Can anyone ID the sunglasses Betty Draper wears in the Mad Men episode that aired on Sept. 27 or suggest similar ones? Photo link inside. [more inside]
posted by ishotjr on Oct 5, 2009 - 3 answers

Where can one see/obtain the full version world's first live international satellite broadcast "Our World"? Does footage still exist besides the easy-to-find Beatles segment? [more inside]
posted by quarterframer on Sep 29, 2009 - 2 answers

I am looking for any publicly-available staff-and-dependents records for the British Consulate in Los Angeles, specifically for the period 1965 to 1966. I have some info. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Sep 29, 2009 - 1 answer

There are some things I'd like to know about the NYU women's dorms in the late 1960s. [more inside]
posted by shelayna on Aug 19, 2009 - 1 answer

"If I say that I love you, and you know it's true" - identify this early 60s English pop song [more inside]
posted by martinrebas on Aug 12, 2009 - 3 answers

I'm looking for a video of an Italian vespa commercial from the early 60s (probably aired on the show Carosello), which featured the scooters driven by the boys and all the girls sitting side-saddle behind them. It had snappy music that was punctuated every few seconds by the single lyric "Ves-PA!" (The commercial I'm looking for isn't this one... It was instead made earlier and the kids should be dressed more formally.) Can you help me find it?? Thanks!!
posted by Misciel on Jul 17, 2009 - 6 answers

I have been watching the AMC series Mad Men (set in NYC office setting around 1960) and it made me wonder. Just how accurately does it portray the professional workplace of the period? (Ubiquitous smoking, drinking, degrading comments to women and overt flirting, etc.). In particular, was it ever considered normal to keep a stocked bar in every office/conference room? I realize things are exaggerated for TV and to contrast with today’s norms... but generally speaking was it really this bad back then? I guess I am looking for responses from those who are familiar with the TV show and worked in an office in this timeframe.
posted by punkfloyd on Jul 16, 2009 - 37 answers

I really enjoyed the "You're as Cold as Ice" segment of This American Life's "Mistakes Were Made" show - can anyone recommend other documentaries / books / articles about the creepy / gothic side of California counterculture and technofuturism in the 60s and 70s?
posted by ryanshepard on Apr 23, 2009 - 9 answers

Continuing a long tradition of "Name this [whatever]," I'm trying to identify a science fiction story or series of stories published in Boy's Life Magazine in the mid-1960s. [more inside]
posted by lhauser on Apr 12, 2009 - 9 answers

What's the deal with certain 1960's black-and-white footage? [more inside]
posted by jefficator on Jan 26, 2009 - 3 answers

Anyone know this song? Sorry, I only have that excerpt.) Sounds like a 1960s folk-pop tune. In case you don't feel like downloading it, the lyrics are along these lines: I gotta get the world off my back / Pretty soon I'm gonna crack / so I gotta get the world offa my back somehow ... I grew up and looked around me and I saw that the world was in a mess / thousands of hungry people, children starving in wars, injustice, and everybody kept picking on me ... I had no luck searching with the lyrics online. Thanks for any help you can provide!
posted by ktoad on Jan 8, 2009 - 3 answers

Great energy is put into determining if a font used in a TV show or movie is historically appropriate. (Arial, an '80s font used in Mad Men, a show set in the '60s? Gadzooks!) But how does a designer make decisions in the opposite direction? If you've got a product set in the '60s, how do you know what font's to use? [more inside]
posted by ericc on Oct 11, 2008 - 5 answers

I am looking for photos of the Cambridge, MA area taken between 1950 and 1999. I am especially interested in the commercial areas along the current Red Line route (Porter/Harvard/Central/Kendall), and the industrial areas southeast of Central Square. If you happen to know of any repositories of offline photos, that would be cool too. Thanks!
posted by rxrfrx on Sep 9, 2008 - 10 answers

Know of any magazines, periodicals, or newsletters dealing with Mid-Century Modernism, particularly home furnishings and interior design? [more inside]
posted by Asparagirl on Feb 20, 2008 - 5 answers

I'm looking for the title of a Scholastic (I think) kids' book published possibly in the early to mid-1960s, and also the name of the author of a teen novel published in the 1950s. [more inside]
posted by droplet on Dec 28, 2007 - 6 answers

I want to know more about Brady Bunch-era American house designs. [more inside]
posted by punkfloyd on Dec 19, 2007 - 9 answers

Help me remember this disturbing Polish movie from the 60s or earlier [more inside]
posted by Listener on Aug 9, 2007 - 4 answers

Can anyone recommend a good history of the New Left in the US in the 1960s? If possible I'd prefer a broader overview than a narrow focus (e.g. not a book that only deals with the SDS or Port Huron statement).
posted by patricio on Jul 4, 2007 - 10 answers

I call it 60s orchestral jazz? Did I make this term up? If so, what is this style of music called and where can I find more of it? [more inside]
posted by mostlymartha on Dec 5, 2006 - 28 answers

Electronic "music" from the 1960's. [more inside]
posted by Venadium on Nov 21, 2006 - 15 answers

What was Scott City, Kansas like in 1962? [more inside]
posted by maxwelton on Nov 2, 2006 - 2 answers

I need to find good thrift stores (or just not expensive stores) in Atlanta that sell late fifties to early sixties clothing (vintage or restyled, as long as the restyling isn't too weird). [more inside]
posted by Medieval Maven on Apr 7, 2006 - 4 answers

ForgottenAnimationFilter - a man goes for a walk every Sunday. His house and shed feel abandoned, so they decide to follow him (on legs). I remember this chap walking along oblivious to the fact that right behind him are two walking buildings. [more inside]
posted by Grangousier on Feb 21, 2006 - 2 answers

Can anyone recommend "go-go" music like that found in the movie "Riot on Sunset Strip?" It's the groovy stuff from the '60's, not the music-style popular in DC.
posted by jsteward on Dec 30, 2005 - 13 answers

What was the name of the kids' programme, possibly Canadian, that had a boy and his dad driving into the wilderness as its title sequence? [more inside]
posted by scruss on Aug 13, 2005 - 9 answers

What caused the sudden paradigm shift in Hollywood films in the late 1960s? [more inside]
posted by rolypolyman on Jun 29, 2005 - 19 answers