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From the 18th to the 20th centuries came a proliferation in sewing notions that were not only useful, but also highly decorative - and often quite amusing.

While they started out manufacturing fenders and ammunition boxes for the Canadian Military during WWII, Lincoln Specialties would later become the producers of pressed steel trucks cherished by Canadian children of the 1950s and collectors of today.

Coca-Cola, Pepsi, 7-Up… These fizzy beverages have become iconic symbols of American culture - not only through their own real or perceived merits, but through decades of strategic advertising and […]

While dollhouses may seem like timeless childhood playthings, this hasn’t always been the case - when they first emerged in the 17th century, they weren’t designed for children or playing! […]

The E. Rosen Company (a.k.a. “Schoolhouse Candy Company”, as it came to be called) was founded in 1912 by seventeen-year-old Rhode Islander Samuel Rosen, with the $1600 his parents had painstakingly saved to send him to university

As early 6-10 months old, infants are drawn to characters who intervene to help, protect, or do good for others. So is our love for superheroes innate?

While Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon had captivated their parents’ generation in the 1930s, children of the 1950s saw a renewed fascination with space travel, accentuated by sci-fi films and […]