Category: 1950’s

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

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

In 1957, spaghetti was not a common food in Britain. It was mainly available in cans pre-made, so at the…

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…

Jerry Lee Lewis was one of early rock-and-roll’s pioneers and leading performers. In December 1957, when he was 22 years…

Gunsmoke, the TV show was based on a Radio show by the same name. Gunsmoke ran from 1955 to 1975,…

This holiday-themed tag appeared at the end of the I Love Lucy episode that aired on December 24, 1951. It…

This is sort of a history of cereals we enjoyed as kids. Cereal actually started as a granola style concoction…

Aladdin Industries was founded in 1908 as a kerosene lamp and stove company as Mantle Lamp Company (now you know…