It’s 2018! And 1953! AND 1977!! The January Issues are here!
Follow my blog with Bloglovin I cannot even believe it is 2018. My son is old enough now to realize how quickly time goes and is often commenting on it. 2017 was a good...
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December 1960
December 1960! When this magazine cost 15 cents to pick up at a newsstand, and as the handwritten note says shows “knit cuffs!” Also in 1960, the US was the first to legalize the...
It’s October, 1966- Let’s put on our Mini Skirts and Watch Batman
Ronald Reagan was voted in as Governor of California. Simon and Garfunkel’s “Sounds of Silence” was number 1 earlier this year. Cigarette packages got warning labels. There were lots of Vietnam War protests. The...
September 1967
September 1967, a time for Lonely Hearts Club (the Beatles released that famous album in June) but you won’t have a lonely heart if you desire an interracial marriage. Thanks to Loving vs Virginia...
August 1959
August 1959! What a year! Bread cost about 20 cents a loaf. Hawaii and Alaska both were admitted to the union and became a state! The beautiful, blonde Barbie showed up! Ben-Hur was in...
Get out your Legwarmers- It’s July 1983!
I’ve been writing this blog for several months now and this is the first time I picked a specific issue instead of using a random method. Why? It’s my birthday! I was born in...
It’s June, 1952
If you picked up this issue on the News Stand (I assume it was sold there) you may also have just bought hamburger meat at 53 cents a pound, and dropped off your $80...
It’s May 1980!
1980 had quite a few big things happen. The Iraq-Iran war started. Ronald Reagan will be elected later this year. Mt Saint Helens erupted just recentlyand erupted again this month, killing 57 people. A...
April?!?! Where Did YOU Come From?!!?!?
It feels like it just rolled into 2017 and now here we are in APRIL! How did that happen??? Spring is coming, my early blooming flowers have already bloomed and died, and my March...
March 1975
1975, what a year! The Kool-Aid man started appearing in some TV commercials! and TVS in Australia even started broadcasting some color! The betamax was released. In 1975 the ring tab beer and soda...
October/November 1992
And it begins! Here’s my first issue to play with! Issue: October/November 1992 How it was chosen: Random Number Generator. Entered the range of years I have in my collection, then chose the nearest...
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