![Bell Labs educational films](images/bell_labs_films.jpg)
Workplace and School
![Hot rod](images/hot_rod.jpg)
Classic Cars
![Fuse box](images/fuse2.jpg)
Science & Technology
![Western Union telegram](images/telegram.jpg)
Science & Technology
![Patti Page](images/patti_page.jpg)
Music
![Fallout shelter](images/bomb_shelter1.jpg)
Bygone Icons
![Shoe-fitting X-ray](images/foot_x-ray.jpg)
Fashion and Fads
![Roy Orbison](images/roy_orbison.jpg)
Music
![My-T-Fine pudding](images/my-t-fine.jpg)
Food, Candy, Drinks
!['The Miracle Worker'](images/miracle_worker.jpg)
Movies of the 60s
![Roll film](images/roll_film2.jpg)
Photography
![Manual cash register](images/cash_register.jpg)
Science & Technology
![Frozen TV dinners](images/tv_dinner.jpg)
Life before...
![Switchboard operators](images/switchboard2.jpg)
Science & Technology
![Wonder Bread](images/wonder_bread.jpg)
Food, Candy, Drinks
![Candy cigarettes](images/candy_cigs.jpg)
Food, Candy, Drinks
![Good Humor ice cream](images/good_humor.jpg)
Food, Candy, Drinks
![Student desk with inkwell](images/school_desk2.jpg)
Workplace and School
![TV/radio/phono combo](images/console_tv_3.jpg)
Home Entertainment
![Sorry, Charlie](images/charlie_tuna.jpg)
TV/Radio Commercials
![Tableside jukebox](images/diner_juke.jpg)
Life
![Arlo Guthrie](images/alices_restaurant.jpg)
Music
!['Plan 9 from Outer Space'](images/plan_9.jpg)
Movies of the 50s
![Nok Hockey](images/nok_hockey.jpg)
Toys and Games
![Checker cab](images/checker_cab.jpg)
Bygone Icons
![Mainframe computer](images/univac_1108.jpg)
Science & Technology
!['Alfred Hitchcock Presents'](images/hitchcock.jpg)
TV/Radio
![Erector Set](images/erector_set.jpg)
Toys and Games
![Drafting table](images/drafting_table.jpg)
Workplace and School
![Soda jerks](images/soda_jerk.jpg)
Life
![Disneyland flying saucers](images/flying_saucers1.jpg)
Sports & Rec
![Life magazine](images/life_mag.jpg)
Print Media & Ads
![Whole Earth Catalog](images/whole_earth.jpg)
Print Media & Ads
![1953 Studebaker Commander](images/1953_studebaker_commander.jpg)
Classic Cars
![Tail fins](images/tail_fins1.jpg)
Classic Cars
![Leonard Bernstein](images/leonard_bernstein.jpg)
Music
![Daddy Saddle](images/daddy_saddle.jpg)
Toys and Games
!['Dick and Jane' reader](images/dick+jane.jpg)
Workplace and School
![Polaroid instant camera](images/polaroid.jpg)
Photography
![NY Herald Tribune](images/ny_herald_tribune.jpg)
Print Media & Ads
![Li'l Abner](images/lil_abner.jpg)
Comics and Cartoons
![Shinola shoe polish](images/shinola.jpg)
Household items
!['Old Yeller'](images/old_yeller.jpg)
Movies of the 50s
![Vibrating weight loss](images/weight_loss.jpg)
Fashion and Fads
!['American Bandstand'](images/am_bandstand.jpg)
TV/Radio
![Bell Telephone](images/bell_system.jpg)
Companies and Agencies
![ZAP Comix](images/zap_comix_2.jpg)
Comics and Cartoons
![Record changer](images/record_changer.jpg)
Home Entertainment
![Clay vs. Liston](images/cassius_clay.jpg)
Sports & Rec
![Chrome and Formica](images/formica2.jpg)
Household items
![Bouncing-ball sing-along](images/bouncing_ball.jpg)
At the Movies
![Smokey the Bear](images/smokey.jpg)
Bygone Icons
![Sputnik](images/sputnik.jpg)
Science & Technology
![Buster Brown shoes](images/buster_brown.jpg)
Fashion and Fads
![Manual typewriter](images/typewriter.jpg)
Workplace and School
![A&P markets](images/a+p.jpg)
Companies and Agencies
![F. W. Woolworth](images/woolworth.jpg)
Companies and Agencies
![Horizontal Hold](images/tv_skewed.gif)
Home Entertainment
![Manual-defrost icebox](images/fridge.jpg)
Household items
![Astonishing older ads](images/old_ad_13.jpg)
Print Media & Ads
![Lik-M-Aid](images/lik-m-aid.jpg)
Food, Candy, Drinks
!['Captain Kangaroo'](images/captain_kangaroo.jpg)
TV/Radio
![Mighty Mouse](images/mighty_mouse.jpg)
Comics and Cartoons
!['Fahrenheit 451' by Ray Bradbury](images/fahrenheit_451.jpg)
Art and Literature
![Bosco chocolate syrup](images/bosco.jpg)
Food, Candy, Drinks
![Brylcreem hair tonic](images/brylcreem.jpg)
Household items
![Che Guevara and Fidel Castro](images/cuban_rev.jpg)
Issues & Events
![Mad Libs](images/mad_libs.jpg)
Toys and Games
!['Bedtime for Bonzo'](images/bonzo.jpg)
Movies of the 50s
!['Birdman of Alcatraz'](images/birdman.jpg)
Movies of the 60s
![Poodle skirt](images/poodle_skirt.jpg)
Fashion and Fads
![Hudson Hornet](images/hudson.jpg)
Classic Cars
![Woody Woodpecker](images/woody_woodpecker.jpg)
Comics and Cartoons
![Hawaiian Punch](images/hawaiian_punch.jpg)
TV/Radio Commercials
![Marilyn Monroe](images/marilyn_monroe.jpg)
Actors & Entertainers
![Kodak Brownie cameras](images/brownie_camera2.jpg)
Photography
![Bill Ding balancing clowns](images/bill_ding.jpg)
Toys and Games
![Ipana toothpaste](images/ipana.jpg)
TV/Radio Commercials
!['Marilyn Diptych' by Andy Warhol](images/warhol.jpg)
Art and Literature
![Chubby Checker](images/chubby_checker.jpg)
Music
![Movie usher](images/movie_usher.jpg)
At the Movies
![Whitewall tires](images/whitewall_tire.jpg)
Classic Cars
![Schwinn Stingray](images/schwinn_stingray.jpg)
Sports & Rec
![Venus Paradise color-by-number](images/venus_paradise.jpg)
Toys and Games
!['The Music Man'](images/music_man.jpg)
An Evening at the Theater
![Steam locomotive](images/steam_locomotive.jpg)
Transportation
![Vacuum tube tester](images/tube_tester.gif)
Science & Technology
![Satellite Jumping Shoes](images/satellite_jumping_shoes.jpg)
Toys and Games
![The Three Stooges](images/3_stooges.jpg)
Humor
![Lionel trains](images/lionel_1957.jpg)
Toys and Games
![Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval](images/g_h_seal.jpg)
Household items
![Fur coat](images/fur_coat.jpg)
Fashion and Fads
![Rocky and Bullwinkle](images/rocky.jpg)
Comics and Cartoons
![Bulova Accutron](images/accutron.jpg)
Household items
!['Car 54, Where Are You?'](images/car_54_2.jpg)
TV/Radio
![Pan American](images/pan_am.jpg)
Companies and Agencies
![Fuzzy toilet covers](images/toilet_cover.jpg)
Household items
![Fender Stratocaster](images/fender_strat.jpg)
Music
![TV test pattern](images/tv_test_pattern.jpg)
Bygone Icons
![Car hop](images/car_hop.jpg)
Life
![Allan Sherman](images/allan_sherman.jpg)
Humor
!['Psycho'](images/psycho.jpg)
Movies of the 60s
![Cheech & Chong](images/cheech+chong.jpg)
Humor
Hi! Are you a Baby Boomer? Or did you absorb so much from your parents (or grandparents!) that you feel like one? Okay, then you should recognize these classics from the '50s & '60s. If any of them evoke memorable moments in your life, please log in and post a comment!
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On This Day in Boomer History: July 26
- 1950: Dodgers' Jim Russell is 1st to switch-hit home runs twice in a game
- 1956: Dorothy Hamill (figure skater) is born
- 1958: Army launches 4th U.S. successful satellite, Explorer IV
- 1964: Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa convicted of fraud and conspiracy
- 1967: Twins beat Yanks 3-2 in 18
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