There was always plenty to talk about at lunch with the roundhouse wiper gang of 1943 of the Chicago NW Railroad in Clinton, Iowa. Fashion statements were made using the handkerchief on your head.
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Sunday, December 19, 2010
A Fine Day To Build A Plane
When the sun is shining and you have the parts, nothing suites like building a plane, especially if the ladies are watching. 1942.
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Dinner with Cowboys
Food always tastes better out of doors, especially on the trail in Yellowstone, Montana.
Click for full image.
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Bookend Beer Halls
Main St. in Cascade, Idaho – July 1941.
From Beer Hall to Beer Hall with a Drug Store and Restaurant between.
Monday, November 15, 2010
Wreck of the old 97
The wreck of the old 97. Made famous in song and tale, the actual wreck was a mail train made up of four cars and locomotive No.1102. Train No. 97 crashed on September 27, 1903 in Pennsylvania County, Kentucky.
Friday, November 12, 2010
Mini-van of the 19th Century
Mini-vans weren’t a 20th century invention. MAV’s (mother’s assault vehicles) were popular in the 19th century too.
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Sunday, November 7, 2010
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Assembling B-25’s WWII
Assembling B-25’s during World War II – North American Aviation – Kansas City – October 1942.
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Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Memories of Yesterday
Memories from grandma and grandpa’s world.
The Grand Grocery Company, Lincoln, Nebraska in 1942.
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Monday, August 30, 2010
WWII – Homeless Children In London
July 1940 – German bombs destroyed large sections of London including the housing of tens of thousands of its residents.
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Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Harvesting Bumpers for Scrap Metal
Actress Rita Hayworth participates in the ‘Harvesting Bumpers for Scrap Metal’ drive during World War II.
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Thursday, August 19, 2010
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Dr. Scott’s Electric Hair Brush
1899 ad for Dr. Scott’s Electric Hair Brush, claimed to protect you from dandruff, baldness, falling hair, headache and neuralgia all for the bargain basement price of $1.00.
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Friday, August 13, 2010
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
For Home and Country
Financing a war involves the acquisition of revenue and resources from any possible source. Families' ‘loaned’ their men and also donated to the cause in goods, rationing and the purchase of victory bonds.
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Sunday, August 1, 2010
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Monday, July 26, 2010
Aida – at the Hippodrome
All of the elite took time to go see Aida presented by the Hippodrome Opera Co.
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Friday, July 16, 2010
Another Version of Keeping Baby on Bottle
Keep mom inebriated and the baby will enjoy the benefits too. Who came up with this inane advertisement?
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Friday, July 9, 2010
What Was That? An Early Auto Accident
Auto accidents always have a memorable impact on those involved. Unfortunately, they all too often result in serious injury and death.
In 1918, residents in the city witnessed something new in their experience. A vehicle accident on the street in front of their apartments.
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Saturday, July 3, 2010
It’s Never Too Early To Start Shaving
Who knows what goes through the minds of advertisers. Approval of this campaign boldly proclaimed the detachment from reality enjoyed by all involved.
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Saturday, June 26, 2010
Tap Lightly and Don’t Smoke
Civil War: Union soldiers removing the powder from Confederate torpedoes at James River, Virginia in 1864.
Life expectancy of the sappers was short. The powder shack sat in a deep gully to protect others in the area from any unexpected explosion.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
The Quiet Man
After a long week of hassles at work, home or on the road, taking a break to watch a well acted movie without the crudity and flashing of flesh seen so often today is a welcome escape.
Put the 1952 classic movie, “The Quiet Man” in the player, sit back and enjoy John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara in the 1933 story by Maurice Walsh… Life is good..
Technorati Tags: Great Movies,Era
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Putting the Pepsin in Gum
Dr. Edward E. Beeman invented and marketed a chewing gum made of pepsin powder and chicle as an aid to digestion.
Sales of Beman’s “Original Pepsin” Chewing Gum ceased in 1978 but was later produced again in a nostalgia campaign.
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Remembering D-Day
Sixty-six years ago, at 6:30 AM, 6 June 1944 the Alllied invasion of France commenced in Normandy to free Nazi occupied Europe.
160,000 troops landed on the five assault sectors now well-known by the world as Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword.
They were supported by 195,700 naval and merchant personnel.
Saturday, May 29, 2010
I’m A Patriot
Normal supplies of many foods and consumer goods were in short supply during World War II. The U.S. Government ran many programs to encourage its citizenry to get by with less and make do with what they had.
Monday, May 24, 2010
Northern – Vehicle Dust Eliminator
The Northern Touring Auto Dust Eliminator. A blast of air pointed under the car to eliminate dust created by the vacuum under a fast moving vehicle.
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Harbor of Port Arthur is Open
The Japanese and Russians engaged in military hostilities in early June 1904. The result was the opening of the harbor of Port Arthur for commercial shipping.
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Buying a Set of New Wheels
Our ancestors may have set aside a Saturday to add a set of ‘Wheels’ to their stable of conveyances.. Did they shop by catalog or try to find a dealer somewhere?
Technorati Tags: vehicle advertisements,bicycles
Monday, May 3, 2010
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Monday, April 19, 2010
The Gibson Girls
Gibson Girls were the creation of illustrator Charles Dana Gibson in the late 1800’s. Their stories and images flowed from his pen for over twenty years.
The images of the girls quickly became the standard visage of a beautiful woman.
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Monday, April 12, 2010
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Created from a merger of the Cooper and Bailey Circus in 1881, the Barnum and Bailey Circus quickly established itself as the premiere circus in America.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Klondike Gold Rush
Fifty years after the California gold rush, another gold rush started. On 16 August 1896, Keish Skookum Jim Mason, found placer deposits in Bonanza Creek in the Yukon. Shortly thereafter, the rush was on. A deep recession and related bank failures had plagued residents ‘down below’ and news of the find couldn’t have come at a better time.
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Growing Up In The Depression
Almost all wage workers suffered during the Great Depression Their angst and desperation was also reflected in the faces of their families.
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Friday, March 26, 2010
Good Wine
Advertising often enhances our perception of the absurd to attract attention to the Ad.
Nothing sells products faster than a photo of a lady chugging a bottle of wine in a field with a big bow on her dress.
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Monday, March 22, 2010
Civil War River Transport
Technological advances that allowed moving troops over rivers and bays did not originate in the 20th Century.
Witness the pontoonmobiles used in the Civil War.
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