The 1950s were a defining decade for American culture. As the nation bounced back from the devastation of World War II, a vibrant new era emerged. Iconic cars, pin-up girls, and bustling cities ...

When he was just a 10-year-old Birmingham kid, Jim Auker got a coveted Atomic Bomb Ring for the bargain price of 15 cents and a cereal box top. He eventually lost his toy promoted on the Lone Ranger ...

With the holidays approaching, what better time to share some of my favorite Christmas memories from my childhood in the early 1950s? My sister and I (although living 3,000 miles apart for all of our ...

User-Created Clip by mcgorry January 16, 2023 2023-01-15T20:11:27-05:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/e9d/1673910077.jpgEmmett Till's cousin Reverend Wheeler Parker ...

The 1950 U.S. Census has officially been released after 72 years of waiting. What you learn about America back then might surprise you, according to columnist Tracy Briggs. What was life really like ...

Life changed a lot during the 1950s, but the year that started the decade was just scratching the surface of what the rest of the 1950s had in store. From soldiers leaving for the Korean War to ...

Tom Sodergren's first book, "Blissfully Unremarkable: A Taste of the Mid-Century Heartland, from Hot Dish to Cold Oleo" shares firsthand insight to his childhood. The book centers around growing up in ...

Part of the enjoyment of life in the villages was meeting the many travelers who visited the village. There were scientists, early oil explorers, weather people, airplane personnel, sourdoughs, ...

Drafted for Korea in 1950, where a red haired classmate was MIA, but 40 of us were luckily sent by train from San Diego to Bremerton, Wa. to board a ship taken out of moth balls from WW2 for 6 mo.

Forget iPhones and the existence of the Dallas Cowboys. A recent survey released by the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) found that only 29 percent of Republicans say that American culture ...

I prefer shooting street-parked cars during a blizzard. With old-timey British film loaded into a 1950s Chicago camera, I decided to shoot the old-timey British truck in the evening darkness of the ...