|
$10,000 was a high annual salary |
Katzenjammer Kids |
|
$50-$100 could buy a car that actually ran |
Keds |
|
007 (James Bond) |
Kemo Sabe (transl.
"Faithful Friend") |
|
100-lb wild King Salmon |
Keypunch cards |
|
10-cent coffee (and a free refill) |
KGB |
|
1984 (George Orwell) |
Kickapoo Joy Juice |
|
19-cent hamburgers |
Kickball |
|
1-cent candy (penny candy) |
Kiddie Troupers |
|
1-speed bikes |
King Arthur |
|
25-cent Saturday morning movies |
King Kong (the
original) |
|
25-cents was a good allowance |
KING, KIRO, KOMO,
et al |
|
25th Street Market |
Kirby vacuums |
|
2-bits, 4-bits, 6-bits, a dollar |
Kiss of fire |
|
3D movies |
Kit Carson |
|
3-speed bikes |
Kites and kite
flying |
|
45-rpm records |
KJR, KQTY, KRKO, et
al |
|
4-H Club |
Kmart came to town |
|
5 and 10-cent bottles of soda |
Knights of the
Round Table |
|
5-cent candy bars |
Kodachrome |
|
6-oz. bottles of soda |
Kodak Brownie |
|
77 Sunset Strip |
Kookla, Fran &
Ollie |
|
88-cent Store |
Korean War |
|
8-track tapes |
Krazy Kat |
|
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess) |
Kremlin |
|
A&P grocery stores |
Kurt Vonnegut |
|
A&W Root Beer |
La Cosa Nostra, the
Mafia, the Mob |
|
Abbott & Costello |
Lady Bird Johnson |
|
Addams Family, The |
Lady Chatterley's
Lover (D.H. Lawrence) |
|
Adding machines (mechanical kind) |
Lagoon, The |
|
Admiral TVs and Spectravision |
Lake Stevens |
|
Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet |
Lassie |
|
Afro hairdos |
Last of the
Mohicans |
|
Agent Orange |
Laurel and Hardy |
|
Agricultural surpluses |
Lawman, The |
|
Air mail |
Lawn mowing jobs |
|
Air raid drills |
Legal fireworks
(unsafe and insane) |
|
Alaska becomes 49th state |
Legion Park |
|
Albert Einstein |
LePage's Mucilage |
|
Alfalfa |
Letter jackets |
|
Alfred E. Neuman (for President) |
Letter sweaters
|
|
Alfred Hitchcock |
Liberty half
dollars |
|
Alien abductions |
Life Magazine |
|
Allowance |
Lil' Abner (and
Daisy Mae) |
|
AM radio ruled the airwaves |
Lincoln Logs |
|
America - the world's bread basket |
Lincoln's Birthday |
|
American Bandstand |
Little League |
|
American Dream |
Little Lulu |
|
American Flyer Electric Train Set |
Little Orphan Annie |
|
Amos & Andy |
Lone Ranger and
Tonto |
|
Amphibious cars |
Lonesome Polecat &
Hairless Joe |
|
Andy Warhol |
Long John Silver |
|
Andy's Gang |
Looney Tunes |
|
Anglia cars |
Lord of the Flies
(William Golding) |
|
Animal Farm (George Orwell) |
Love-in |
|
Annette |
LP records |
|
Annie Oakley |
Lucia's pool hall |
|
Ant Farm |
Lucky Lager |
|
Apartheid |
Lucky rabbit's foot
(unlucky rabbit) |
|
Apple Blossom Festival |
Lucky Strike |
|
Apple box scooters |
Lucy Baines Johnson |
|
Apple Cup |
Lumber mills |
|
Applets and Cotlets |
Lunch boxes |
|
Aquaman |
Lunch hour movies |
|
Armistice Day |
Lunch money |
|
Asbestos (it was everywhere) |
Lundeen's |
|
Asian flu |
Lynda Bird Johnson |
|
Astronauts and Cosmonauts |
Lyndon B. Johnson |
|
Atlas ICBM |
Mad Gull |
|
ATM machines weren't invented yet |
Mad Magazine |
|
Atomic bomb |
Made in the U.S.A. |
|
Audrey Hepburn |
Madrona Beach |
|
Austin Healy cars |
Mahatma Gandhi |
|
Avanti |
Malcomb X |
|
Avengers, The |
Malt shops |
|
Ayn Rand |
Mammy & Pappy Yokum |
|
B&M grocery stores |
Man on the moon |
|
B-52 Stratofortress |
Man, The |
|
B-58 Hustler |
Manual
transmissions (stick shift) |
|
Babe Ruth |
Marbles |
|
Baby Burlesks |
Marilyn Monroe (aka
Norma Jeane Mortenson) |
|
Baby moon hubcaps |
Marlborough Men
(all died of lung cancer) |
|
Babysitters |
Marlon Brando |
|
Babysitting jobs |
Martin Luther King |
|
Bad habits |
Marvel comic books |
|
Bagshaw Field |
Marx Brothers |
|
Ball and Rack, The |
Matchbox cars |
|
Ballpoint pens |
Maverick |
|
Balsa wood airplanes |
McCoy's Toys
(store) |
|
Banana seats |
Measles |
|
Barber shops |
Mercury dimes |
|
Barbie |
Merlin the Magician |
|
Bart Starr |
Merry Christmas
(not Happy Holidays) |
|
Baseball cards |
Metal ice cube
trays with levers |
|
Bates Floaters |
Metal Shop |
|
Batman |
Mexican jumping
beans |
|
Batmobile |
MG cars |
|
Bay of Pigs |
Mickey Mantle |
|
Bay Rum |
Mickey Mouse Club |
|
Bazooka bubble gum |
Mickey Mouse,
Minnie, Goofy, Pluto, … |
|
BB guns |
Mickey Rooney |
|
BB Puzzles |
Mickey Thompson |
|
Beach party movies |
Midget cars |
|
Bean shooters / pea shooters |
Mighty Mouse |
|
Beanie and Cecil |
Milk money |
|
Beany & Cecil |
Milkman |
|
Beat Generation |
Mill Creek didn't
exist yet |
|
Beatle haircuts |
Mimeograph machines |
|
Beatle mania |
Miniskirts |
|
Beatniks |
Minnesota Fats |
|
Beaver patch (Boy Scouts) |
Miss Peach |
|
Beaver, The (The "Beave" Cleaver) |
Mob, The |
|
Beechnut Gum |
Model A |
|
Beemans Chewing Gum |
Model airplanes and
cars |
|
Be-in |
Model T |
|
Believe It Or Not, Ripley's |
Mods and Rockers |
|
Ben Casey |
Mohair sweaters |
|
Beowulf |
Mohammed Ali
(Cassius Clay) |
|
Berlin Wall |
Mohawk haircuts |
|
Berry picking |
Monkey bars |
|
Best friends |
Monkey trees |
|
Betsy Wetsy Doll |
Monopoly game |
|
Better red than dead (or not) |
Monorail |
|
Betty Boop |
Monroe Fair
(Evergreen State Fair) |
|
Bewitched |
Montgomery Ward
(Monkey Ward) |
|
Beyond Mars |
Monty's |
|
Bias-ply tires |
Mopeds |
|
Bicycle license plates |
Mother Teresa |
|
Big Bopper, The |
Motown |
|
Big Daddy |
Mr. Ed |
|
Big Foot |
Mr. Magoo |
|
Big hair |
Mr. Potato Head |
|
Biggest favors |
Mr., Mrs., Miss,
Sir and Maam |
|
Bikini Island |
Mt. Pilchuck skiing |
|
Bikinis |
Mt. Rainier |
|
Billy the Kid |
Mumps |
|
Birds, The |
Munsters, The |
|
Black and white TV |
Music (see Favorite
Music page) |
|
Black Panthers |
Mutually Assured
Destruction (Doctrine of) |
|
Blackbeard the Pirate |
My Favorite Martian |
|
Blackjack Chewing Gum |
My Friend Flicka |
|
Blimps |
Nancy (comic strip) |
|
Blob, The |
Nancy Drew |
|
Blondie (and Dagwood) |
NASA |
|
Blue Birds |
National
Organization of Women (NOW) |
|
Blue jeans |
National Rifle
Association (NRA) |
|
Board games |
Naugahide |
|
Bob Hope |
Nehru jackets |
|
Bobby Fischer |
Nellie Bell |
|
Bobo |
Nesbitt's |
|
Boeing 707, 727, 737, 747 |
New cars cost a few
thousand dollars |
|
Bogeyman, The |
New Deal, The |
|
Bomb shelters |
New math |
|
Bomb, The |
Newsreels before
movies |
|
Bon Marche, The |
Nikita Krushchev |
|
Bonanza |
Norman Mailer |
|
Boner's Ark |
Norman Rockwell |
|
Bookmobile |
Normana Hall |
|
Boris and Natasha |
North Junior High
School |
|
Boris Karloff |
Nuclear fallout |
|
Bosco |
Nuclear testing |
|
Bottle (cap) opener |
Number 2 pencils |
|
Bouffant hairdos |
Nylon stockings
came in 2 pieces |
|
Boy's Club |
Oak trees (and
acorns) |
|
Boy's Life Magazine |
Oh De London
perfume |
|
Boy's Town (and Girl's Town) |
Old growth forests |
|
Brave New World (Aldus Huxley) |
Old Spice |
|
Brigitte Bardot |
Oldsmobiles - 1950s
and 1960s |
|
Brownies (Girl Scouts) |
Oleomargarine |
|
Brylcreem |
Olympia Beer |
|
Bubble Gum Cigars |
On the Beach |
|
Buck Rogers |
One nation under
God… |
|
Buckwheat |
One Step Beyond |
|
Buddy Holly |
Only the Shadow
knows… |
|
Buffalo Bill Cody |
Opening day |
|
Buffalo Bob |
Orange Crush |
|
Buffalo head nickels |
Ouija Board set |
|
Bugs Bunny |
Our Gang (Little
Rascals) |
|
Bullwinkle the Moose |
Ovaltine |
|
Bummer in the Summer |
P.F. Flyers and
Four Star Jeepers |
|
Burma Shave signs |
P-38 Lightning |
|
Buster Brown and Tige |
P-51 Mustang |
|
Butch Wax |
Packard |
|
Cable TV wasn't available yet |
Paine Field AB |
|
Cafeteria ladies |
Paint by numbers |
|
Camano Island |
Paper mills (jobs,
aroma, products, etc.) |
|
Camelot |
Paper routes |
|
Campfire Girls |
Parkers Ballroom |
|
Camping |
Part-time jobs |
|
Canadian money (worth more than U.S.) |
Party lines
(telephone) |
|
Candy cigarettes |
Paul Newman |
|
Canoe cologne |
Pay and Save |
|
Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer) |
Pea shooters (aka
bean shooters) |
|
Cap guns |
Peace Corps |
|
Captain America |
Peace sign |
|
Captain Marvel |
Peanut Gallery |
|
Captain Midnight |
Peanuts cartoons |
|
Captain Puget |
Pee Chee folders |
|
Car door locks and windows were manual |
Pen pals |
|
Car engines (283, 289, 327, 383, 400, 427, ...) |
Pendleton woolens |
|
Car Hops |
Penicillin |
|
Carburetors and distributors |
Penmanship |
|
Card games |
Penny loafers |
|
Carnaby Street |
Pep assemblies |
|
Carpetbaggers |
Pepe Le Pew |
|
Cars never had air conditioning |
Pepsi bottle cap
movies |
|
Cartoons before movies |
Percolators |
|
Cascade High School (CHS) |
Perpetual Help |
|
Cash and checks were used to buy things |
Perry Mason |
|
Castor Oil |
Personal "bests" |
|
Catch-22 |
Pet peeves |
|
Catcher In The Rye (J.D. Salinger) |
Pete the Pup |
|
Catching frogs, garter snakes, lizards |
Peter Sellers |
|
Catholic school uniforms |
Pets |
|
Chanel No. 5 perfume |
Pez |
|
Charles de Gaulle |
Phantom, The |
|
Charlie Brown |
Philco TVs |
|
Chemistry sets |
Phone number
prefixes (Alpine, Bayview, …) |
|
Chestnut trees (and horse chestnuts) |
Phonograph players |
|
Chet Huntley & David Brinkley |
Phonograph records |
|
Chevrolet Nomad |
Pill, The |
|
Chevrolets - 1950s and 1960s |
Pink Elephant Car
Wash |
|
Cheyenne Bodie |
Play Doh |
|
Chickenpox |
Playing doctor |
|
Chip and Dale |
Playing house |
|
Chipmunks, The |
Playing pool |
|
Christmas cards |
Playing war |
|
Christmas vacation |
Pledge of
allegiance changes (again) |
|
Chrysler Town and Country (Woody) |
Pluck your magic
twanger, Froggy! |
|
Church key (can/bottle opener) |
Plywood hydroplanes
(pulled by bikes) |
|
CIA |
Pogo sticks |
|
Cisco Kid |
Polaris and
Poseidon submarines |
|
Civil Rights movement |
Polaroid |
|
Civil War |
Polio vaccine |
|
Clarabell the Clown |
Political
Correctness (PC) - Not yet invented |
|
Clark Gable |
Polyester suits |
|
Clark Park |
Pontiacs - 1950s
and 1960s |
|
Clothes lines |
Poodle skirts |
|
Clove Chewing Gum |
Pop Warner |
|
Club houses |
Popeye the Sailor,
Olive, Bluto, Blimpy, ... |
|
Clubs |
Pop-tabs on cans
weren't invented yet |
|
Coast to Coast |
Porky the Pig |
|
Coaster brakes |
Posi-traction |
|
Cobra cars |
Prince Valiant |
|
Cold War |
Prisoner, The |
|
Color TV (your first) |
Proms |
|
Columbus Day Storm |
Proudest
achievements |
|
Commencement ceremony |
Psychedelic stuff |
|
Communism |
Punch and Judy |
|
Communist Block |
Purebred dogs? What
are those? |
|
Communists |
Push mowers
(without engines) |
|
Contact lenses were nearly unheard of |
Puyallup State Fair |
|
Continental kits |
Quarantine |
|
Converse All Stars |
Queen Elizabeth II |
|
Convertibles |
Rabbit ear TV
antennas |
|
Cool Hand Luke |
Race was about
going fast |
|
Coonskin Caps |
Radio Flyer |
|
Coors |
Rainier Beer |
|
Cooties (the game) |
Ralph Nader |
|
Cops and robbers |
Rambler (American
Motors) |
|
Corduroys |
Rat flogging |
|
Cork pop-guns |
Rat Pack |
|
Corner grocery stores |
Rawhide |
|
Corvair Monza |
RCA Victor |
|
Cowboy boots |
Rebel, The |
|
Cowboys and Indians |
Record albums |
|
Cracker Jacks and free prizes |
Red Curtain |
|
Crayola Crayons |
Red Menace, The |
|
Crazy Horse |
Red Rider air rifle
(BB gun) |
|
Creature From the Black Lagoon |
Red Skelton |
|
Credit cards were uncommon |
Reefer Madness |
|
Crew cut haircuts |
Reel-to-reel tape
recorders |
|
Crisco |
Renault cars |
|
Cruising Colby |
Respect for
authority |
|
Crystal Mountain |
Respect for one's
elders |
|
Crystal radios |
Retirement plans |
|
Cub Scouts |
Retractible
convertibles |
|
Cuba |
Returnable pop
bottles |
|
Cuban missile crisis |
Rheumatic fever |
|
Cuckla, Fran and Ollie |
Richard Burton |
|
Curb feelers |
Richard M. Nixon |
|
DA Haircut |
Rifle Man, The |
|
Daffy Duck |
Rin Tin Tin |
|
Daisy air rifle (BB gun) |
Road Runner
cartoons |
|
Dale and Roy |
Robots |
|
Daniel Boone |
Rocket Man serials |
|
Danny Thomas |
Rocky the Flying
Squirrel |
|
Daredevil |
Rolling Stone, The
Cover of |
|
Datsun cars |
Rooftop TV antennas |
|
Davy Crockett |
Rose Bowl |
|
Day the music died |
Rosenberg, Julius
and Ethel |
|
Day the World Stood Still, The |
Rotary dial
telephones |
|
DC Comics |
Roxy Theater |
|
DDT |
Roy Rogers |
|
Death On the Highway films |
Rube Goldberg
machines |
|
DECA |
Rumble seats |
|
Defrosting the freezer |
Running boards |
|
Delta wing aircraft |
S&H Green Stamps |
|
Dennis the Menace |
Saddest moments |
|
Desegregation |
Saddle shoes |
|
Desert boots |
Sadie Hawkins |
|
DeSoto |
Sadie Hawkins Day |
|
DEW Line |
Safety razors |
|
Dick Tracy |
Saint, The |
|
Dime stores |
Sambo's Restaurants |
|
Disneyland |
Sandra Dee |
|
Dobie Gillis |
Saturday morning
cartoons |
|
Dodge ball |
Scarlet fever |
|
Dogpatch, U.S.A. |
Schmoo |
|
Domino Theory |
School lunches |
|
Don Meredith |
Schwinn Corvette |
|
Donald Duck, Daisy, … |
Sea monkeys |
|
Dondi |
Sea Scouts |
|
Don't trust anyone over thirty |
Seattle Center |
|
Double Bubble gum |
Seattle
International Raceway (SRI) |
|
Double-dog-dare |
Seattle Knitting
Mills (SKM) sweaters |
|
Double-feature movies |
Seattle was THE BIG
CITY |
|
Dr. Strangelove |
Secret decoder
rings |
|
Draft Board |
Secrets and
confidences |
|
Draft card |
Selective Service |
|
Dragnet |
Sen. Henry "Scoop"
Jackson (D-WA) |
|
Drive-in theaters |
Sen. Joseph
McCarthy (R-WI) - McCarthyism |
|
Driving lessons / Driver's Ed |
Sen. Warren
Magnuson (D-WA) |
|
Dual quads |
Sen. William
Proxmire (D-WI) |
|
Duck and cover drills |
Sen-Sen |
|
Ducktail |
Shadow, The |
|
Duncan Yoyo |
Shane |
|
Dwight D. Eisenhower |
Shelby Cobra |
|
Dynaflow |
Sheriff Tex's
Safety Junction |
|
Eagle Scouts |
Shirley Temple |
|
East Germany |
Siam |
|
Eastern Block |
Sidewalk roller
skates |
|
Easy Bake Oven |
Sigmund Freud |
|
Ed Sullivan |
Silly Putty |
|
Edgewater Inn |
Silly Rabbit, Trix
is for kids |
|
Edsel |
Silver dollars |
|
Electric trains |
Silver Lake |
|
Electrolux vacuums |
Simpson & Lee Paper
mill |
|
Elizabeth Taylor |
Singing Nuns |
|
Ellensburg Rodeo |
Sit-in |
|
Ellis Island |
Sitting Bull |
|
Elm trees |
Skate keys |
|
Elmer Fudd |
Skinny belts |
|
Elvis Presley |
Sky King |
|
English Leather cologne |
Slide rules |
|
ENIAC |
Slingshots |
|
Erector sets |
Slinky |
|
Ernst Hardware |
Slip 'n Slide |
|
Establish, The |
Sloe Gin |
|
Etch-a-Sketch |
Slo-Mo-Shun IV
(hydroplane) |
|
Everett Armory |
Slot cars |
|
Everett Community College (ECC) |
Slumber parties |
|
Everett Fish Company |
Smallpox
vaccinations |
|
Everett High School (EHS) |
Smokey the Bear |
|
Everett Junior College (EJC) |
Snoopy |
|
Everett Motor Movie |
Snoqualmie Pass |
|
Everett Public Library |
Soap Box Derby |
|
Everett Roller Rink |
Socialists |
|
Everett Stadium |
Sock hops |
|
Everett Theater |
Sonic booms |
|
Everett was nicknamed Mill Town |
Sonny Liston |
|
Evolution, Theory of (absent from curriculum) |
Sophia Loren |
|
Excalibur |
Soupy Sales |
|
Exodus |
South Junior High
School |
|
Extraterrestrials |
Space Needle |
|
F-100 Supersabre |
Space travel |
|
F-101 Voodoo |
Spanish Castle |
|
F-80 Shooting Star |
Spanky |
|
Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers, The |
Speedy Gonzales |
|
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury) |
Spelling bees |
|
Fallout shelters |
Spiderman |
|
Fantastic Four |
Spin and Marty |
|
Farm subsidies |
Sportsman's Club |
|
Farrell's |
Spring vacation |
|
Fashion dolls |
Sprite cars |
|
Father Flanagan |
Spud Guns |
|
Father Knows Best |
Sputnik 1 |
|
Favorite people, places, things |
Spy vs. Spy |
|
FBI |
St. Christopher |
|
Fearless Fosdick |
Stadium Market |
|
Fender skirts |
Stan Boreson,
King's Klubhouse, NoMo |
|
Ferry boat rides |
Star Trek |
|
Fiat cars |
Steel pop and beer
cans |
|
Fidel Castro |
Steelhead |
|
First car |
Steering wheel
knobs |
|
First date |
Stevens Pass |
|
First job |
Stilts |
|
First kiss |
Stingray bikes |
|
Fishing |
Stink bombs |
|
Five and dime stores |
Stranger in a
Strange Land (R.A. Heinlein) |
|
Flash bulbs |
Strategic Air
Command (SAC) |
|
Flash Gordon |
Strontium-90 |
|
Flash, The |
Studebaker |
|
Flat top haircuts |
Sugar Crisp |
|
Flintstones |
Sugar Daddy |
|
Flipper |
Sugar Foot |
|
Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee |
Sugar Pops |
|
Flower power |
Sugar Smacks |
|
Floyd Patterson |
Summer of Love |
|
Fluteophone (recorder) |
Summer vacation |
|
Flying cars |
Sunbeam cars |
|
Flying Purple People Eater |
Sunny Jim Peanut
Butter |
|
Flying saucers |
Super balls |
|
FM radio hadn't arrived yet |
Super Bowl I |
|
Fords - 1950s and 1960s |
Super heroes (in
general) |
|
Forest Park Zoo |
Superboy |
|
Fort Apache play set |
Supergirl |
|
Fortress of Solitude |
Superman |
|
Fountain pens |
Surfer movies |
|
Four on the floor |
Surfer music |
|
Frederick & Nelson |
Swinging Sixties |
|
Free stuff in boxes of laundry detergent |
Sylvana |
|
Frisbee |
Sylvester and
Tweety |
|
Fritz the Cat |
Tab cola |
|
Froggy |
Tales of the Texas
Rangers |
|
Fugitive jackets |
Talking dolls |
|
Fugitive, The |
Tang |
|
Fuller Brush man |
Tarzan (and Jane) |
|
Garage bands |
Tasmanian Devil |
|
Gary Powers |
Tass |
|
Gary's Closet |
Technicolor |
|
Gas station air and water were free |
Technocracy |
|
Gas station attendants |
Ted Williams |
|
Gas stations didn't have stores attached |
Telegrams |
|
Geronimo |
Telephone booth
stuffing |
|
GI Joe |
Telstar |
|
Gidget |
Ten Commandments |
|
Gilligan's Island |
Test pattern (TV) |
|
Gina Lollobrigida |
Tetherball |
|
Girl Scouts |
Thalidomide |
|
Girl's Club |
The day the music
died |
|
Glass milk bottles |
Thongs (for the
feet) |
|
Glass pop bottles |
Thor |
|
G-Men |
Three Stooges |
|
Godzilla |
Thriftway |
|
Gogo boots |
Thunderbird
Drive-in |
|
Gold Cup |
Tiddledy Winks |
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Golden Gloves |
Timing lights |
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Goldfinger |
Timothy Leary, Dr. |
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Gomer Pyle, USMC |
Tinker Toys |
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Good times |
Tire tread sandals |
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Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, The |
Titan ICMB |
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Goofy |
Tom and Jerry |
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Graduation |
Tonsillectomy |
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Grand Park |
Toonerville Trolley |
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Greasers |
Tooth Fairy |
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Great Society, The |
Toothbrushes were
never electric |
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Green Acres |
Tradewell |
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Green Arrow |
Trail of Tears |
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Green Hornet & Kato |
Training wheels |
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Green Lantern |
Transistor radios |
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Gulf of Tonkin (USS Pueblo) |
Tricky Dick |
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Gull's Nest |
Trigger and
Buttermilk |
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Gun Smoke |
Triple XXX Root
Beer |
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Gym class (P.E.) |
Triumph cars |
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Haight-Ashbury |
Troll Dolls |
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Halloween |
Truman Capote |
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Ham radio |
Tupperware parties |
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Handlebar streamers |
Turn-on, tune-in,
drop-out |
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Hank Aaron |
Turntables |
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Happiest moments |
TV antenna on every
rooftop |
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Happy Hanukkah (not Happy Holidays) |
Twiggy |
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Hardtop convertibles |
Twilight Zone |
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Hardy Boys |
Twist, The |
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Harlem Globetrotters |
Twister |
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Hat and Boots |
Typewriters (manual
or electric) |
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Hat Island |
U.S.S.R. |
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Have Gun, Will Travel |
U-2 spy plane |
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Hawaii becomes 50th state |
UFOs |
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Hawkeye |
United Nations |
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Hawkman |
UNIVAC |
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Helping hands |
Vacations - past,
present, future |
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Henry Fonda |
Vacuum tubes |
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Herfy Burgers |
Valentines |
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Hi-Fi |
Vespa |
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Hippies |
Vibrasonic |
|
Hi-yo Silver, away! |
Vietnam War |
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Hogan's Heroes |
View Master |
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Home Coming |
Vinyl record albums |
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Home Economics |
Virgin pins |
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Honda motorbikes |
VW Beetle |
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Honeymooners, The |
VW Bus (Van) |
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Hop scotch |
Wagon Train |
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Hopalong Cassidy |
Walden Two (B.F.
Skinner) |
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How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying |
Walk-in deep
freezers |
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Howard Hughes |
War on Poverty |
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Howdy Doody |
War was a card game |
|
Huckleberry Hound |
Washington apples |
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Hudson |
Washington's
Birthday |
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Hula Hoop |
Water balloons |
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Human Be-in |
Water flouridation
debate (Guess what?) |
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Hunting |
Wax Coke |
|
Hustler, The (Paul Newman) |
Wax lips |
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Hydrogen bomb |
We (Yevgeny
Zamyatin) |
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I Dream of Jeannie |
Webelos |
|
I have a dream… |
Weekly Reader |
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I like Ike |
Wernher von Braun |
|
I Love Lucy |
Western Union |
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I-5 to Seattle completed |
Westside Story |
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ICBMs |
Whack-a-Mole |
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Immaculate Conception |
What, me worry? |
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Incredible Hulk, The |
White bucks |
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Iowa Test |
White gloves |
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Iron Curtain |
White House |
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Iron Man |
White jeans |
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Israel |
Wide belts |
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J.C. Higgins |
Wiggly Pictures |
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J.J. Newberry's |
Wild Bill Hickock |
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J.K. Gill |
Wild Man From
Borneo, The |
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J.P. Patches, Gertrude |
Wildroot |
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Jack Anderson (journalist) |
Wile E. Coyote |
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Jack Benny |
Willie Mays |
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Jack Paar |
Willie Mosconi |
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Jackie Cooper |
Wind Song perfume |
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Jackie Gleason |
Wind-up alarm
clocks |
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Jackie Kennedy |
Wind-up watches |
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Jacks and ball |
Wizard of Oz, The |
|
Jade East cologne |
Wonder Woman |
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James Dean |
Wood Shop |
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Jean jackets |
Woodland Park Zoo |
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Jerry Lewis |
Woodstock |
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Jerry's Surplus |
Woolworth |
|
Jesse James |
World Series |
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Jet fighters |
World War II |
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Jetsons |
World's Fair
(Seattle) |
|
Jetty |
Wringer washing
machines |
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Jim Bowie |
Wunda Wunda |
|
Jim Brown |
Wyatt Earp |
|
Jimmy Hoffa |
Xerography |
|
Jimmy Stewart |
XK-E Jaguar |
|
Joe DiMaggio |
X-Men |
|
John F. Kennedy |
Y Dances |
|
John Wayne (aka Marion Morrison) |
Ye Old Curiosity
Shop |
|
Johnny Unitas |
YMCA |
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Jukeboxes |
Yogi Bear |
|
Julie Andrews |
Yogi Berra |
|
Junior Deputies |
Yosemite Sam |
|
Justice League of America |
YWCA |
|
Justice Society |
Zenith Space
Commander Remote |
|
Kalakala |
Zippo |
|
Karmann Ghia |
Zorro |
Note - Someone sent a large
number of additions to this list in the Fall of 2010, but unfortunately both
the person's identity and the list were lost when a hard-drive failed before
the list could be backed up. Please accept our apologies. If that individual
still has the list of items they provided, we will gladly include it.