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Here’s a Love Story: We Got Married 9 Days After We Met
Lee and Judy at their impromptu wedding party, 51 years ago. In 1964, I was working in New York City as the rental agent for a luxury apartment house in the Gramercy Park area. One afternoon, a young...
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Can You Name That Vintage Car? Hint: It’s an All-Star Automobile
The model name of Jim Thompson’s car is a stylized version of a term for a vast assembly of stars. When I turned 20, I bought my first new car. I ordered it from a dealer in McHenry, Illinois, using...
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Vintage Family Photos of Disneyland Vacations
In 1964, my sister, Elizabeth (right), and I met Goofy in Disneyland. Our mom had made us matching outfits so she could easily spot us in the crowd. –Carolyn Berry, MacArthur, Dallas, GA I grew up in...
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5 Touching Stories That Prove You Never Forget What Dad Taught You
Our fathers: Was yours fun loving or firm, silly or stern? Did he pull your leg, make you laugh, or give you treats…a work ethic…a dream? The wonderful stories and moving memories here show that no...
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What Were Beauty Shops Like in the ’50s and ’60s?
The author (right) got this perm in 1960 – just in time for school – from her aunt Ruth (left), the home-perm expert. Home permanents were curls in a box—the answer to all straight-hair problems. But...
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A Love Story to Make Your Heart Melt: I Found My Romeo in a Photo!
Carl was 17 and Pamela had just turned 16 when they met. In 2014, the couple celebrated 50 years of marriage! In March of 1962 in California, I took a picture of myself in a four-for-a-quarter photo...
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Can You Believe This Man Has Owned 50 Cars in His Lifetime?
Check out Don Bell in front of his snazzy 1963 Chrysler 300 convertible (above) and his 1968 Plymouth Road Runner (right)! Well before I reached my teen years, I had a love affair—with cars! I loved to...
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These Stories’ll Remind You What Makes Our National Parks So Incredible
Reader Patricia S. Waring says, “As the years passed and the children grew, campers changed size and shape, but the national parks stayed the same. That’s what makes them special and unique.” (Photo:...
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Celebrating 50 Years of ‘The Sound of Music’
The list of young actors who auditioned to play one of the Von Trapp children included Kurt Russel, Richard Dreyfuss, Liza Minnelli, Patty Duke, Sharon Tate, the four eldest Osmonds, and Mia Farrow,...
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5 Special Family Memories That Celebrate the Magic of Disneyland
Did you make a trip to Disneyland back in the day? (Photo: Loomis Dean/The Life Picture Collection/Getty Images) On Sunday, July 17, 1955, the “Happiest Place on Earth” opened. To mark the 60th...
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Time Capsule Trivia — White Christmas
Fans of the endearing film classic White Christmas can recite their favorite movie lines, act out favorite scenes and take the role of favorite characters. Think you know White Christmas? Take this...
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Your Heartwarming Memories of True Christmas Kindness
MY PARENTS, at the height of the Depression, were forced to go on home relief, which is known as welfare today. It was 1935, when I was 10 years old, and we lived on the first floor of a walk-up...
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas Trivia
The Grinch may have come to despise all things of the Christmas season. He hates the boxes and baubles; never mind quite the reason. But you look like a knowledgeable sort who knows a thing or two....
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10 Vintage Toys You’ll Want to Play With
Harold M. Lambert/Getty Images FLEXIBLE FLYER SLED Our early sleds were home-crafted by Dad out of wood. One year, Santa Claus brought a wonderful gift: a Flexible Flyer three-man sled! Oh, what joy!...
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