The Christmas Promise
On Christmas Eve in 1944, the war in the Pacific Theater was raging. I said goodbye to my husband, Steven Turner, at the train station in Los Angeles, California. more»
Remedies We'd Rather Forget
ONE DAY during my Minnesota childhood, we were trimming some limbs off a large tree with a double-edged ax. One of the higher limbs was hard to reach, so I climbed up a lower limb to get to it. more»
Christmastime Memories
LIVING IN an apartment house in Queens, New York, in the 1940s left us with two problems at Christmastime: no chimney, and a front door that required a key or a buzz-in. more»
Pictures from the Past
SUNDAY BEST. “I’ve always loved this early-1900s photo, even though I don’t know most of the men pictured,” notes Barbara Carnes-Cowden of Coldwater, Michigan. More»
Relive America’s Most Exciting Decade with the People Who Were There!
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Ads from the Old Days
With Thanksgiving approaching, it was always best to plan ahead with a good grocery list for your favorite stops. More»
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A disappointment turned into a night to remember for my fiance and me back in 1952. I was living in Glendale, California, and my friends and I had attended many exciting radio shows, movies and dances in nearby Hollywood. More»
Sharing the Bounty
The country was still in the depths of the Great Depression at Thanksgiving time in 1939. More»
Motoring Memories
IN 1949 on Christmas Eve, I was walking down Main Street in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, when I stopped to look in the window of Wertsch Motor Co. More»
Calling on the Party Line
MY FATHER loved a good joke and often told funny stories about the old party line. More»












