These games and dolls were so far out that most of them are still sold today.

In the 1950s, costume jewelry enjoyed a global boom in popularity. Jewelry designs were clean, colorful, ornate, and perfectly coordinated with an outfit. Costume jewelry flourished with the increased spending power that this decade yielded. Consequently, 1950s costume jewelry perfectly facilitated the trend for women to look well groomed. While the war years brought about

This fun lot of vintage plastic charms & toys includes pieces dating back to the 1950s-1980s It includes a total of 50 pieces. - plastic tools & utensils - game pieces - plastic animals - car wheels - plastic food and so much more! Condition: Some items show wear or flaws due to age & use.

See the city when it was a bit more wholesome.

Before the advent of AutoCAD and other drafting software, engineering drawings were made on sheets of large paper using drawing boards. Many types of equipment were required to complete a…

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Go Retro is a blog celebrating the people, places, and things from the pop culture past with a focus on the 1960s through the 1980s.

The length of the toy dart pistol is approximately 6-1/4".

Here, take a look back at some of the game pieces, cards, and several game boards for the vintage Candy Land game. Which ones do you remember most?

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I love love love this set- it's everything that was wonderful and terrible about early '70's fashion. #1987 Casual Co., with the long-leggity models and high-waistedy pants, was published by Whitman in 1972. And what does it say that we can buy every single pair of those shoes today (except maybe the white boots with the pink laces)? Click on images to enlarge, right click to save as jpgs, print from any graphics program, dolls on card stock, clothes on plain paper.

For children, playgrounds are where magic happens. And if you count yourself among Baby Boomers or Gen Xers, you probably have fond memories of high steel...

Rob Sheffield, a veteran rock and pop culture critic and staff writer for Rolling Stone magazine, wrote in his memoirs that nothing brings to life the times you lived through and the people you shared those times with like an old mixtape. Maybe to some. But I will argue that photos can do just the same.

Back in the 1970s and 80s, our parents generation were split in 3 in audio terms. Some families idea of hi-fi was a radio, or a cassette player, a Dansette record player or nothing at all. Up a le…