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What could be more convenient? Drive up to the little booth, drop off your film, come back the next day and see your pictures. Mail them to friends and family! Established in the early 1960s in Southern California, Fotomat grew to over 4,000 locations...

Remember kids, Electricity is your friend, but he can kill you. Check out the sticker!

The first American Basketball Association (ABA) All-Star Game was played January 9, 1968 at the Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. A crowd of 10,872 watched as the East topped the West 126-120.

A drugstore chain founded in New Orleans in 1904, K & B Drugs lasted nearly 100 years until being purchased by Rite Aid in 1997.

At least it looked that way in the late '70s, as the North American Soccer League (NASL) grew in popularity in North America. Kids all over the continent were playing in youth leagues, while the NASL grew to 24 teams in 1978, a number...

Chico's Bail Bonds lets freedom ring! They also sponsor a winning little league team.

Burger Chef was a fast-food hamburger chain that started in Indianapolis in 1958. At its peak in the mid 1970s, it was second only to McDonald's in the number of nationwide locations. The chain even made inroads into Canada. In 1982, the chain was...

Founded in Howard Brothers Discount Center grew to chain of 110 stores by the late '60s.?? Remember the fun of shopping there with this great design on our super-soft heather gray tee.

Founded in 1912 as Standard Oil of New Jersey after the breakup of the larger Standard Oil corporation, Esso gas stations were found all over the Northeastern United States and parts of the South starting in the 1930s. In 1972, most were re-branded Exxon....

In the early 1950s, between 20,000-60,000 people a year were becoming afflicted with polio. Jonas Salk and his team at the University of Pittsburgh developed a polio vaccine in 1952. By 1955 a campaign to vaccinate children in the U.S. was launched. ALbert Sabin...

Apollo 11 was the first mission to place a man on the moon; two in fact. On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong stepped of the ladder of the Lunar Module and onto the surface of the moon. He was followed by fellow astronaut Buzz...

The International Record Syndicate, or I.R.S. Records, was a label founded by Miles Copeland (brother of The Police's Stewart Copeland) and Jay Boberg. A division of A&M Records, its roster included some of the most important new wave acts of the '80s including R.E.M.,...

Media Play was an attempt by The Musicland Group to compete with so-called big box retailers such as electronics stores Best Buy and Circuit City, who sold CDs at near cost to lure customers in. In addition to music, Media Play also carried books,...

ShowBiz Pizza Place was a pizza restaurant and video game arcade chain??in the '80s and early '90s. It was founded by Robert L. Brock, a Holiday Inn franchisee, who had ended his partnership with the owners of Chuck E. Cheese. In addition to pizza, ShowBiz featured...

Soccer Bowl '83 was the penultimate championship game played by the original North American Soccer League (NASL). The NASL was??formed in 1967 when the competing United Soccer Association and the National Professional Soccer League decided to join forces. For the next 12 seasons, it...

ShowBiz Pizza Place??was a pizza restaurant and video game arcade chain??in the '80s and early '90s.??It was founded by Robert L. Brock, a Holiday Inn franchisee, who had ended his partnership with the owners of Chuck E. Cheese. In addition to pizza, ShowBiz featured...

It's one of the world's most famous ice cream bars.

Sivils Drive-In opened in Houston in 1938. After an article in?????Life?????magazine, a Dallas location was opened in 1940. A Birmingham location was later added to the chain.

Shortly after cable TV began to expand across the U.S., Warner Communications (later Warner-AMEX), one of the biggest cable providers, introduced QUBE in Columbus, Ohio in 1977.??QUBE??was an experimental, two-way, multi-programmed??system that played a significant role in the development of American??interactive television. It was...

Laika was the first living creature to orbit the Earth. A stray dog from the streets of Moscow, she made her historic flight on November 3, 1957 aboard Sputnik 2. Unfortunately she did not survive the mission. In 2008, a monument was erected to...

The Shreveport Steamer began as the Houston Texans (no relation to the current NFL team), a charter member of the World Football League (WFL) in 1974. Halfway through the season, the team moved to Louisiana. Radio legend Larry King was part of the Steamer...

"The World's Most Famous Clown," as he is sometimes called, got his start in 1946. He made is TV debut in 1949, just as that medium was getting started. He??was the creation of created by Alan W. Livingston and first played by Pinto Colvig. He was played...

Roy will only use one bat.

Yuri Gagarin was a??Soviet Air Forces??pilot and??cosmonaut??who became the first human to journey into??outer space. Aboard his space capsule Vostok 1, he achieved this Space Race milestone on April 12, 1961.????

Apollo 13 launched from the Kennedy Space Center on April 11, 1970. It was supposed to be the third mission to land men on the moon. However, two days into the mission, an oxygen module in the command module failed, cancelling the moon landing...

They say 60 games is better than one. Sit on your porch and listen to Houston baseball in this great design from Old School Shirts!

Before Spot, there was Fresh Freddie who first introduced kids to 7-Up back in the 1950's.

Laurel & Hardy were one of the most famous comedy duos in history. Stan Laurel, born Arthur Stanley Jefferson in England, came to the U.S. in 1912 with a comedy troupe in which he performed. After the tour, he decided to stay and later...

Soul Train was musical variety show that ran from 1970 to 2006. The show was hosted by Don Cornelius and first aired in Chicago before being syndicated nationally in 1971. Cornelius stepped down as host in 1993 but remained it's main creative force.??

Tom & Chee is not your mama's grilled cheese.