In Praise of Mayonnaise
May 5th is best known as Cinco de Mayo, but it also happens to be National Mayonnaise Day (mayo...get it?), a "holiday" that ...
Showing posts with label 1940s. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1940s. Show all posts
New On the Go Retro Tube: Collecting Vintage Cake Carriers
I posted a video earlier today on Go Retro's YouTube channel where I talk a bit about vintage metal cake carriers from the 1940s t...
Whatever Happened To Enjoying the Backyard?
We're half way through the summer now, and I swear I can count on only one hand the number of times this season I've seen a neigh...
Ten Politically Incorrect Songs That Would Be Considered Offensive in 2016
Warning: if you're easily "triggered" (the buzz word of 2016) by songs about fat shaming, racism, school shootings, sexual ...
Strange/Funny Vintage Ads From Thanksgiving Past
Thanksgiving is rapidly becoming the Rodney Dangerfield of holidays -- it just doesn't seem to get much respect today, with retailers...
100 Years of Halloween Costumes in 3 Minutes
Mode.com has been giving us some great videos this year showing the evolution of style during the past century. Their latest, 100 Years o...
Book Review: The Aviator's Wife
Have you ever envied the spouse of your favorite celebrity crush and wish you could trade places with her (or him)? Well, don't. At le...
Woody Guthrie's New Year's Rulins
Happy New Year! I know things have been a bit stagnant on Go Retro lately, but I am working on a longer post, I promise. I'd love to ...
Proof That Old Timey Halloween Was Way More Terrifying Than Modern Day Halloween
They breed. I did a blog post on this topic some years ago, but thanks to the proliferation of these photos on Pinterest and Flickr, it...
5 Songs That Made Me Happy Before "Happy"
OK Mr. Pharrell Williams, we get it--your song "Happy" is going to go down as THE proverbial song of 2014. However, long before...
Vintage Ads That Make You Go Blech!
We all know that sex sells, but what about content that can only be described as stomach churning? I apologize in advance for the eye and br...
For the Love of Train Travel: Thank Goodness Some Things Remain the Same
I've read lots of articles and blog posts in recent years lamenting how awful it is to travel on a commercial airliner these days com...
It's a Method of...Old School Love: Go Retro's Retro Guide to Dating
I can't tell you how many times I started this blog post only to scrap it. Dating is such a touchy and confusing subject to me, so le...
Paper...or Paper? A Look Back at Vintage Grocery Store Excursions
I posted the above photo on Go Retro's Facebook page a couple of days ago, and it resulted in 47 shares, 56 likes, 39 new page likes,...
Whatever Happened to...Hitchhiking?
When's the last time you saw a hitchhiker? Better yet, when's the last time you picked up one? Crazy question, right?
Bon Voyage On the Good Ship Lollipop: RIP Shirley Temple
I've never been a fan of child actors/actresses, and even less of a fan of today's mini-sized reality TV "stars" such a...
Old Timey Dentistry
I must confess that dentists and dentistry don't make me squeamish...maybe it's at least partly due to the fact that I have goo...
Ten Things You Didn't Know About Mae West
Admittedly, Mae West isn't someone I've thought about often--seeing as how Go Retro has a tendency to focus on people, places and...
Whatever Happened to...Customer Service?
Image via bayswater97 flickr I'm sure that the lack of good customer service in today's society is something that everyone can...
The Milkman Cometh
Image via Antique Automobile Club of America forums The milkman: for those of us born after a certain time in America, we never got a vi...
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