Remember This? Bruce R. Watkins
By Dorri Partain In the 1979 Kansas City, Mo., mayoral election, Democratic candidate Bruce R. Watkins faced Republican candidate Richard Berkley. Born in 1924, Watkins was adopted by his step-father…
By Dorri Partain In the 1979 Kansas City, Mo., mayoral election, Democratic candidate Bruce R. Watkins faced Republican candidate Richard Berkley. Born in 1924, Watkins was adopted by his step-father…
By Dorri Partain Does your TV set still need rabbit ears? Prior to the direct television signal offered through cable providers, television viewers relied on either an outdoor or indoor…
Much like today’s text abbreviations, language users have looked for ways to write faster. Shorthand, also known as stenography from the Greek “stenos” (narrow) and “graphein” (to write), was first…
Which version of Coca-Cola do you prefer? That was the question everyone was asking when new Coke debuted on store shelves for a brief period of 79 days in 1985.…
Which cola brand do you prefer? This was the question on everyone’s mind during the nationwide Pepsi Challenge. In 1981, the two soft drinks that had battled to be the…
Come for the pizza, stay for the fun! These ShowBiz Pizza Place 25 cents game tokens made going out for pizza an expanded experience. A new concept in family entertainment…
Dorri Partain Contributor As the first babies of 2022 enter the world, the method of keeping them clean and dry has changed greatly from the previous century. Both diapers and…
As clocks around the world approached 11:59 p.m. on December 31, 1999, revelers wondered what would happen as the hands struck midnight – would computers crash and send daily routines…
The “hostess with the mostest” may show her holiday flair with a festive homemade Christmas apron. For centuries, homemakers and chefs have utilized a fabric covering to protect their clothing…
By Dorri PartainContributor Elves may make toys and bake cookies, and gnomes might garden or roam, but pixies seem to only be cute and mischievous. Like all other fairy tale…