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History of the Cassette Tape
History of the Cassette Tape
The cassette tape was one of the first technologies that allowed us to share music and recordings on a much wider scale. Today, we may think of cassette tapes as...
Blast to the Past: Thanksgiving in the 1950's
Blast to the Past: Thanksgiving in the 1950's
What do you get when you put together ornate cornucopias, well-dressed family photos and jello everything? It’s the Fabulous Fifties! The 1950’s were revolutionary. Millions of families flocked to the...
The Best Hot Cocoa Recipes You'll Drool Over
The Best Hot Cocoa Recipes You'll Drool Over
As the holiday season begins to wind down, it's time to give yourself a break. Hunker down during this winter season and cuddle up to a nice hot cup of cocoa. While...
Fall is Good for Your Brain
Fall is Good for Your Brain
Fall Beautiful days and chillier evenings, that gorgeous autumn color palette. Ahh...what's not to love about Fall? Everyone seems more chipper, more friendly, filled with joy and laughter. But why?...
How Long Does it Take to Convert a VHS Tape to DVD & Digital?
How Long Does it Take to Convert a VHS Tape to DVD & Digital?
Since you’re on the Legacybox blog, there’s a good chance you’re at least a little bit familiar with conversion services. You know that places like Legacybox can take your original...
Who Invented the Thumb Drive?
Who Invented the Thumb Drive?
Whether you use one for your job every day or just when you need to conveniently transfer data from this to that, the thumb drive single handedly (there’s a pun...
15 Top Trends from the 70s
15 Top Trends from the 70s
The 1970s. A to the max time when hippies ran rampant, disco ruled the clubs, no array of colors were ignored when it came to looking fab and shirt collars...
Does My Film Need to Be Developed Before Digitizing?
Does My Film Need to Be Developed Before Digitizing?
If you look hard enough – scouring those dusty boxes in the attic or digging in those stacked bins in the basement – you’re bound to find some old film, from...
Classic Halloween Monster's of All Time
Classic Halloween Monster's of All Time
Ahh, Halloween! That time of year where people openly and eagerly subject themselves to ridiculous feats of fright. Whether it’s binge watching classic horror films or bumbling through the local...
Best Towns to Celebrate Halloween
Best Towns to Celebrate Halloween
Looking for the best place to showcase this year’s funky costume and load up on your guilty pleasure candies? Near and far, here are some of the best spots to...
Halloween Costumes: The Best for 2018
Halloween Costumes: The Best for 2018
Who's ready for Halloween?! If you're like most people, you might be looking for THE BEST Halloween costumes - couples or singles! Lucky for you, we have an awesome list...
10 Classic Scary Movies
10 Classic Scary Movies
October means one thing: Halloween. Halloween means one thing: scary movies. That might not be completely true, because Halloween also means candy, trick-or-treating, costumes, and haunted houses, but you know...
8mm Film Reel Sizes Explained for Regular & Super 8 Film Footage
8mm Film Reel Sizes Explained for Regular & Super 8 Film Footage
Do you have some vintage 8mm film collecting nothing but a firm coat of mother nature’s dandruff? Well, grab that old box full of film reels and ship it off...