Category: 1940’s

Here is the voting machine I remember most. In my school, they were kept by the custodian’s office and we…

Right after the invasion of Pearl Harbor, the newspapers often had headlines like this such as in San Francisco and…

Some interesting interviews of the 20th century are now streaming on various online services. Johnny Carson, Dick Cavett, and Merv…

The Boy With The Green Hair was a fantasy-drama film release in 1948. Today it might be considered a reality…

Carl Dean Switzer also know as Alfalfa in the series Our Gang was one of the earlier actors who were…

What was your favorite item or special at Howard Johnson’s? Who didn’t love their clams? My all time favorite was…

I just posted about dish night at the movie theaters back in the 30’s and 40’s posting pictures of what…

Back in the depression era, money was extremely tight. Movie theaters lowered prices to as low as a dime, but…

Richard F. Outcault create the Buster Brown comic strip in 1902 which first appeared in the New York Herald. Buster…

In a new feature on the Retro Site we will explore the lives of the comedians of our most popular…