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1. Jayne Mansfield: Sex Symbol Jayne Mansfield, was a sex symbol. She pushed the limits. Often overshadowed by Marilyn Monroe, Jayne broke boundaries. Though her life was cut short, Jayne Mansfield lived life more then most. She suffered tragedy, and conquered the hearts of millio...
2. 1960's Protest Music This lens honors the music of the protest movement of the 1960's, a violent time in American History. The Kent State Protests were the ending of an era and decade of assassinations, war and unrest. The music lives on in our psyche and gives substan...
3. Sixties Art - Op Art, Pop Art, Psychedelic Graphics If you experienced music in the rain, bell bottoms, neon colors, dizzying patterns, genuine tie dye and hair, lots of hair - you're probably a member of Woodstock Nation. I survived it all, and still love my patched jean jacket, boots and macrame dec...
4. Seven Style Symbols of the Early 1960s Between the buttoned-up, "Father Knows Best" 1950s and the beard-and-bell-bottom 1970s was an incredible decade for fashion: the Sixties. It was one of the most exciting, diverse times in style history: Contrast Jackie O's neat pillbox hats circa 196...
5. Edie Sedgwick Known largely as muse to Andy Warhol, Edie Sedgwick is remembered today for being a part of the 1960’s counterculture, as well as for her her style, especially her waif-like figure, long earrings, black tights and charcoal eyeliner. She was bor...
6. Northern Soul Music Northern Soul is the term used in the United Kingdom for a type of mid-tempo and up-tempo heavy-beat soul music (of mainly African American origin) that was popularized in Northern England in the mid 1960s. The term also refers to the associated danc...
7. Malcolm X Malcolm X was a militant leader of the Nation of Islam, a Black Muslim organization, in the 1950s and early 1960s. In contrast to other black religious leaders of that time who espoused pacifism, he called for achieving equality “by any means n...
8. I Dream of Jeannie Tribute & Gifts I Dream of Jeannie--what a great show! Growing up in the '60s, I fondly remember the first time the TV series, "I Dream of Jeannie," appeared on the air. I was mesmerized by the show, and thought Barbara Eden was the most beautiful woman in the world...
9. Postively the BEST Poem Ever Written in a HS Yearbook! One of my dearest high school friends wrote a poem in my 1966 high school yearbook. I cannot say that it was written especially for me. But I like to think that it was. You see, my dad was transferred the beginning of May '66 and...
10. Vintage Beatles Albums - What Are They Worth? To this day I remember buying my first Beatles album. I was twelve that year and motivated by peer pressure to start a collection. I'd seen the Beatles on Ed Sullivan's TV show - my entire family watched both performances, enraptured. My father said...
11. 1950's & 60's Retro Stock Photography. Resort Towns & Motels. www.RetroStockPix.com A Retro, Vintage Stock Photography web site featuring 1950's & 60's photographs. All of the images are from the Aladdin Color Photography Collection of over 100,000 photographs.  Aladdin Color produces color brochures, p...
12. Guppies -- They Are Not JUST Fish! For the most part, guppies are fish.  Guppy, the Fish:  The guppy, also known as guppie is one of the most popular freshwater aquarium fish species in the world.  It is a small member of the Poecilidae family and like all other members...
13. Sixties Memories - Woodstock Nation Woodstock nation - more than half a million barely dressed, muddy and bleary-eyed young folks cavorting in the rain and mud in celebration of art, music and peace. Were you at Woodstock? Even if you missed the history-making rock festival in 1969, y...
14. Speed Racer Speed Racer is the story of  an 18 year old racing driver and his adventures on and off the track. On his helmet is printed M, which stands for "Go Mifune", his original Japanese name. Main Characters: Speed's girlfriend,...
15. Kitschy Christmas Kitsch Kitsch--something of tawdry design, appearance, or content created to appeal to popular or undiscriminating taste. Who knew, back in the 1940's and 1950's that popular trends then would be today's kitsch. So many of the popular phenomenon...
16. Take a (Fashion) Trip Back to the Sixties Take a journey back in time to the Sixties (actually the late 1960s. No psychedelic painted VW mini bus is required for this trip. The reality of the situation is this: the clothing featured below was actually available for purchase on-line at Chic...
17. Number One Songs Of 1969 Video Showcase This lens is about all the songs that hit number one on the Billboard hot 100. Other things were happening in 1969. Woodstock Music Festival The FCC bans all cigarette advertising on television and radio The Godfather by Mario Puzo Stanley Cup M...
18. Fred Gwynne Fred Gwynne, better known as Herman Munster, is one of my favorite actors. His full name was Frederick Hubbard Gwynne Jr. He was born on July 10, 1926 in New York City to Frederick and Dorothy Gwynne. Fred Gwynne was a graduate of Harvard University...
19. Arlo Guthrie - America's Favorite Folksinger Arlo Guthrie is America's favorite folksinger. Arlo grew up surrounded by music and singer-songwriters from early childhood. His lesson-learned run-in with local police in a small town at the foothills of the Berkshires in western Massachusetts i...
20. HOW TO IDENTIFY FIND and BUY Antiques and 20th Century Vintage Collectibles     Everyone collects something from the latest CDs to treasures of the past.  Read as much as you can on your collecting subject matter. Online google searches will list wonderful websites full of information, but take enorm...