Archive for the '50s' Category

Vintage Knits: 1950s Dress and Bolero

• September 16, 2009 • 5 Comments

Posted in 50s, Ephemera, Knitting


Jacques Brel & Mr. Bunk: Ne Me Quitte Pas

• August 11, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in 50s, Fun, Music, Puppets, Video


Vintage Knits: 50s Simple Lace Dress

• July 29, 2009 • 1 Comment

Posted in 50s, Ephemera, Knitting


Animation: Giant Steps

• June 11, 2009 • 2 Comments

Posted in 50s, 60s, Animation, Fun, Music, Video


The Fleetwoods: Come Softly

• May 14, 2009 • 3 Comments

Posted in 50s, 60s, Music, Video, Washington State


Ella Fitzgerald: Lullaby of Birdland

• May 11, 2009 • 1 Comment

Posted in 50s, Music, Video
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Buddy Holly and the Crickets: That’ll Be the Day

• February 4, 2009 • 1 Comment

Posted in 50s, Music, Video


Ricardo Montalban Gives a Dance Lesson

• January 15, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in 50s, Dance, Film, Music, Musicals, Video


Christmas Treats from 1953

• December 16, 2008 • Leave a Comment

Posted in 50s, Ephemera, Illustration


Kitty Wells: It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels

• December 15, 2008 • 2 Comments

Posted in 50s, Country music, Music, Women's Lib


Satellite Scout, a Heinlein Serial from Boys’ Life, August 1950

• October 27, 2008 • Leave a Comment

Posted in 50s, Children's Books, Ephemera, Fun, History, Illustration, Magazines


Vintage Knits: 1950s Leotards, Pullovers, and Kneesocks

• October 15, 2008 • Leave a Comment

Posted in 50s, Ephemera, Knitting


When I Tell You About the Emperor, by Paavo Haavikko

• October 13, 2008 • 2 Comments

Posted in 50s, Finnish, Literature, Poetry, Politics, Translations


Three Dog Night: Black and White

• September 30, 2008 • Leave a Comment

Posted in 50s, 70s, Fun, History, Music, Politics, Video
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I Knew a Woman, by Theodore Roethke

• August 29, 2008 • 1 Comment

Posted in 50s, Audio, Literature, Poetry, Seattle, Washington State


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