson Electra-GlideThe 1970s was a decade that had a little bit of everything. There was the epic energy crisis that left everyone waiting in long lines to buy gasoline ...
Buffy Sainte-Marie and the Folk Music Revival of the 19...
November 8, 2018
Singer Buffy Sainte-Marie performs during Hardly Strictly Bluegrass at Golden Gate Park on October 2, 2016 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Scott Dudelso...
Beanbag Chairs were Legit Furniture in the Groovy Era!
November 7, 2018
Beanbag Chairs! When we think of furniture from the groovy era, beanbag chairs immediately come to mind. These casual furniture icons came on the scene in the lat...
Retro Fragrances from the Groovy Era
November 4, 2018
The '60s and '70s were some really wild and crazy years. Social norms and behaviors were changing and so was fashion. As popular as fashion always was and continues to be, the outf...
Conspiracy Theories of the '60s and '70s
November 3, 2018
In his 1997 movie, Conspiracy Theory, Mel Gibson played a conspiracy theorist whose life becomes endangered when one of his theories turns out to be true. But conspiracy theor...
If You Were Born in the GROOVY era then you will rememb...
November 1, 2018
Diverse First Grade Classroom ST. LOUIS-03/17/67- A junior United Nations is present in the classes of Frazier School, Brentwood, Mo. where seventeen countries ...
Freebies from the Groovy Era – Definitely a “Thing” of ...
October 29, 2018
The '60s and '70s weren’t called the groovy era for nothing! Although it is an era remembered for being a time of social unrest in the United States, th...
Remember New Math?
October 26, 2018
High School students in the 1970s working on an algebra problem. (Photo by Boris Spremo/Toronto Star via Getty Images) When the Russians launched Sputnik into orbit in the closing years of the 1950s,...
Common Practices From the Groovy Era That Would NEVER “...
October 22, 2018
According to American society’s standards of today, if you were born during or before the groovy era, you just might be lucky to be alive! The rite of pass...
Kentucky Fried Chicken and the Colonel
October 14, 2018
Some of the best tasting fried chicken comes from the recipe of the Colonel, who is the master chef behind Kentucky Fried Chicken.The Colonel, Harland David Sanders, who is behi...
Civil Rights Sit-Ins
October 10, 2018
If you remember anything about the groovy era, you must surely remember the civil rights movement. The civil rights movement began with racial equality in mind and eventually culminated into an “...
Memorable Nuggets From 1961
September 29, 2018
Harpo Marx surprising someone on the comedy television show 'Candid Camera', May 1961. (Photo by CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images) Some of the highlights from 1961 brought us some hilarious t...
You Won’t Believe These College Dorm Rooms of the 1960s
September 25, 2018
Pupils from St Trinian's all-girl school go wild at a pajama party in their school dormitory on December 9, 1965. (Photo by Larry Harry/Express/Getty Images) Co...
Connie Chung’s Interviews Range from Soft to Combative ...
September 3, 2018
Connie Chung attends New York Women's Foundation 25th Anniversary Celebration at Alice Tully Hall on October 23, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by Astrid Stawi...
Legionnaires’ Disease Caused Widespread Panic
August 30, 2018
In the summer of 1976, amid news coverage of America’s Bicentennial celebrations, headlines across the country announced that a mysterious illness has swept through an A...
How to Identify a Groovy Stoner from Back in the Day!
August 3, 2018
Woman Smoking Marijuana A hippie woman lights up a marijuana joint in Golden Gate Park. (Photo by © Ted Streshinsky/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images) The countercultu...
Top Jobs in the 1970s: Working 9 to 5
August 2, 2018
Pictured: (l-r) Dena Dietrich as Wife, Doris Roberts as Waitress, James Coco as Husband in 'The Greasy Diner' -- (Photo by: Art Selby & Al Levine/Getty Images) Although unemploymen...
1960s Fallout Shelters: Safety Begins at Home
July 19, 2018
Cold War tensions were high at the start of the 1960s and most Americans felt as though a nuclear attack on U.S. soil was imminent. Powerless to stop the super-powers fro...
What was the cost of First-Class Postage Stamps in the ...
July 17, 2018
Close-up of a 10-cent US postage stamp (designed by Paul Calle) that commemorates the Apollo 11 moon landing (which occurred on July 20, 1969) and was first iss...
Random Pictures from the 60s
July 16, 2018
The '60s was a time of many historic events in the United States. Many of these changes were of a social and political nature. Most of these changes reshaped the way we lived our lives.Asi...
Trippy Photos From The 60s Of Psychedelic Everything
July 4, 2018
The groovy era was a time of cultural change, to say the least. The counterculture generation was all about new ideas, tolerance and, yes… bucking the system! That ...
Killer Bees: 1970s Fear-Mongering or Legitimate Threat?
July 3, 2018
A Colony Of Honey Bees Pictures In Piru, California March 27, 1999. Africanized Colonies Have Been Found As Far North As Ventura County. The Queen Is The Larger Be...
Dodge Rolled Out These Game Changing Models in 1970
June 27, 2018
Dodge Coronet Hemi RT 1970 Dodge Coronet Hemi RT 1970. By Simon Clay. (Photo by National Motor Museum/Heritage Images/Getty Images) Dodge is one of those all-time fav...
Yeah, People Really Celebrated their Independence in th...
June 26, 2018
Characters from Season 12 of the daytime soap opera, Days of Our Lives, celebrating the 4th of July. (Photo by: Gary Null/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images) ...
Men’s Shorts Styles of the 70s
June 14, 2018
Women’s shorts weren’t the only thing going short-short in the 1970s. Men were showing a lot more thigh, too. It seems that the overall style of the decade was skimpy…for both men and ...
Incredible Engagement Photos from the '70s
June 8, 2018
Happy couples in the 1970s were eager to share the news of their upcoming nuptials with family, friends, and neighbors. Typically during the seventies, engagements were annou...
Sexy Boudoir Photos from the '70s
June 6, 2018
The nude, or nearly nude, female body has been a popular subject of photography since as early as the 1800's. Early on, the pin-up girl has been very desirable to male audiences and t...
1960s Cheerleaders: Rah! Rah! Rah!
June 5, 2018
ATHENS, GA - CIRCA 1960: Cheerleaders of the University of Georgia Bulldogs football team perform at Sanford Stadium in Athens, Georgia. (Photo by University of Georgia/Collegiate Imag...
Totally Awkward Family Photos from the '70s
June 4, 2018
1970’s MOTHER FATHER AND SONS BY CHRISTMAS TREE (photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/ClassicStock/GettyImages) What in the world were we thinking? The '70s was a time of pushing t...
Rare Walmart Photos From The 70s
May 30, 2018
No one could have envisioned how much Walmart stores have changed since the 1970s, not even the store’s famous founder, Sam Walton. The growth of the mega-chain was spurred on by Walto...
Scary Crime Scene Photos from the 70s
May 29, 2018
For some reasons, people are drawn and seem to gawk at dramatic, unpleasant and often gruesome sights; similar to the proverbial train wreck. Otherwise, why would police need to ...
Do You Remember, Tang, the Groovy Drink Mix of the Amer...
May 22, 2018
American astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin (born Edwin E. Aldrin Jr) set up an American flag on the surface of the moon during NASA's Apollo 11 lunar mi...
U.S. Presidents that Served in the White House During t...
May 9, 2018
United States Presidents of the '60s and '70s were among a demographic of men that were young enough to grasp the concept of change but old enough to implemen...
San Francisco Psychedelic Rock
April 9, 2018
CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES - 2013/03/30: Haight-Ashbury is a district of San Francisco named for the intersection of Haight and Ashbury streets. It is also called The Haight. (Photo by John...
We all wish our parents bought us these valuable vintag...
April 6, 2018
For years and years kids have loved their toys. Very early children’s toys were made of metal or wood and were heavy and clunky. Many toys were homemade inc...
Classic Cars from the 1950s
April 3, 2018
UNITED STATES - OCTOBER 22: 1957 Chevy - Plymouth Belvedere - Ford Fairlane 500 Comparison Road Test performed and shot in Lancaster, and the desert north of Los Angeles, California. (Photo b...
Groovy Cars from the 1960s
March 28, 2018
UNITED STATES - JUNE 03: Lions Drag Strip - 1966. Tom Sturm's '4 Chevy Lovers' Chevrolet Chevelle smokes the tires as he leaves the starting line, as seen from behind. (Photo by Bud Lang/The E...
12 Unknown Facts about Martin Luther King Jr.
March 21, 2018
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a famous social activist that played a critical role in the American Civil Rights Movement.I am confident in declaring that Dr. Martin Lut...
Horror Movie Filming Locations from 1960's and 1970's
March 12, 2018
Horror movies in the 1960’s and 1970’s were considered groundbreaking in terms of storyline, guts and gore and filling audiences with sheer terror. The fact that ...
Why did Buzz Aldrin Punch Bart Sibrel?
March 7, 2018
Pushing The Boundaries Lunar Module pilot Edwin E. Aldrin Jr on board the Lunar Module during the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission, 20th July 1969. (Photo by Neil Armstrong/Space Fr...
Woodstock 1969 Photos
February 18, 2018
Woodstock, the iconic festival that rocked New York, took place the weekend of August 15-18, 1969. Unsurprisingly, it remains the most famous music festival in rock 'n' roll history. It was marketed...
Classic Studio 54 Photos From The Vault!
February 17, 2018
Studio 54, arguably the most famous club in the world, was located in New York City on, you guessed it, 54th street. It first opened its doors on April 16th, 1977 and stayed open f...
May 31, 2005 - The Day the World Learned the Identity o...
February 1, 2018
8/8/1974-Washington, DC- Newspaper headlines being read by tourists in front of the White House tell of history in the making. It is said to be imminent that Pr...
There is Just Something about a “Bike!”
January 31, 2018
Hells Angels On The Road Members of the Hells Angel motorcycle club ride together towards Bakersfield, California, 1965. (Photo by Bill Ray/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty I...
Top 100 Female Singers Of The '50s, '60s, And '70s
January 30, 2018
Circa 1955: American singer and actor Rosemary Clooney (1928 - 2002) sings and dances in a ballroom or on a stage, accompanied by a pianist and a band. (Photo by Hulton...
The Thrill Of Going To The Penny Candy Store!
January 29, 2018
Child buying sweets at shop counter 9th April 1962. (Photo by Daily Herald/Mirrorpix/Mirrorpix via Getty Images) Walking to the local candy store as a kid was such a thrill...
Bruce Jenner - When He Was a Man…
January 26, 2018
Bruce Jenner Holding His Gold Medal (Original Caption) USA's Bruce Jenner, San Jose, CA., displays the gold medal he won in the Olympic decathlon here 7/30. Jenner was one of the mos...
1968 Corvette (C3)
January 24, 2018
1968 Chevrolet Preview - Corvette...UNITED STATES - JULY 24: 1968 Chevrolet Preview - Corvette (Photo by Bob D'Olivo/The Enthusiast Network/Getty Images) Guys and their cars… it is a relationship tha...
TV Dinners… A Modern Convenience
January 23, 2018
Woman Choosing TV Dinner from Freezer: A woman examines a TV dinner box she has taken from the freezer. (Photo by William Gottlieb/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images) When TV dinners came...
“Junk Food Junkie,” by Larry Groce
January 22, 2018
Woman Eating Junk Food (Original Caption) Jessica Musumeci eats the food that she likes. (Photo by mark peterson/Corbis via Getty Images) Nutrition is not a new concept and has, i...
A Stroll Down 1960s Memory Lane
January 19, 2018
Golden Gate Park SAN FRANCISCO, CA - FEBRUARY, 1969: A young couple holds a picnic basket while walking through Golden Gate Park circa February, 1969 in San Francisco, California. (Photo ...
“The Graduate” A Coming of Age Movie, Like No Other!
January 18, 2018
American actor Dustin Hoffman looks down at the leg of actor Anne Bancroft, as Mrs. Robinson, in a still from director Mike Nichols's film, 'The Graduate.' (Photo...
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue – From the beginning ...
January 9, 2018
Sports Illustrated magazine has long been the largest circulating sports magazine in the United States, with millions of people subscribing each year, not t...
Remember When Smoking Was Sexy?
January 4, 2018
'Hit Parade' Cigarettes Billboard (Photo by Robert Landau/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images) For years and years, smoking cigarettes was overly sensationalized. Smoking was considered ...
Words of Wisdom – If you have parents, you have probabl...
December 27, 2017
Family Meal Mother, father and two children enjoy meal outside circa 1950's. (Photo by FPG/Getty Images) Do you remember when your parents had all the answer...
The Brady Bunch: Little Known Facts About the Iconic Fa...
December 26, 2017
One of the first television shows to portray a blended family, The Brady Bunch, is a beloved classic television show today. This series showed us a picture-p...
OLD FASHIONED Telephones
December 13, 2017
Nowadays, most people, both young and old, know what SMART phones are. Interestingly enough, at one time, phones, in general, were considered to be cutting edge and sophisticated.The invention...
Hemp/Cannabis … Why Not?
December 12, 2017
Indian hemp / Cannabis plant (Cannabis indica / Cannabis sativa) growing on plantation for medicinal purposes or as drug. (Photo by: Arterra/UIG via Getty Images) “HEMP”Noun:1. Also called In...
The Vinyl We Grew Up Listening to is Back, Baby!
December 11, 2017
People are obviously diverse in countless ways. We all come from different cultures and ways of life, but there is a common thread that unites us. That being music. ...
Public School Air Raid Drills – Do You Remember?
December 3, 2017
Students at a Brooklyn middle school have a 'duck and cover' practice drill in preparation for a nuclear attack; silver print, 1962. From the New York World-Telegram ar...
A Guy and His Car ... It's a Beautiful Thing!
November 21, 2017
It goes without saying that a guy’s first (true) love is probably his car. That being said, the car may come only after his first dog and possibly, his mother (or so she ...
Rare Photos Of The Most Fascinating People Of Our Past
November 19, 2017
Thinking back to simpler days is comforting. The majority of the new 'pop icons' of today are pretty lackluster when compared to those of yesterday. The cultural inno...
“Hippie Anthems” – The Music We Grew Up To!
November 17, 2017
During the 1960’s and 1970’s, America’s young people were fed up with all of the ugly, political violence. They were in search of a more accepting, loving and peaceful...
“I Love You, Alice B. Toklas” – Marijuana Brownie Queen...
November 15, 2017
Leigh Taylor-Young flashing finger signs as Peter Sellers smiles in a scene from the film 'I Love You, Alice B. Toklas!', 1968. (Photo by Warner Brothers-...
The Gas Shortage of the 1970’s - Oh, The Madness!
November 14, 2017
UNITED STATES - MAY 06: Paul Pierson with signs during New Jersey gas shortage. (Photo by Harry Hamburg/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images) I was in elementary sc...
Evolution Of The Daytime Soap Opera
November 4, 2017
Originally, television programming was mostly conservative. Programs mimicked the likes of radio melodramas that were so very popular. Early on in the history of television broadca...
