Vintage shots from days gone by!

I have to agree, Jim. This reminds me of several trips, going through Gary, Ind. at night enroute to an ASA race at Milwaukee.

 

My folks took us kids to this place when I was a kid, we had a lake cabin a few miles away. The building is still there (I think it's a museum now) but the tribe has built a big new casino on the other side of the road.

 

I wanted one of these toy Thompson machine guns sooo bad when I was a kid. Now I want a real one.

 

Hey Doug, put me on the list for a book. I was thinking about all the photos you have posted and the ones you probably havn't posted yet and thought a book of all your photos would be cool to have.It would make a good coffee table book. I look at this thread more than once a day and am always pleased when new post show up.There are alot of you guys posting some really enjoyable stuff. Thanks to each one of you.

 

Really an OLD erector set!!!!!!!!

 

Grandma and Grandpa had one of those and when we would go to play cards the change clanging together after a hand would sometimes change the channel or the volume. Very few people know that is why they are known as a "clicker" today because the originals made clicking noises.

 

That nighttime shot of the mill is great. That is the Jones and Laughlin mill on Second Avenue next to the Parkway East. When we were kids we used to drive past this place at night on our way home. We would always say "smells like rotten eggs". My dad would the respond "That's the smell of money". I think it was the smell of sulphur used in the steelmaking process.

 

Looks more like an erection set to me.

 

Another system had a little bellows in the remote that blew whistle notes. The jangle of keys would activate changes. I'm not sure that a wired remote wouldn't be preferable. It could have a glowlight so you could see what your doing and it wouldn't get lost as easy. Had a VHS with corded remote and it was allright.

 

Ah yes! I remember those days. Like you said, we weren't poor but just used common sense in not throwing something away because it had a hole in it. We also used to go to the local shoemakers shop to get new soles or heels on our worn shoes. Or to get 'cleets' to add life to the heel and make a cool sound when clicked on the pavement. I am sure many middle class families passed clothes down from one kid to the next when one outgrew them. Just because they didn't fit didn't mean you threw them away. I remember getting clothes from my bigger brother and also from my bigger cousins. No big deal! Another thing which was interesting about those times: I don't ever remember looking for a certain label in an article of clothing. It was what it was. About the only 'designer' item I can remember was US Keds tennis shoes. That was about the only 'status symbol' I can remember (I am 62 years old).

 

We had an early 50's Zenith TV, radio, record changer combo that had a wire remote. It made a chunking sound when the channels changed by mechanically moving the tuner. In the later '50's Zenith came up with a wireless remote that actually worked by the "clicking" sound, hence "clicker".

"The improved Zenith Space Command remote control went into commercial production in 1956. Zenith engineer Robert Adler designed the Space Command based on ultrasonics.

The Space Command transmitter used no batteries; inside the transmitter were four lightweight aluminum rods that emitted high-frequency sounds when struck at one end. Each rod was a different length to create a different sound that controlled a receiver unit built into the television.

The receiver contained a microphone attached to a circuit that was tuned to the same frequency. Some problems with this method were that the receiver could be triggered accidentally by naturally occurring noises, and some people, especially young women, could hear the piercing high-frequency signals. There was even a noted incident in which a toy xylophone changed the channels on these types of TVs since some of the overtones from the xylophone matched the remote's ultrasonic frequency."

 

I had PF Flyer's with rubber balls on the sides to prevent sparks from setting my pants on fire because I could run so fast... (quote from "Bill Cosby's album... "I Started out as a Child" )!

Then my younger brother would inherit them from me as I out grew my clothes faster than I could wear them out!

 

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Wow... tear drop with a slide out? Gary

 

Remember this????


http://www.nbcchimes.info/sounds/chimes19480425.mp3




cool

 

http://www.colourlovers.com/fashion/blog/2008/04/29/a-fashion-color-icon-blue-jeans





http://www.denimhunt.com/denimhunt/2009/09/timeline-of-womens-denim-by-levi-strauss-co.html



http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2703/4252374823_ecb2242498.jpg



"Classic shot of writer Mickey Spillane in Levi 501 jeans"

http://theselvedgeyard.wordpress.com/page/16/

 

Holden

http://cr4.globalspec.com/blogentry/14340/Clay-Model-Mystery

 

http://www.hstc.org/mysteryphoto.htm

 

http://www.cumberlanddairy.com/website/History

 

Greenville Dairy delivery trucks in Jersey City. Boy is Anthony Lupkowski, the father Peter J and other sons Henry and Eddie.

 

http://www.puritydairies.com/company/gallery/index.html

 

http://hornellhome.com/around hornell in photos undetermined.htm

 

http://www.thirdlakeridge.org/results.asp?LastName=Williamson

 

http://www.pepsimemphismo.com/pictures/

 

We were the same also but I assume what you called "cleets" we called "taps". I remember having a pair of Converse "High Tops" once and of course for dress shoes everyone wanted "Wing Tips".

Love this site, brings back memories long forgotten until someone mentions something that brings it all back.