Compared with parenting styles today, kids raised in the 1950s were taught very different life lessons and expected to cultivate independence in ways that were often harsher. Parents back then ...

Adding electronic fuel injection and turbochargers can really boost both the performance and efficiency of an older engine. But how well do those modifications work when they’re applied not to a ...

The 1950s may just be the ultimate dream decade for baseball cards. Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, and Roberto Clemente are just four of the top-shelf Hall of Famers with rookie cards in the ...

A sock hop was a popular event in the 1950s. At sock hops, teenagers would gather to dance to the music of the day. But these considerate teens wouldn’t want to scuff up the dance floor that they ...

Walt Disney made up plans for Disneyland as he went along during the yearlong construction blitz in the mid-1950s that his critics mocked as impossible and predicted would become a spectacular failure ...

Working with the likes Terrence Malick, Brian De Palma and Martin Scorsese, Fisk says, “was exciting times — we thought, like, we’re taking over the film business. And so now this was exciting for me, ...

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The view of Market Street from Fifth toward the train trestle in the aftermath of 1950 storm, the 75th anniversary of which was this week. Almost 35 inches of snow fell, an unbroken record as yet.

METEOROLOGIST JILL SZWED TAKES A LOOK BACK 75 YEARS AGO, AS WESTERN PENNSYLVANIANS WERE FINISHING UP THEIR THANKSGIVING MEALS. THE FLAKES FROM WHAT WOULD BE THE AREA’S BIGGEST SNOWSTORM STARTED ...

The 1950s was a time of transition for DC Comics. The comic book industry needed to evolve to remain relevant and to adjust to the rising restrictions on how much violence and other adult themes could ...

If we look back in time, what can we learn? Sure, today in 2025, there are any number of new songs coming out, swirling around you. Artists who are said to be the next big thing, songs that are ...