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DON EMMERT/AFP via Getty ImagesThe 1970s introduced a plethora of toys that have evolved from childhood playthings to ...

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as well as sound recordings from 1924 Ellen Wexler With their arrival in America, the Beatles ushered in a new era of hyper-popular rock ’n’ roll music ...

Today, the 1950s are seen as a golden age by many, a time of postwar prosperity, television, rock and roll, and McDonald’s. But Americans also faced the Cold War and its threat of nuclear ...

The memories of poring over catalogs from Sears-Roebuck, J.C. Penney or Montgomery Ward are priceless. Some of us circled the ...

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