Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Together, our experts share a comprehensive list of all the hottest toys kids couldn't wait to get their hands on in the 1950s.

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 ...

A trip into Subatomic Toys on Commercial Street in south-central Salem can feel like time-travelling back to childhood. The store is filled with vintage and collectible toys from the 1930s to the ...

Recent news reports have chronicled the return to the Motor City of the SS Ste. Claire, the century-old steamship better known to Detroiters “of a certain age” as one of two storied Boblo boats. The ...

Burrow-style toys have also exploded in popularity because they combine hide-and-seek play with plush textures that dogs ...

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 ...

Designs for furniture, glass, pottery and even kitchen appliances changed dramatically in the 1950s. New materials like plastic, which could be molded and easily shaped, made revolutionary designs ...