1960s

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Beautiful Billboards #4: Mountain Dew and the St. Louis Cardinals, 1965

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

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Wire Service #3: A Moment in a Working Day (John F. Kennedy)

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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Single Cel Organism #3: The Jetsons

Chris Holmes
posted on April 22, 2022
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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

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Don’t Touch That Dial #5: Daniel Boone, 1966

Chris Holmes
posted on February 3, 2022January 5, 2023
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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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Kodachrome Memories #8: 1960s Chinatown, New York

Chris Holmes
posted on January 7, 2022
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Here's a small slice of life from New York's Chinatown, circa late

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Postcards from the Past #4: San Francisco at Night

Chris Holmes
posted on August 2, 2021August 2, 2021
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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

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