It was a Saturday night in Albion, a small city just east of Battle Creek, Michigan, and teenagers lined up for a dance at the school gym. The price of admission? A bared arm. The year was 1958, and ...

Beth D’Addono is an award-winning food and travel writer living in New Orleans. Her work has appeared in Atlas Obscura, The Local Palate, and the Los Angeles Times. Stop at any mom-and-pop corner ...

People have been visiting their local consignment shops for thousands of years. In fact, up until the 1950s, pawn shops served as the primary form of consumer credit in the United States. In Cajun ...

When we think back to the 1950s, often ideas of a squeaky-clean life come to mind. In movies, whenever characters go back in time to the 50s, life always seems so square and simple compared to today.

In the mid-20th century, a department store chain introduces a charming holiday season character to use in a storybook given away to children. In the story, this character is teased and ostracized by ...

What do you think would happen if you took the stage at a karaoke bar and started singing songs from the 1950s? Would people get on board? Well, we think so! We think there are some excellent classic ...