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December 7, 1941- Pearl Harbor
From the Archives: December 7, 1941 Just as 9/11 is a marker for this current generation, and November 22 was for mine, Sunday December 7, 1941 was a where-were-you-when-kind of day that was seared...
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Time For the Trump Circus to Leave Town
What clown has hijacked the GOP? The summer of Trump has now moved into the winter of our discontent. What was to have been a mere summer freak side-show has become the big top spectacle. Other...
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Christmas Rapping
Christmas Caroling at Home. Vintage Illustration 1947 On overload from some of the schmaltzy Christmas songs that seem to permeate every shopping venue, I thought I might switch it up and deck the...
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The Telephone and the Housewife
It’s a very mobile Christmas. Imagine the old days of being tied to a desktop computer to do shopping. It’s so 2006. As we swipe our ways through the holidays on our smart phones, it’s hard to...
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Partying on New Years Eve
Retro New Years Eve partying advice for teens. January 1949 Good Housekeeping Wishing all a gay and lighthearted new year!
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Carol’s World of Conformity and Concealment
A touch of Mink In the chilly postwar climate of conformity and concealment captured to perfection in the movie Carol, same-sex desires constricted by conflict often went unexpressed. If compliance to...
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Lessons Learned From Goofus and Gallant
Highlights Magazine’s Gallant was always the epitome of good behavior, following all the rules. Rude and disrespectful, Goofus did not. Who would you want for president? Everything I learned about...
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History Lessons: Attention Must be Paid
We need to take a hard look at history. A Vanity Fair cover from July 1933 showing a despondent Uncle Sam seated on the Western hemisphere with storm clouds above can serve as a somber harbinger for...
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Vacation Greetings- Have a Coke and a Smile
Vintage Coca Cola Ad 1958 To My Readers: “Having a Wonderful Time…Wish You Were Here! See you in September!”
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American Nativism- Nothing New
Nativism is at the core of Trumps campaign and is one of the keys to his appeal, proving Trump really is a “Know Nothing” a direct descendant from the 19th century political party who trafficked on...
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Beer and the Happy Homemaker
Why was the Happy Homemaker so happy? Beer of Course! Vintage Budweiser ad Ever wonder what made the mid-century Happy Housewife so happy? It turns out hubby wasn’t the only one knocking back a few...
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This Election Day Don’t Be a Sucker
“There’s a sucker born every minute!” Great American Showmen PT Barnum and Donald trump In June 2015 when the orange-hued Carnival Barker tossed his hat into the circus ring, it seemed like a joke....
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Happy New Year 2017
Vintage New Years Eve reveler 1949 Few would disagree that 2016 turned out to be an “Annus Horribilis” so let’s end it with a bit of lighthearted froth! Here’s hoping our world can figure out how we...
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Mothers and Daughters – A Different Kind of Love Story – Carrie Fisher and...
Of all the roles women are required to fill in this society, daughterhood is universal. Is there a daughter who didn’t devolve into tears after having watched Bright Lights, Fisher Steven’s brilliant...
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Dementia, The Donald, and My Dad
“But I don’t want to go among Mad People, Alice remarked.” Lewis Carroll Alice in Wonderland For the past few months it has felt as though I had joined Alice falling through the rabbit hole. Ever since...
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A Model June Bride and Jon Whitcomb
Like most mid-century girls, Bitsy Bendix longed to be a bride, convinced that the basic occupation of virtually every girl was choosing a man to marry. But for bachelorette Bitsy the next best thing...
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Hot Dog Competition
A summer staple at my 1960’s family barbecues was the ritual hot dog competition not in competitive eating but dissecting who made the best toothsome well turned frank. The mouth-watering aroma of...
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Americas Trains Derailed – LIRR, Dashing Dan and the The Summer From Hell
Americas train systems are off the rails. New York train commuters were told to be braced for the “Summer from Hell.” It was to be a summer of heat, humidity and horrible train service. After years of...
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History – Attention Must Be Paid: Listening to Charlottesville
“History won’t forget that when the streets of Charlottesville echoed with evil, Donald Trump responded with silence.” Tom Perez. L) Image via Andy Campbell Twitter R) Nazi Germany There’s no way to...
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Living History-Civil War Centennial and the Civil Rights Movement
You don’t have to tour a battlefield to understand the Civil War. Look at today’s headlines. We’re still fighting the same issues that fueled the Civil War. The author and her brother at Gettysburg...
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