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Links to Nostalgia and Memories Resources on the Web Take
a stroll back over the previous century. Below are links to some of
the very best nostalgia and memories sites on the Net! You’ll be reminded of those magical moments of your youth and yesteryear. Be reminded of the fads, culture and happenings from many of the the past decades. It is my hope that your mind will be flooded with nostalgia and memories as you wonder back to memory lane. These sites are sure to bring up memories and stories that you’ll want to tell. The Kingwood College Library of American Cultural History: The Twentieth Century - Don’t let the boring name fool you. This site is so full of stuff from your past that you’ll likely be here awhile. This site is put together by Reference Librarians so you know it’s good and all-inclusive! I listed it first for a reason! http://mclibrary.nhmccd.edu/lit/decades.html They have also created a
new 19th
Century Website
 Their logo leaves a little to
be desired, but this site has lots of fun stuff to
dig through.www.retroland.com Old
Vehicles Here’s a cool web site that is
sure
to
send you thinking back, recalling and reminiscing about all the
vehicles you or your Check it out! http://www.motorcities.com/list-vehicle-makes.html Old Station Wagons – Did your family own one of these? See if you can find it in amongst these 449 models with pictures! http://www.stationwagon.com/gallery/gallery.html Great Old-Time Radio Programs – Fibber McGee and Molly, Dragnet and Gun Smoke are just a few of the old radio discussion forums that are on this web site! If you’re not old enough to remember them, your parents or grandparents will! http://www.lofcom.com/nostalgia/phorums/index.php?f=23 Old Time Radio BLOG http://blogs.oldradio.net Your source for the history of nostalgic and old time radio series and news! http://www.otr.com/index.shtml Old Lunch Boxes – Did you have one as a kid? Check out this museum of old lunch boxes and take a walk back through your past. http://www.lunchboxmuseum.com/index2.html The 20th Century – A daily accounting from 1900-2000 http://timelines.ws/20thcent/TWENTIETHCENT.HTML TV Land Online Remember all those shows you use to watch back in the day? I bet you have forgotten about some of these shows completely. Go to this site and relive those days of Chips, Bonanza, I Love Lucy and others. http://www.tvland.com
Children’s Books http://buyoldchildrensbooks.com/IllustratedChildrensPg1.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_children%27s_classic_books Time Capsule – Type in any date such as a birthday, wedding day or any day you can think of and this site will tell you what was going on in world and national news, entertainment and sports. It also tells the average cost of items such as milk, homes etc… Print these pages and put them right in your personal history binder! http://www.dmarie.com/asp/history.asp Your Surname – This site will produce a color-coded U.S. map showing the avg. distribution of your surname in each state. Find out where the rest of the family lives. Give it a try. I had lot’s of fun with this! http://www.hamrick.com/names/ Baby Boomer Collectibles – Do you remember any of this stuff? Here is a gallery of collectibles that are sure to trigger nostalgia and memories from your past. http://collectibles.about.com/hobbies/collectibles/msubject16.htm Everything about the Fifties. A terrific site that covers the 1950s well! Drive-in Theatres – Those that are still with us and those that are gone (state by state). http://www.driveintheater.com/index.htm Flashbacks http://www.1960sflashback.com/ http://www.1970sflashback.com/ http://www.1980sflashback.com/ http://www.1990sflashback.com/ http://www.ilovethe80s.com/index.html www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMH0bHeiRNg This page is continually growing. Stay informed of the updates by subscribing to the periodic Family History Help & Product Review Newsletter or, better yet, keep up to date with our RSS Feed
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