MORE MEMORIES

Pictures submitted by Mike Rick
9/11/09

"A rather fresh and different set of pics from 1950 - 1960.  Kind of scary when you remember most of this stuff!!!"

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1961

Beetle boots 1964

View-Master 1950

Zenith Cobra-Matic Record Changer 1950

Corner Hangout

Royal Typewriter Model FP 1961

8mm Movie Film

Huffy Radiobike 1955

First McDonald's 1955

American Bandstand 1957

3-D Glasses 1956

Schlitz Softop Can 1960

Bendix G-15 Computer 1956

American Bandstand 1957

Fallout Shelter 1957

Vitalis 1965

Zenith G2355 1950

Admiral Color C1617A 1953

RCA 17S351 1954

Philco Predicta UG-4744 1960

YouTube Fun

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Classic Commercial Jingles 50s 60s

50's TV: Classic Chevrolet Commercial (Aired 1956)

Vintage TV Commercial - Lucy & Ricky, Ford Convertible, 50's

This Is Your Life Laurel & Hardy, 1954
 

Subject: Great Memories From The Past.
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APRONS . . . APRONS . . . APRONS

 

 Notice that a "Medium" is a size 14-16

~ REMEMBER MAKING AN APRON IN HOME EC.?  REMEMBER HOME EC.? ~
At Folwell Jr. High, we made green aprons, and our sewing teacher was Mrs. Travis. 
Some of us were lucky enough to get to use the electric sewing machines, then others of us got the treadle machines!!!
Remember trying to sew a seam on the treadles, only to mess up the treadle and go in reverse and thus undoing the stitches we had just sewn?

The History of Aprons



I don't think our kids know what an apron is.

The principal use of Grandma's apron was to protect the dress underneath because she only had a few and because it was easier to wash aprons than dresses and aprons required less material. 

Along with that, it served as a potholder for removing hot pans from the oven.

It was wonderful for drying children's tears, and on occasion was even used for cleaning out dirty ears.

From the chicken coop, the apron was used for carrying eggs, fussy chicks, and sometimes half-hatched eggs to be finished in the warming oven.

When company came, those aprons were ideal hiding places for shy kids.

And when the weather was cold, Grandma wrapped it around her arms.

Those big old aprons wiped many a perspiring brow, bent over the hot wood stove.

Chips and kindling wood were brought into the kitchen in that apron.

From the garden, it carried all sorts of vegetables.  After the peas had been shelled, it carried out the hulls.

In the fall, the apron was used to bring in apples that had fallen from the trees.

When unexpected company drove up the road, it was surprising how much furniture that old apron could dust in a matter of seconds.

When dinner was ready, Grandma walked out onto the porch, waved her apron, and the men folk knew it was time to come in from the fields to dinner.

It will be a long time before someone invents something that will replace that 'old-time apron' that served so many purposes.

Send this to those who would know (and love) the story about Grandma's aprons..

Remember . . .
Grandma used to set her hot baked apple pies on the window sill to cool.  Her granddaughters set theirs on the window sill to thaw.

They would go crazy now trying to figure out how many germs were on that apron.

I don't think I ever caught anything from an apron - but love . . .



 

Life is like a roll of toilet paper...
the closer it gets to the end,
the faster it goes.

Nancy (Tannehill) DuPont

NBC news clip from 1962 titled, "From the Archives:  Spring Break 1962"
Daytona Beach:  Where the Boys Went

Mike Rick
 

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