Category: 1950’s

Here is the voting machine I remember most. In my school, they were kept by the custodian’s office and we…

Not all memories are happy ones. I remember as a kid thinking to myself that if McDonald’s was mostly for…

Most of the things you use today Nick Holonyak Jr. had a hand in it. We all know Thomas Edison…

Kodak, the memory keeper. Birthdays, weddings, Easter, you name it Kodak preserved our memories. I don’t miss waiting a week…

Carl Dean Switzer also know as Alfalfa in the series Our Gang was one of the earlier actors who were…

I was in a restaurant with my wife celebrating our anniversary and there was a table with kids. All were…

Time capsules are fun. They are usually buried which creates challenges for preserving the artifacts. In 1957 the State of…

What was your favorite item or special at Howard Johnson’s? Who didn’t love their clams? My all time favorite was…

Back in the depression era, money was extremely tight. Movie theaters lowered prices to as low as a dime, but…

In 1957, spaghetti was not a common food in Britain. It was mainly available in cans pre-made, so at the…