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    How to design a mid century kitchen — instructions straight from 194...

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    Vintage Masketeers birds – and the WWII spy story of their owner

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    Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site: Historic mid century homes ...

    marimekko unikko wallpaper by maija isola 1964

    Marimekko Unikko by Maija Isola, 1964

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    Brutalist design furniture

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    Sonny & Cher – I Got You Babe – 1965

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    Quinnipiac Terrace, New Haven, Connecticut, 1942

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    Steve McQueen (and his houses) in 1963

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    1940s decorating style

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    Home shows then & now: A look back at the first Carolina show in ...

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    Pink was not always the color for girls

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    Why mid-century houses had small closets: The Century in Shoes

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    Jennifer Greenburg: The rockabilly design aesthetic

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    An outhouse named “Sally”

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    Jennifer Greenburg’s “The Rockabillies”

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    Kaarin and Bob and the story of their Seeburg juke box

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    1950s Christmas video

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    The history of Christmas lights

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    The Sixties turn 50

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    Mamie Eisenhower and “Mamie pink”: More insight from Getty...

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    The Donna Reed Show kitchen

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    America’s Kitchens: Fascinating AND Entertaining

    Hula Hoop at 50

    Happy Birthday, Hula Hoop! A retro renovation re-run

    Recently spotted on ebay: Vintage barkcloth draperies salvaged from the Miami Astor Hotel

    When in Rome… Palm Springs Stephan details some of the era’...

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    Speedracer Kitchen

    A recreation of Mamie's bedroom in a movie

    Mamie Eisenhower: Unwitting creator of THE iconic color of the 50s, &#...

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    Illustrator Al Parker helped define 1950s domestic ideal

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