We have a special twofer in this edition of Beautiful Billboards. This great slide from 1965 features ads for Mountain Dew and baseball’s St. Louis Cardinals on KMOX-AM, which would seemingly
WASHINGTON, FEB. 8 (1963) — A MOMENT IN A WORKING DAY — This is a candid glimpse of President John Kennedy seated today at his White House desk. The photo was made just before he
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It may be hard to believe now, but The Jetsons began its life as a prime time show. It originally aired on ABC during the 1962-63 TV season. Perhaps more notably, it debuted as the first program
Today’s TV viewing takes us back to the frontier. Or at least the frontier as imagined on NBC in the 1960s. Courtesy the Sioux City Journal from February 3, 1966 is this ad for Daniel Boone,
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SAN FRANCISCO AT NIGHT The fabulous city of San Francisco, as seen from Twin Peaks, is a never-to-be-forgotten sight. The city with its myriad lights and skyscrapers has a perfect background in the