Turn off the lights and see these vintage overhead projectors from the '60s
Give me your tired, your poor: The history of the Statue of Liberty poem
Old-school color-changing liquid pregnancy tests & ovulation predictors (1980s)
Bad vintage Christmas ads: 20 retro holiday sales pitches that you'd never see today
It's time for retro appetizers in fun shapes! Get these Cheddar-sherry, ham spread & cream cheese spread recipes (1968)
Apple pie dump cake recipe & vintage dump cake how-tos
See what Lucille Ball had to say about her marriage to Desi Arnaz back in 1950
How to have a proper Victorian garden party (1899)
How to make a 'Hollyday' mint pie (1990)
Consolidated B-36: The world's biggest bomber in the '40s & '50s could drop a 10,000-pound atomic bomb
Make vintage-style handmade Christmas wreaths with this craft how-to from 1964
Vintage lava lamps: They're like wild – way out! (1960s & 1970s)
Debbie Reynolds' photo scrapbook (1978)
1950s, 1960s, 1970s, Old photos & vintage photography, Vintage & retro entertainment, Vintage celebrities & famous people, Vintage magazines
The Debbie Reynolds scrapbook
The unsinkable star shares her very personal memories of her broken marriages, her two children and her career
Some might call her the hard-luck kid. Her first husband ran off with Elizabeth Taylor. Her second husband left her saddled with heavy debts. Her daughter, Carrie Fisher, on her way to stardom, didn't talk to her mother for a while.
Debbie's own up-and-down career of 30 years as an entertainer hit bottom last year when her one-woman show flopped resoundingly on Broadway. Is Debbie Reynolds down? Not on your life. "I'm really, really up," she says defiantly.
Still Dresden-doll pretty at 45 (but steely strong inside), Debbie means every word of her optimism. And you have a chance to believe her when you watch her work the audience at a dinner show in a club called The Nugget in Sparks, Nevada, near Reno. You can only marvel at her. She kisses bald-headed men and calls them Charlie, their wives Mary, walks across tabletops interviewing children and picks up first names to use later in her act.
Debbie's photos
"Here I am, a few months old and already acting."
"I entered the Miss Burbank contest to get a free blouse and skirt. I was stunned when I won the title!"
Captions by Debbie Reynolds
"My career really started with Singin' in the Rain with Gene Kelly. I practiced dancing for it till my feet bled!"
"I lived at home with my mom and dad right up to the day I married Eddie Fisher."
News headlines from when Senator Bobby Kennedy was shot (1968)
President Dwight D Eisenhower (R): Informed citizens are the guardian & spirit of democracy (1960)
The Little Mermaid brings another happily-ever-after ending for Disney fans (1989)
Categories: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, Old photos & vintage photography, Vintage & retro entertainment, Vintage celebrities & famous people, Vintage magazines
Original publication date: March 1978
Tags: 1978, actresses, dancers, scrapbooking, singers, vintage celebrities
Added or last updated: August 26, 2013
Dave Brubeck and his tree house (1958)