The baby boomer generation, in addition to being large in numbers, also began at a time when the parents had endured the limitations of the Depression and a war. The new era ushered in a huge ...
In examining the history of famous robots, you’d be forgiven for overlooking a 1950s children’s toy named Robert. Robert the Robot, who was a product of the once-mighty Ideal Toy Company, didn’t do ...
Kids have always been crazy about toys — but in the 1950s, the newfound popularity of TV (and TV commercials), combined with new mass production technology that could allow children across America to ...