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Shoe-fitting fluoroscopes Shoe-fitting fluoroscopes

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Vibrating weight-loss machines Vibrating weight-loss machines

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Afro hairstyle Afro hairstyle

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Astronauts Hair Pomade Astronauts Hair Pomade
Baby Doll pajamas Baby Doll pajamas

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Bathing caps Bathing caps

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Beatle Boots Beatle Boots

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Beatle Wigs Beatle Wigs

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Beatniks Beatniks

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Beehive hairdos Beehive hairdos

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Bell bottom jeans Bell bottom jeans

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Bermuda shorts Bermuda shorts

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Blue suede shoes Blue suede shoes

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Bouffants Bouffants

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Bowie knives Bowie knives

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Buster Brown shoes Buster Brown shoes

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Butch Wax Butch Wax

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Carnaby Street (London) fashions Carnaby Street (London) fashions

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Cat eyeglasses Cat eyeglasses

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Children's names Children's names

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Cigarette holders Cigarette holders

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Collecting bottle caps Collecting bottle caps
Collecting cigar bands Collecting cigar bands
Coonskin caps Coonskin caps

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Crinolines Crinolines

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Cruising Cruising

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Dippity-do styling gel Dippity-do styling gel

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Ducktail or Duck's Ass (D.A.) Ducktail or Duck's Ass (D.A.)

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Earth shoes Earth shoes

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Flat-top haircuts Flat-top haircuts
Flips Flips

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Fur coats Fur coats

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Girdles / corsets Girdles / corsets

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Go-go girls Go-go girls

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Greasers Greasers

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Hair rollers Hair rollers

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The Hare Krishna movement The Hare Krishna movement

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Hippies and flower children Hippies and flower children

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Hot Pants Hot Pants

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Hula hoops Hula hoops

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Hush Puppies casual shoes Hush Puppies casual shoes

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The Jackie Look The Jackie Look
Keds sneakers Keds sneakers

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Lava lamps Lava lamps

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Leisure suits Leisure suits

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Limbo Limbo

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Macramé Macramé
Men wore hats all the time Men wore hats all the time

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Merry Widow corsets Merry Widow corsets

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Metal taps Metal taps

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The Mod Look The Mod Look

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The Monokini swimsuit The Monokini swimsuit

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Movado Museum watch Movado Museum watch
Necklines of the 1950s Necklines of the 1950s

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Nehru jackets Nehru jackets

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New words New words

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The NO Bra The NO Bra

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Nurses wore hats and uniforms Nurses wore hats and uniforms

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Nylon stockings Nylon stockings

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Only women wore earrings Only women wore earrings
Pedal pushers Pedal pushers

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Penny loafers Penny loafers

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PF Flyers PF Flyers

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Pillbox hats Pillbox hats
Poll Parrot shoes Poll Parrot shoes

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Polynesian Polynesian "tiki" supper clubs
Pompadours Pompadours
Poodle cuts Poodle cuts

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Poodle skirts, bobby sox Poodle skirts, bobby sox

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Popular men's hairstyles of the '50s Popular men's hairstyles of the '50s
Prison stripes Prison stripes
Red Ball Jets sneakers Red Ball Jets sneakers

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Red Goose shoes Red Goose shoes
Saddle shoes Saddle shoes

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Sharkskin suits Sharkskin suits
Slang Slang

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Snow Pants Snow Pants

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Speidel Twist-O-Flex watch bands Speidel Twist-O-Flex watch bands

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Telephone-booth cramming Telephone-booth cramming
Tennis whites Tennis whites

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Tie-dye t-shirts Tie-dye t-shirts

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Tonsillectomies were commonplace Tonsillectomies were commonplace

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The Tulip Chair The Tulip Chair

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Twiggy Twiggy

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White bucks White bucks

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Women in slacks? Scandalous! Women in slacks? Scandalous!

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Wonder Bread Wonder Bread

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Yellow rubber raincoats Yellow rubber raincoats

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There are 4 general comments for this gallery.

Posted by CJ at 9:52 am (PST) on Wed March 9, 2016   
Duff, I hate to be the bearer of bad news...you are running your web site all wrong! Don't you know that actually reading & responding to quieries from members is un-heard of these days? lol
Thank you for the rapid response & a VERY enjoyable web site!!!!
Posted by Duff at 7:31 am (PST) on Wed March 9, 2016   
CJ, the exclamation marks are my way of flagging "featured" items -- things I find particularly odd or funny.  They also appear at the top of their gallery rather than in alphabetic order.  I haven't flagged any new items that way in a long time.  Thanks for asking.
Posted by CJ at 9:45 pm (PST) on Tue March 8, 2016   
Just curious as to the meaning of the "2 white exclamation marks inside a red bed box" as seen on the first two items in this catagory? I have also noticed them on other items throughout the site.
Posted by schessler at 11:04 pm (PDT) on Wed June 24, 2015   

I enjoy browsing the "Baby Boomer Museum" even though I am not a baby boomer.  I wonder what an equivalent site will be composed of in 50 years.  Will the idea of going to a theater to see a movie be funny, how about driving a car and then buying fuel, living in a private house, progress has not stopped and things we enjoy now will seem antique to young people at that time.



 

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