Transistor Radios Just imagine a radio that would fit in your pocket! That was big news in the mid 1950s. Heavy, bulky “tube” radios were being replaced by radios that used transistor-based circuitry. Transistor Radio’s […]
The Flintstones made their television premier in 1960. It was the same year that Miles Laboratories, owners of 1-A-Day vitamins introduced “Chocks”, the first chewable vitamins for kids. It was a good idea, but kids […]
It’s funny how things turn out in music industry. Originally intended as a throwaway B-Side, the group Steam ended up with a number one hit with “Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Good-Bye” in 1969. […]
Seventeen was the first magazine with a focus on teen readers. Part of the Hearst family of publications, the magazine for teenaged girls had its debut in 1944. The introductory letter from Editor, Helen Valentine […]
Born Regis Francis Xavier Philbin August 25, 1931 New York City, New York, U.S. Died July 24, 2020 (aged 88) Greenwich, Connecticut, U.S. Burial place Cedar Grove Cemetery, Notre Dame, Indiana[1] Alma mater University of […]
From 1956 to 1970, dinner time was also time for the (Texaco) Huntley-Brinkley report on NBC. On October 29, 1956, the duo of Chet Huntley and David Brinkley were introduced to America on NBC with […]
Toilet paper and facial tissue weren’t always just white. Back in the 50s, 60s and 70s, toilet paper came in designer colors to match the vivid colors of bathrooms and fixtures of the era. So, […]
It was the winter of 1954-1955. The cold war was raging. Sputnik was a couple years in the future. Invaders from outer space were in our conversations and kids of all ages were outside racing […]
Blind Faith was an English supergroup featuring Steve Winwood, Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, and Ric Grech, active in mostly 1969. They were eagerly anticipated by the music press as a continuation of Clapton and Baker’s former group Cream and Winwood’s former group Traffic, […]
Remember seeing people riding a contraption that enables them to jump off the ground while standing? They do so with a clever modern toy invented in Germany by Max Pohlig and Ernst Gottschall (from which […]