After a decade of healthy economic growth and general future-think optimism, Americans were forced to face an unpleasant truth: The world was no longer an entirely happy place in 1961. Cold-war escalation led many Americans to build fallout shelters, while the failed Bay of Pigs invasion shattered the illusion of U.S. invincibility. But if the … Continue reading Model-Year Madness! 10 Classic Ads From 1961