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1930s Brown Derby was a hot spot for Hollywood's elite in 1930s

Brown Derby was a hot spot for Hollywood’s elite

Waitress served at the Brown Derby restaurant during Hollywood’s golden age, seeing the likes of Bing Crosby, Cary Grant and Ed Sullivan....

1950s with Lucy in 1950s

Publicity consultant gave Elvis a bad review—at first!

In the 1950s, Jack Fones researched upcoming acts and decided a young Elvis Presley was too pretty to be a country singer. But the King was a hit on show night....

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....

1940s Girl sailed into danger on 1940s iceboating venture

Girl sailed into danger on 1940s iceboating venture

Their forbidden ice voyage on Wisconsin’s Lake Winnebago landed her under the ice on a sunny winter day in 1947....

1940s Monica Lewis and Vic Damone in LA, 1950

Monica Lewis was ‘America’s Singing Sweetheart’

A Golden Age songbird shares her success story, from her early days as a jazz artist in the 1940s to her moment as a big-screen star in the 1950s....

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Time Capsule Trivia – Movie Star Crooners

Match these the names of these 1940s, 1950s and 1960s singing stars with their big-screen success....

1950s Housewives' kitchen band really cooked on TV in 1950s

Housewives’ kitchen band really cooked on TV

These ladies rattled their pots and pans on Ted Mack’s Original Amateur Hour in the 1950s!...

1940s Grand Ole Opry stars, 1940s

Steel guitarist played with the stars at Grand Ole Opry

In the 1940s, young guitarist Billy Robinson backed up big-name stars like Hank Williams at Nashville’s Grande Ole Opry....

1940s 1940s Military USO

1940s USO Stripes and Stars

Military servicemen and women share their USO celebrity encounters during the 1940s and World War 2. ...

1940s Gene Autry

He rode Gene Autry’s horse in the 1940s

In the 1940s, one little boy met his hero, Gene Autry, at his mom’s record department in Shreveport, Louisiana....

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