My dad operated a Standard station in the fifties. He p***ed in '97 and my mom p***ed in '22. While cleaning out her house I found this calendar from my birth year. Although termite eaten, I found another on ebay, and the local Fedex office was able to scan the two and put together a replica of the original. I thought you guys might think it was kinda cool. I was a whopping 7 pounds 6 oz.
Pretty cool Charles Dye illustrated calander. Charles Dye was a quite famous illustrator specializing in Western art and Norman Rockwell-ish Americana.
LOL. My mom had 2 sets of canisters on the kitchen counter...the "rooster" ones were her "special baking canisters" and were off limits to everyone.
That takes me back to the 1950’s, I remember mom using Calumet Baking Soda and McCormick Vanilla Extract as shown on that table. It’s strange how an old calendar can trigger memories from our youth.
As a kid I couldn't understand why Vanila extract tasted so awful and why baking chocolate, which looked like a Hershey bar, was so bitter.
Cool calendar! Hang that up in a place of prominence. Reminds me of simpler times but back then following the instructions of a cooking show on TV is pretty much the same as us getting tips from a U Tube video today. I came across one from our family business and an old one from Ford. I've been making simple frames with gl*** for them and hanging them in the garage.
Go back and edit your post and change the size from thumbnail to full size so we can read what's written on it easier.
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