The Wagon Wheel Motel, which was destroyed by fire earlier this month, was among five that were built on the stretch of Route ...

Theater “usherette,” radio repairman, blouse presser at a shirt factory, switchboard operator, pipe fitter at Mare Island, hospital attendant, prune sorter and even soda jerk.

CHICO — With several 1950s cars lining East Third Avenue and quite a few students dressed in period attire, kids and adults at Hooker Oak School might have appeared to be involved in “Way Back ...

After reading Ms. Johnson's letter on Sept. 11, I felt obligated to respond. Ms. Johnson doesn’t believe going back to the 1950s is a good idea. Really? I grew up in the ’50s and think it was a ...

An open-air museum that brings 1940s and 1950s history to life through “immersive exhibits” has won the UK Art Fund Museum of the Year, the world’s largest museum prize. Beamish, The Living Museum of ...

The Bad Waitress terrorizes customers. She chain smokes cigarettes as she jots down food orders. She penciled Groucho Marx eyebrows above her drooping eyelids and a beauty mark onto her face where a ...

CHC’s executive director Cai Yinzhou (far left) and Minister of State for Culture, Community and Youth Alvin Tan (third from left) at the formal reopening ceremony of Chinatown Heritage Centre on May ...

Explore 1950s fashion history and how the silhouette represents gender roles post-World War 2. From shorter skirts to hourglass figures, discover the era's emphasis on femininity. Questions swirl ...