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the fifties This clown sure likes Sugar Rice Krinkles in this 1956 TV spot Popkin
the fifties This 1952 Mr. Potato Head spot was the first TV commercial targeted at kids Mark Frauenfelder
TV shows Watch: 32 opening themes from forgotten 1950s TV shows Mark Frauenfelder
vampira The origin story of Vampira Boing Boing
1950s Fun book about toys of the '50s, '60s and '70s Bob Knetzger
Soap Box Derby How to win the Soap Box Derby – a high schooler's essay from 1957 Mark Frauenfelder
1950s In 1958 Egyptian audience laughs over proposal for women to wear head scarfs Mark Frauenfelder
1950s Watch: DeSotos in space! David Pescovitz
60s The IBM 1620, an affordable "scientific computer" from 1959. Xeni Jardin
lawns The revenge of the lawn Mark Dery
telephones Telephone management skills, 1957 edition: Stephen Potter Xeni Jardin

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