welcome to the 60s
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A

Abbott and Costello
American International Pictures
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Alley Cat Theater
Arctic Circle Hamburgers
Army Men, Comic Book Ad
Army Men, plastic
Army, playing
Army Surplus
Army Toys
Art Linkletter
Aurora Hanging Cage Model
Aurora Monster Models
Aurora Monster Models-"Glow" Editions
Autumn
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B

B-17 Flying Fortress
Balsa Wood Gliders
Barbara Eden
Batman, TV Show
Batgirl
Beatles, The
Ben Casey, TV Show
Bible School
"Big Daddy" Roth
Black Lights & Posters
Black Soap, Novelty Ad
The Bob White Theater
Bongo Daddy, The Great Mystic-Ask a Question!
Bow and Arrow Toys
Bread and Jam for Francis Book
Bringing a Guillotine to School
Building Models
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C

Candy
Canteen, Army, toy
Caps, popping
Car Radios
Cars, 1950's-1960's
Cars, plastic, dime store
Cartoons on TV
Catalogs, vintage
Chicken Fat Song
Christmas Memories
Clanky Chocolate Syrup (paragraph next to my baby picture)
Classic Commercials
Classrooms, school
Coloring Books
Coloring Book Pages
Columbus Day Storm
Combat! TV Show (mention only)
Combat! TV Series (dedicated page)
Comic Book Ads
Comic Book Ads-8mm Monster Movies
Comics
Cootie, Game
Cowboy Boot Cup (paragraph next to my baby picture)
Cowboy Hat Cereal Bowl (paragraph next to my baby picture)
Cracker Jacks
Creature, Model
Creeple Peeple
Cuban Missile Crisis
Cut-offs & Summer Clothes
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D

Danny Thomas
Darnell, Linda
Daytime Television
Diana Rigg
Diary of a Mad Model Builder
Dick Tracy
Dolly Madison Snack Cakes
Dracula, Model
Drive-In Theatres
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E

Earth Vs. The Golf Balls
Ed "Big Daddy" Roth
Education, the Decline of?
Electric Trains
Elvis Presley (short mention only)
Etch-A-Sketch
Elizabeth Montgomery
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F

Famous Monsters of Filmland
Field Trips, school
Flag Salute
Flintsones
Flying Kites
Forgotten Prisoner, Model
Forts
Francis Books (Bread and Jam for Francis)
Frankenstein, Model
Funny Face Soft Drinks
Furniture, retro, 60's
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G

G.I. Joe


G.I. Joe's, Sporting Goods Store
Games
Girls of TV
Girls!

Galaxie, Ford 65
Glow in the Dark Monster Models Ads
Go Karts, Homemade
Go Carts, Real
Go Carts, Tote Goats and Mr. Sardonicus
Gold Key Comics
Gonks
Grab Bags
Grape Gumballs, giant (image only)
Grenades, toy
Growing Up
Guillotine, Model
Gumball Toys
Gumby
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H

Halloween
Hanging Cage
Hangman Game (Play the game here)
Hannah-Barbera Cartoons
Hayley Mills
Heather Sears, Actress
Helmets, Army, toy
Highway 69 Revisited
Hot Dog Day
Horror Movie Memories
Hostess Snack Cakes
House Party (kids' feature)
Hunchback, Model
Hypnotic Eye (Movie Clip)
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I

Ice Cream Man
The Iceman Cometh
Impala, Chevy 67
Inger Stevens
Instruction sheets (Aurora Monster Models)
The Invaders UFO Model
Is There a Doctor in the House?
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J

Jason and the Argonauts on TV
Jonny Quest
Jo-Jo Man, The
Joy Buzzer, Novelty Ad
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K

Karate, Comic Book Ad
Kickball
Kildare, Dr. TV Show
Kindergarten-The Brave New World
Kites
Krazy Ikes
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L

Land of the Giants Model
Learn to Draw, Jon Gnagy
Licorice Shoelaces
Lieutenant Hanley, Combat!
Linda Darnell
Little League
Living in Black and White (when my old memories seemed black and white)
Loretta Young, TV Show
Lloyd Thaxton Show
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M

Machine Gun, toy
"Man's Favorite Sport", Rock Hudson
Marx Army Toys
Masque of the Red Death Comic
Matchbox Cars
Maureen O'Sullivan
Maureen O'Sullivan, "Jane"
Mayonnaise Sandwiches
Memories
Memories-more
Men's Portrayals in 60's Advertising
Mess Kit, toy
Missile Crisis, Cuban 1962
Monkey Bars
Mole People (Movie Clip)
Monolith Monsters (Movie Clip)
Monster Movie Ads
Monster Movie Memories
Monster Dragsters
Monster Figures, Plastic (Marx)
8mm Monster Movie Ads
Monster Movies on TV
Monster Models
Movie Ads, 8mm
Monster Movie Ads
Movie Clips (vintage horror)
Mr. Potatoe Head
Mummy, Model
Muscle Cars
Music, 60's
My true UFO story
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N

Nestle's Quik
Nik L Nip Candy
No Time For Sergeants
Nova, Chevy
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O

October Memories
Oobleck, Barthalomew and the
Ouija Boards
Outer Limits, The
Out There Be Monsters! (Remembering monsters in the closet)
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P

Paint-by-Number Sets
Patty Duke
Paul Revere & The Raiders
Pedal Cars
Penny Candy
Pepe LePew
Pepe LePew Cartoon-Watch the Video!
Phantom of the Opera, Model
Phantom of the Opera, Hammer Movie
Piggly Wiggly Stores (pic only)
Pistol, Army, toy
Planes, balsa wood gliders
Play Doh
Playgrounds
Polaroid Instamatic (short mention only)
Pop, pop coolers
Popeye
Pop Tarts
Prison Ball
Psychedelia
"Psyche Paths" Game
Push Mowers
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Q

Quick Draw McGraw
Quicksand (in Tarzan Movies)
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R

Rat Fink Rings
Real Army Surplus Stuff
Red Light, 1-2-3 (outdoor game)
Red Rover (outdoor game)
Revolutionary War Soldiers Set, Comic Book Ad
Road Race Sets
Rock N' Roll
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S

Sandpiper, The (Movie Poster)
Sergeant Aaron Owenby
Sergeant Saunders, Combat!
School Days
School-empty building in summer
School Lunches
School Lunch Menu
School Supplies
School's Out!
Sea Hunt, TV Show
Sidewalk and Street Games
Sidewalk Surfing
S&H Green Stamps
Silly Putty
Sky King, TV Show
Snacks, Cereal and Cartoons
Snappy Gum
Soap Operas on TV: (They used to be only 15 minutes long!)

Soda Pop, pop coolers
Squirt Guns
Spelling Bee
Spinach, the evil of
Springtime!
Spy Scope, Novelty Ad
Station Wagons
Stingray Bikes
Summer evenings playing outside
Summer fun
Superman, TV Show
Swimming at the Park
Swing Sets
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T

Tarzan Movies
Tarzan, TV Show
Television
Thanksgiving Day Memories
Thingmaker
Tiddly Winks
Tiger Grips, for bikes
Tiger Joe Tank, 1962
Tiki Punch
Tiki 60's!
Tinker Toys
Timeline: 1960-1969
To Everything There is a Turn-Turn-Turntable (Those great console stereos!)
Tommy Burst
Tonka Trucks
Troll Dolls
TV Guide
"Twister" Game
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U

UFO Model, The Invaders
UFO sighting 1966, my fake story
UFO sighting 1966, my true story
Underwater Fever (My fascination with swim fins, masks and snorkels)
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V

Valentine's Day
Venus Fly Trap
Village of the Damned
Vintage Memories (When my old memories seemed black and white)
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W

Warner Bros. Cartoons
Welcome to the Space Age (Great 60's furniture designs)
Where the Action Is, TV Show (toward bottom of page)
Wierd-O's Models
William Castle
Winter Army Days (Playing army outside during winter)
Winter Saturdays (The fun we could have on cold winter days)
Wolf Man, Model
Women's Portrayals in 60's Advertising
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X-Z

X-Ray Specs
X, The Unknown (movie clip)
Year of the Rat (The day my brother got bit by a rat)
Yvonne Craig (Batgirl)
Zidell Industries, Dad's Job
Zip Codes, the Birth of
Zorba, Dr.
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New Stuff / Updates

new logo

Perry Mason TV Show

Memories of Camp   A short story by Robert Lobitz

NEW! Vintage Stories
  Expanded stories of my growing up in the 60's


October Memories

Color Your World
with free downloadable coloring book pages

Tiki 60's!

Updated: The Outer Limits

Old Monster Movie Memories

Built-Up Monster Models

60's Cars
Sleek, lovely, ferocious! The best cars ever!

60's Outdoor Games
Red Rover, 1-2-3 Red Light, remember these?

Cold Winter Saturdays
Those cold and rainy indoor Saturdays were better than we thought!

Welcome to the 70's!
Girls, guitars, great music & a wild lifestyle! These were the 70's.

Digital Scrapbook
A slide show of some of my digital scrapbook pages that began this site.

Reader's Voices
What some of this site's visitors are doing in their lives.

8mm Monster Movie Ads

Combat! The TV Series

60's Advertising, magazine ads, novelties, & fun
Tarzan!

Living in Black and White

Building Models

Springtime! Kickball, Girls, & Spelling Bees

Comic Book Ads-Tales from the Backside!

More Toys and Games

Tonka Trucks

Thanksgiving Day Memories

The TV Guide!

60's Cartoons

More Memoirs: The Boomer Dialogues

Watch Classic Commercials!

Army Men & Dioramas

Army Games

links

Portraits by Georgina Flood
Georgina's beautifully hand drawn retro portraits of some of our favorite people!
portraits by Georgina Flood

Jack About Guitars
A very cool site about one of my favorite topics: guitars. Jack is a 60's guitar whizz and shares his love of the six-stringed beauties with us all!
Jack About Guitars

Film in production: "Curse of the Phantom Shadow"

Back to the 60's with Friends
Wonderfully active Facebook group!

Buc Wheat's Modeling World
Cool site, full of great models & modeling!

Creeple Peeple.com
Goopy fun with the original "Thingmaker" kits!


RetroHousewife.com

60's Groove
60's Groove: the ultimate 60's tribute rock and roll party band!

Scribas - the Internet's memory and nostalgia site. Old hometown photos, classic TV clips, famous speeches. Find old friends and classmates. Come and share your memories on Scribas: Where Memories Meet.

Bobby's FM
Live radio, wonderful oldies with a request page.

Welcome to the 70's!
Girls, guitars, great music & a wild lifestyle! These were the 70's.

Kustom Cars
Great site full of wonderful cars from our past.

Zimba's Den
Huge memories site.

Our Monster Models
Beautfiully built and painted vintage monster models! Aurora fans unite!

Vintage 1/18 scale 1966 and 1967
AMF Wen Mac Mustang GT's

Awesome Mustang Models. Check em out!

British Export
Award Winning Beatles Tribute Band, very cool!

Furniture Collectables
Retro furniture galore! This is a great site.

Eureka Gumball Charm Nirvana
Remember all those great gumball toys? Check out this site!

Fancy Dress Ball
60's era costumes & more

The Way We Were
The official website for a wonderfully nostalgic show
that journeys thru the 50's and 60's.

Pacific Northwest Bands
This will bring back great memories of a
wonderful time of local bands

The Montells A fun page for The Montells
A local Portland Band

The Sixties Beat
Truly awesome blog that is definitely 60's style! Check out some of the great artworks.

60's Slang
Remember how we used to talk?
It's all here.

Sixties City

Robin Remembers the 60's

PDX History
A huge site with lots of vintage pics
and Portland history.

Time Warp Toys
Huge collectible toy site where you can get all of those
fun vintage toys from the past!

Funk & Junk
This site features a full eclectic range of
1000's of Collectibles from Action figures
to classic
Vintage clothing.

1960s Flashback

Retro Galaxy
A great site full of fun retro nostalgia!

Wes Clark's Avocado Memories

Autumn Wind Studios
The art site that I share with
my wife Terry.


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