- Vot Der Dumboozle? - http://www.geocities.com/~jimlowe/
A Popular Culture Excavation Site - calls attention to unique, obscure, or extraordinary persons or areas of popular interest.
- Pop History Now - http://www.pophistorynow.com/
Features a random year in pop history every weekday.
- The 1920s Experience - http://www.angelfire.com/co/pscst/
Covers the arts, literature, fads, fashion, and other significant cultural hallmarks of the 1920s.
- Drive In Theater - http://www.driveintheater.com
Dedicated to the keeping the American Drive In alive.
- Levittown at Fifty - http://www.lihistory.com/specsec/levmain.htm
The story of Levittown, not the first, not the only, but the best known suburban development of the post war era.
- American Folk - http://www.americanfolk.com
A mix of Americana, popular culture, and kitsch.
- Whole Pop Magazine Online - http://www.wholepop.com/
Pop culture magazine with features on motorcycles, teddybears, toaster foods and lunchboxes.
- Being Kookie - http://home.att.net/~boomers.fifties.teenmag/kookie.html
Honoring the teen idol magazines of the 1950s; snapshots and articles on era teen idols, fashion, and makeup.
- Eighties Extravaganza - http://www.angelfire.com/pq/philgee
Humorous personal nostalgia site that covers all aspects of popular culture.
- Platform Diva - http://www.geocities.com/FashionAvenue/1495/
Takes you through the fashion history of the platform shoe.
- Nuke Pop - http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/nukepop/
Nuclear imagery in Popular Culture
- Futuretro - http://futuretro.net/
An analysis of current and future trends in popular culture by reference to past movements.
- Web Generation - http://www.wgeneration.com/
A site about the fads, events, entertainment, and nostalgia of each decade in the past 60 years. Articles and forums allow people to discuss current issues, as well as the events of the past.
- Flapper Station - http://www.home.earthlink.net/~rbotti/
A roaring 20's resource featuring antique automobiles, classic radio, flappers, jazz, and movies.
- Conelrad: Atomic Culture - http://www.conelrad.com
Extensive resources about 'the bomb' and all its attendant pop culture fallout. Includes song lyrics, audio, and video.
- Fifties Web - http://www.fiftiesweb.com/
A look at the 1950s - music, TV, Elvis, Burna Shave, fads, fashions and slang.
- Straight On The Haight - http://www.thestraight.com/
From the Straight Theater in San Francisco, stories and history of the Haight Ashbury, 60s styles, fashions and accessories in picture and text.
- 80s Tribute Picture Gallery - http://members.aol.com/saprano123/home.index.html
A collection of pictures. Includes movies, television, cartoons, music, and toys.
- EastWesterly Review - http://www.postmodernvillage.com/eastwest/
Mock-academic journal of pop culture criticism.
- Jan's Courtyard - http://www.janscourtyard.com/fifties.htm
A personal scrapbook site recalling memories of the fifties and sixties. Contains lots of graphics on each page, and background sounds.
- Paul's Modernistic World - http://www.geocities.com/hepcat_paul
Celebrates early 20th-century lifestyle and architecture as represented by jazz, Roseville pottery, detective pulps, skyscrapers, Grauman's Chinese Theatre and Cozy Kitten salt and pepper shakers.
- Secret Fun Spot - http://www.secretfunspot.com
Trivia of American pop culture past and present.
- Boomers Pinups: The Fifties Teen Idols - http://home.att.net/~boomers.fifties.pinups/index.html
A baby boomer's teen photo collection of the fifties teen idols, including pictures and pinups of Troy Donahue, Fabian Forte, Kookie,Edd Byrnes,Ricky Nelson, Bobby Rydell, Pat Boone.
- The 1990s - Kinder, Gentler, Sure - http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/jamesarey/19999.html
An scholarly essay on defining the social and cultural tone of the 1990s, by James Arey.
- P*Funk Review - Notes on Funk Culture - http://www.soul-patrol.com/funk/rev_ess.htm
A collection of discussions that attempt to place the funk music and culture of the 1970s and 1980s in a broader historical context.
- Lisa's Time Machine - http://members.tripod.com/lisawebworld1/nostalgia.html
Multi-media tours of the 1960s, '70s, and '80s. Includes views of music, lifestyles, fashion, and fads of the three decades.
- MaryMc's Seventies Stuff - http://www.casagordita.com/70s.htm
From music to books, TV and movies to memorable events, a comprehensive collection of 70's culture.
- The Menzies Era - http://www.menziesera.com/
Australian popular culture from 1949 to 1972 including music, movies, books, and sport.
- Famous Boom - http://www.geocities.com/famousboom/
News and commentary on pop culture events, as well as details about reality show episodes.
- PopCult Magazine - http://www.popcultmag.com/
Offers feature stories, profiles, humor, critical essays, and online galleries devoted to pop culture of lasting value rather than momentary hype.
- Pop Goes the Culture - http://www.cultureschlockonline.com/
Where you will find humor and parody about the cinema, people, trends and fads that shape our modern world.
- The Rest of the Story - http://www.kilroywashere.org/006-Pages/06--0Rest-.html
True stories about America from the dollar bill to The Americans by Gordon Sinclair.
- Ravin' the Adult Society - http://web.hku.hk/~h0014130/diss/
Dissertation on the representation of rave culture in British media and legal discourse.
- Emergence of Advertising in America: 1850 - 1920 - http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/eaa/index.html
Covering the early history of advertising in the United States, and drawn from the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library at Duke University.
- Crazy Fads - http://www.crazyfads.com/
Information about fads from the past 100 years: hula hoops, disco, pet rocks, goldfish swallowing, flagpole sitting, mood rings, Rubik's Cubes, and 3D movies.
- Pop Culture Madness - http://www.popculturemadness.com/
A look at some of the humorous areas of pop culture, including a large section featuring the best and worst records from various years.
- Historic Route 66 - http://members.cox.net/jdmount/route66.html
Provides extensive links, books currently available, postcards and other Route 66 information.
- Retroplanet - http://www.retroplanet.net/
Guide to retro American culture, featuring articles on music, movies, fashion, cocktails, pin-ups, collecting, and the retro lifestyle.
- The 1980's Vortex - http://www.freewebz.com/the1980svortex
Features culture essays on the 1980's.
- Driko's 80s Music and Nostalgia - http://www.driko.org/80smusic.html
Features a large 80s tribute collage, song lyrics, mix tapes, essays, links, and reminiscences.
- Deadmalls.com - http://www.deadmalls.com/
Non-for-profit endeavor designed to promote the history of malls as well as their nature, whether thriving or declining, and the impact of time and competition on these establishments. Features on various malls across the United States, dictionary, and a store locator.
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