The Mid Century Vault

Where to find the whole series

Curated by: Philip Mershon (110 videos)

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Tracks in this Playlist

• 108 Evel Knievel: The Triumph, The Crashes, and The Scandal That Ended It All
• 107 The Army of Kids Who Ran the Information Web Before the Internet!
• 106 Matchmaking by Mainframe Computer in the 1960s
• 105 The Surprise Corporate History of 60s Tie Dye!
• 104 What Happened To The Stars Of The Commercial Break?
• 103 Goodyear Blimp: America's Floating Billboard
• 102 History of the Wienermobile: Fiberglass, Bubbles, & Buns!
• 101 The Wild History of Lawn Darts: They Were Fun, Till They Weren't.
• The Lost Palace of Hollywood Glamour: The Earl Carroll Theatre Story 🍸 | Mid Century Vault Ep. 100 🎉
• 099 Shrinky Dinks: How Two Moms Created a 70s Toy Craze
• 098 Fingerpaint: It Started With A Kid, A Bottle Of Iodine and a Door!
• 097 Pneumatic Tubes: The Secret Air Network That Built the Modern World
• 096 Bicentennial Minutes: The Sixty Second Time Machine of the 70s
• 095 Duncan Yoyo: The 60s Craze That Bankrupted an Empire 🪀
• 094 The Huge Secret Army That Kept the Mid Century Connected 📞
• 093 Kiddie Rides: The Forgotten Million-Dollar Industry
• 092 The Jet Age Fashion Wars: When Stewardesses Wore Haute Couture
• 091 Before It Went Digital: The Golden Era of Radio Shack (1960s-1970s)
• 090 Polaroid Swinger: How This $19.95 Plastic Camera Won the 1960s 📸
• 089 The Ponytail Defined the 1950s: From Audrey Hepburn to Barbie 🎀
• 088 Play Doh: Surprise! It Was For Walls Before It Was For Kids 🏠🎨
• 087 Ditto Machine: The Purple Handouts We All Loved To Smell!
• 086 Family Portraits Were So Awkward, So Awesome!
• 085 Pringles: An "Only In The 20th Century" Story
• 084 We've Lost Our Marbles!: The Forgotten Childhood Game
• 083 Mr Bubble History: We ALL Wanted This Pink Box in the 60s 🧼
• 082 Punch Boards: The Nickel & Dime Racket at the Corner Drugstore!
• 081 How "Sock It To Me" Changed History: The Chaos of Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In
• 080 Wacky Packages: The 1973 Trend That Trolled Every Brand in America
• 079 Electric Skillet: The Gadget That Set the 1950s Housewife Free! 🍳✨
• 078 The Genius of Shari Lewis: She Was More Than Just a Puppet Master!
• 077 Bonomo's Turkish Taffy - The Candy You Loved To Smack
• 076 Hooded Hairdryer Chair: MidMod Architect Of The Bouffant!
• 075 Crayola 64 Box 🖍️ The Cadillac of Crayons
• 074 Styrofoam: The Miracle Stuff From The Disposable Era
• 073 "Attention Kmart Shoppers!" – The Wacky History of the Blue Light Special
• 072 Charge It!! The Sliding History of the "Knuckle Buster" Credit Card Imprinter
• 071 Mattel's Thingmaker - Did The Fun Outweigh The Danger?
• 070 Why the 8-Track Ruined Your Favorite Songs (And Why We Bought It Anyway)
• 069 The Phone Booth: From Wooden Closets to Space Age Capsules (And Where to Find the Last Ones)
• 068 Why the First Pocket Calculator Cost $400 (and why teachers hated it!)
• 067 Tupperware: The "Burp" Heard Round The World 🥣✨
• 066 Spencer’s Gifts: The Mall’s Wild Child
• 065 Jack In A Box: The 1950s Toy That Taught Us to Be Brave 🤡📦
• 064 The Groovy History of the L’eggs Boutique (And Those Famous Plastic Eggs)
• 063 Silly Putty Became An Iconic Toy--After The US Military Rejected It!
• 062 The 1960s Desktop Power Symbol: The History of the Rolodex
• 061 The Mood Ring: How a 1970s Junk Science Fad Became a $250 Million Craze 💍
• 060 Why Millions of People Bought a Rock in 1975 🪨
• 059 The Twist! Come On Baby, Let's Do It
• 058 From Boiling Pots to Pampers: The Messy History of Mid-Century Parenting 👶🧷
• 057 Why Grandma Had an Avocado Green Recipe Box (70s Food History)
• 056 Why Everyone Remembers Dick and Jane (And Why They Vanished)
• 055 How the Jukebox Invented the "Viral" Hit: The Secret History of Wurlitzer Seeburg and Rock-Ola
• 054 The 70s Obsession with Waterbeds: The Rise and Fall of the "Pleasure Pit"
• 053 Hidden in Plain Sight - The 1920s Brannock Device is Still in Every Shoe Store Today
• 052 The Grift That Kept On Grifting -11 Records for a Penny -The Genius (and Trap) of Record Clubs 📀
• 051 Why Pop Tarts were Actually Inspired by Dog Food 🥣 | The Mid Century Vault
• 050 Bongos - Beatniks & Rebellion: The Rhythm of Mid-Century Cool
• 049 The Game They Called "Sex in a Box": The Scandalous History of Twister 🔴🔵
• 048 From Radar to Radarange: The Secret History of the Microwave Oven
• 047 Dick Van Dyke at 100: The Untold Story of a Mid-Century Legend
• 046 Star Magazine (1973): The Controversial "Groupie" Magazine for Teens
• 045 The Surreal History of Gumby: From Art School to SNL
• 044 Ding Dong! The Secret History of Avon
• 043 Click Clacker: The Early 70s Favorite Toy Until the Dream (and the toy) Shattered
• 042 The Secret History of Formica (It Wasn’t Meant for Kitchens!)
• 041 Streamline Moderne: The Architecture of Speed & Optimism (1930-1945)
• 040 Why Macramé Took Over the 70s (And Where It Came From) ✨
• 039 Jack Benny: King of the Slow Burn.
• 038 The Peanuts Story: Why Charles Schulz HATED the Name & Franklin Armstrong's Debut
• 037 Bowling - Mid Century's Favorite Pastime
• 036 Etch A Sketch - Powered by Imagination
• 035 Mad Magazine!
• 034 Fondue - Dip into Mid-Century Dinner Party Chic!
• 033 Fuzzy Dice
• 032 Woolworth's Five & Dime: The store that invented modern shopping and changed America.
• 031 Painting for EVERYONE! The $20 Million Dollar Secret of Paint by Numbers!
• 030 Pop Rocks Candy from Accidental Invention to Business Disaster: The $40 Million Rumor!
• 029 Unisex Hair Salons: The Hair Apparent
• 028 K-tel!
• 027 MSG: Secret Kitchen Weapon or Toxic Myth? The Truth About Monosodium Glutamate & Umami
• 026 Beat Generation vs Beatniks: The Selling of a Movement
• 025 Bell Bottoms: From Sailors to Soul Train and beyond!
• 024 Kilroy Was Here: Is This The Grandfather of All Memes?
• 023 Beatles Merch '64-'65: A Business Mishap That May Be Darker Thank Meets The Eye.
• 022 Howard Johnson's
• 021 CorningWare
• 020 Pulp Fiction!
• 019 The Golden Age of Nightclubs
• 018 The Leisure Suit: Fashion Faux Pas or Outfit of Rebellion?
• 017 Miniature Golf
• 016 Romper Room
• 015 S&H Green Stamps
• 014 The Automat
• 013 Radio pt 2
• 012 Radio pt1
• 011 The Magic 8 Ball
• 010 The French Poodle (is not French, quelle scandale!)
• 009 TV Guide magazine