Time Machine
Jerry Smith recalls products, machinery, diseases, people and life in the fifties in this series of articles.
The Neighborhood Picture Show - View Article
The Drive-In - View Article
Roller Skating - View Article
Polio - View Article
Bicycles - View Article
Television - View Article
Model Airplanes - View Article
Grammar School I... Writing Class - View Article
Grammar School II... Marbles and Yoyos - View Article
Grammar School II... The Lunchroom - View Article
Grammar School IV... Auditorium Class - View Article
Grammar School V... The Playground - View Article
Grammar School VI ... The Three R's - View Article
Grammar School VII... Summer Vacation - View Article
Grammar School VIII... Graduation - View Article
Riding the Bus - View Article
The State Fair - View Article
Kiddieland - View Article
Swimming and Fishing in East Lake - View Article
The Family Car - View Article
The Airport - View Article
Doorstep Services - View Article
Going to Church - View Article
Dinner on the Grounds - View Article
Going to the Country - View Article
Christmas - View Article
The Grocery Store - View Article
Boarding Houses - View Article
Dating, Fifties Style - View Article
The Barber Shop - View Article
Car Accessories - View Article
Going to Grandma's House - View Article
Downtown Birmingham - View Article
Family Vacations - View Article
Shoes - View Article
Home Appliances - View Article
Telephones - View Article
Nasty Little Kids - View Article
BB Guns - View Article
The Garden - View Article
Going to the Doctor - View Article
Killing a Chicken - View Article
The Novelty Shop - View Article
Halloween - View Article
The Wisdom of Parents - View Article
Guns and Hunting - View Article
Ice Cream - View Article
The Bomb - View Article
Cutting Grass - View Article
Boy Scouts - View Article
Beer - View Article
Garbage - View Article
Campfires - View Article
Eastwood Mall - View Article
The Sixties Legacy I: Personal Technology - View Article
The Sixties Legacy II: Consumer Electronics - View Article
The Sixties Legacy III: Air, Space & War - View Article
The Sixties Legacy IV: Health - View Article
The Sixties Legacy V: Cars - View Article
The Sixties Legacy VI: Business Machines - View Article
The Sixties Legacy VII: Fun & Games - View Article
The Sixties Legacy VIII: Pure Science - View Article
The Sixties Legacy IX: Lifestyle - View Article
The Sixties Legacy X: The Super Decade Ends - View Article
Carpet Golf - View Article
CB Radio - View Article
Cold Drinks - View Article
Kites - View Article
Driving Old U.S. 78 - View Article
Driving the Florida Short Route - View Article
Downtown Woodlawn - View Article
Motorcycles - View Article
Demon Weed - View Article
Worms - View Article
Uncivil Wrongs I: In the Fifties - View Article
Uncivil Wrongs II: Things Heat Up - View Article
Uncivil Wrongs III: Birmingham Explodes - View Article
Uncivil Wrongs IV: Aftermath - View Article
Riding the Silver Dog - View Article
Sack Lunches - View Article
Iron Skillet - View Article
Erector Sets - View Article
Vulcan - View Article
The Drug Store - View Article
Cops - View Article
Radio - View Article
Riding the Train - View Article
Eating Out - View Article
Pool Halls & Bowling Alleys - View Article
The Hardware Store - View Article
The First Days of High School - View Article
Phonograph Records - View Article
The Weather - Then and Now - View Article
Typewriters - View Article
Foreign Cars - View Article
The Booger Man - View Article
Going Fishing - View Article
Weekends at Home in the Early Fifties - View Article
Joke Telling - View Article
Babies - View Article
Magazines - View Article
CCC-WPA - View Article
Best Friends - View Article
Banks and Credit - View Article
Cowboy Heroes - View Article
Do-It-Yourself - Home Improvement Projects - View Article
Do-It-Yourself - Kits - View Article
Do-It-Yourself - Fixing Cars - View Article
Candy - View Article
Hospitals - View Article
The Funny Paper - View Article
Comic Book Heroes - View Article
Moving into the Future - View Article