Reminisce Extra

Get even more "time capsules" of life from the 30's, 40's, 50's and 60's filled with reader-written stories, pictures from the past, embarrassing moments, ads from the Old Days and much more!    Relax, Laugh and Remember.   Reminisce EXTRA is delivered in between your issues of Reminisce.

You Can Go Home Again

IT’S OUT THERE

1975 VOLLEYS, VOWELS AND VIDEOS

Body Language • Got the blues? Seeing red? It’s easy to gauge someone’s temperament when they’re wearing a mood ring, the 1975 fad that becomes a hallmark of the Me Decade.

WINNER RISES FROM DEPTHS OF CHAOS

LEISURE SUIT

Bruce Springsteen Born in 1949 • Bruce Springsteen spent months honing what he hoped would be a different kind of American song. Then he needed the rest of an album that was worthy of it. His Born to Run, released in 1975, proved to be just that. “I saw rock ’n’ roll’s future—and its name is Bruce Springsteen,” John Landau, rock critic and later Springsteen’s manager, wrote after hearing the song. The Boss hit the big time and never left.

SWING TIME

THE ADVENTURES OF LOLA • Good girl looks out for her companions

LONG–LOST LETTER • Shepherd’s message takes years to reach his daughter

WAVES CRASH CHOW TIME • Dishes go down with the ship

“MIRROR, MIRROR?” • Brides fall for the same stunner

House Proud Housing tracts • OF SINGLE–STORY AND SPLIT–LEVEL RANCHES TRANSFORMED THE LANDSCAPE AT MIDCENTURY. WITH THEIR AIRY FLOOR PLANS AND BIG BACKYARDS, SUBURBAN RANCH HOMES GAVE FAMILIES SPACE TO ENJOY THE WORLD AROUND THEM.

Home Sweet Homes • LIFE IN THE SUBURBS BRINGS EVERYONE CLOSER

A HOUSE WITH GOOD BONES

No More White Stuff • MOM AND DAD’S TWO-STORY COLONIAL LEAVES HIM WANTING LESS

OUT OF CALIFORNIA, A NEW EASY–LIVING STYLE

Perfect Place to Raise a Family • HOUSE GROWS ALONG WITH THE KIDS

A DELICIOUS BEGINNING • One family’s tradition joins a host of others that occur just once a year

LIVE AND LET DIVE

WAXING NOSTALGIC • Crayola celebrates 120 colorful years

KNOW WHEN TO FOLD ’EM • Always on standby, card tables were a social necessity

CEDAR–LINED TIME CAPSULE • Chest held the promise of their future, and now it holds the past

STAR TREK MISSION • Superfan encounters James Doohan

BALLET CURE

FIRST STEPS • Practice makes the perfect dance

ONE–YEAR WONDER • Low–maintenance wagon turns heads

THE BEACH BOYS

COAST TO COAST • After a long train ride, the big city is anything but boring

Contributor Guidelines

KITCHEN GALLERY • Remodel leaves Peter Max–sized hole in the wall