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PM Magazine was a news and entertainment magazine produced in several markets throughout the United States from 1978 to 1991.

Cheer up with glass of a dark, drinkable cream brew and??Louisville classic, Oertels Beer.

Tom & Chee is crafty.

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

"Kentucky Rain" is a 1970 song written by??Eddie Rabbitt??and Dick Heard. It was recorded and released by??Elvis and went to No. 16 on the popular charts. It went to No. 3 on the Canadian Country Chart.

Baker Boy Donuts was presumably a bakery that operated in the St. Mathews area of Louisville in the 1950s. However, no record exists of such a business. A theory holds that a soda shop that served donuts once stood on the site. In any...

Ever notice how much the shape of Kentucky looks like Jabba the Hutt? Here's the shirt y'all.

The Dixie Drive-In Theatre opened in 1955 in Louisville's Shively neighborhood. Located at 4915 Dixie Hwy., it closed in 1967. The site was later a K-Mart and is currently a large grocery store.

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. In the late '70s, animated spokespersons Burger Chef and Jeff were introduced....

Zantigo was a chain of fast food Mexican restaurants that served fresh and tangy delicacies from 1976 to 1987. It was famous for its chili, taco burritos, taco salads, cheese chilitos, and cheap chips & cheese that were to die for according to former...

The DuMont Television Network began broadcasting on June 28, 1942, the nation's third TV network behind NBC and CBS. Regular network service began on August 15, 1946. It was started by DuMont Laboratories, a maker of TVs. Financial strains and fierce competition from NBC,...

"Hot Dan The Mustard Man" was a cartoon spokesperson for a large, nationally distributed mustard company. He was primarily used in print ads in the 40's and 50's. Hot Dan can be yours on our comfy, tan fleck tee.

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...

It's the Toy Tiger Christmas Party of '92! Toy Tiger was a famous night spot in Louisville that hosted rock concerts as well as wet T-shirt contests, banana eating competitions, and other such spectacles.??READ MORE

Zayre and was a chain of discount department stores that operated throughout the U.S. from the 1960s through the 1980s. After selling the Zayre locations to competitor Ames, the company focused on its TJ Maxx storeds as well as sibling retailers Marshalls, Home Goods,...

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....

The first Derby was held in 1875 in Louisville and is the most famous horse racing event in the world. The entire horseracing world knows its significance.

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...