The memories of poring over catalogs from Sears-Roebuck, J.C. Penney or Montgomery Ward are priceless. Some of us circled the ...

Leading the throwback charge, in her curvy convertible, is Barbie, the plastic-fantastic doll that has been delighting young ...

I grew up in the 1950s and 1960s. Our Christmas traditions were pretty typical ... One time, I fell in love with a baby doll who came with a cradle that rocked. The second particular wish came during ...

With bright eyes, post-World War II baby boom children filled “toylands” at area stores, amazed at the brightly colored offerings as local retailers stacked the shelves for lucrative Christmas sales.

The Chillicothe Gazette archives have numerous letters to Santa from over the years. Here is a selection of some of them.

The Studebaker National Museum shares the story of the South Bend Toy Factory in its "Industry Spotlight" exhibit.

Though technology has changed many of the holiday gifts we purchase for kids, many of the items we gift to adults remain similar 100 years later.

Clifftop walkways with sheer drops. Underground crypts lined with human skulls. Roller coasters that will leave you hoarse ...

A middle-class American family from the early 20th century are posed next to their massive Christmas tree, decorated with ...

Let’s go back to the 1950s and 1960s, and I remember several popular stores for this time of the year. If you were buying ...

For a period of time in the late 1950s and early 1960s, Martin, Frank Sinatra ... Sands in Las Vegas in 1963 with the song “Guys and Dolls,” on Afterglow. MUSIC - DEAN MARTIN AND FRANK ...