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1940s Tears for my “Pet Cow” Tubby

Tears for my “Pet Cow” Tubby

A white and brown cow taught her a hard lesson about life on the farm when she mistook Tubby for a pet....

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1950s Son scored his dad’s old baseball uniform

Son scored his dad’s old baseball uniform

With a little help from Mom, Dad’s factory team uniform was just the right size for a baseball-loving Chicago boy in the 1950s....

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1960s Easy-Bake Oven celebrates 50

Easy-Bake Oven celebrates 50

Changing with the times is one reason the Easy-Bake Oven is still around today. See how the popular toy has evolved over the years....

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1930s The Perfect Gift

The Perfect Gift for Mother’s Day

During the Great Depression, a 10-year-old boy buys his mother the perfect gift for Mother’s Day—or so he thought. ...

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Ginger Rogers, Fred Astaire and Me

Who needs Fred Astaire when she had her own tap dancing shoes? A little girl buys a special pair of tap shoes just like her idol, Ginger Rogers. ...

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1940s Crocheted bonnet completed her Easter outfit

Crocheted bonnet completed her Easter outfit

In the 1940s, a white Dutch hat was the perfect topper to this girl’s holiday ensemble—until the pins came loose!...

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1940s Norma Howell

Valentine’s Day card suckered her in during the 1940s

A girl’s elementary school crush became her Valentine in the 1940s, leading to a lifelong relationship and marriage in the 1960s....

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1950s igloo

Snow day! When schools closed, the fun piled high

Rolling snow drifts beckoned kids to play outside during every decade. Readers recall their most memorable snow days from the 1930s through the ’60s....

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1960s Boy loved ice skating on Lake Harriet in 1960s

Boy loved ice skating on Lake Harriet in 1960s

Son’s unusual skating habit resulted in many bleeding-tongue accidents when he’d fall on the ice near Minneapolis home....

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1940s Snoopy sisters learned lesson at Christmastime | 1940s | Holidays

Snoopy sisters learned lesson at Christmastime

In the 1940s, these girls took the holiday warning of “you’d better watch out, you’d better not cry” a bit too literally....

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