I also love rural farm images like this with a community getting together. Aside from County fair time, I wonder if folks still get together like this?
Side show
A wagon ride home
Horse & mule traders
Cheers!
Dan
And speaking of the venerable HBT M47 uniform, are there any places out there that even reproduce those items? Or is it just the M41 & M42 HBT uniforms that get reproduced? I have yet to find a good reliable source of any vintage surplus from the Korean War era that isn't eBay, and that has...
Yeah, William Wyler did admit that after enlisting & making his training films for the war effort over in England, he discovered a lot of shortcomings to Mrs. Miniver. One of them being the fact that he had a middle class family in too large of a house. It was very Hollywood. In contrast, The...
It's funny. Back in High School I used to wear my Pops M47 HBT trousers. He was in the army stationed in Germany from 1950-53. Also, used to wear his cooks whites trouser during the summer months. Sure wish I could find some of this m47 trousers. They were the best. Plus it was fairly normal.
In...
Wow! That just brought a land slide of good memories. As a kid I recall that every summer we would go camping at Atascadero State Beach in California, just a little north of Morro Bay. Along Highwy 1 there was a "Young's Giant Food". Now I think it is a Spencers. One of the memories was that it...
Thanks gang!
Yeah, it is a shame. The first two images is how I recall it from my childhood. Complete with the cocktail bar & cafe. Cafe actually had a decent steak dinner that it was known for. Some time in the late 70's early 80's it finally shut down for good. There were folks who bought...
Motel Inn, San Luis Obispo, CA. The worlds very first Motel. I recall eating at the cafe there as a kid.
Sadly, this is all that remains, and that may not last.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motel_Inn_of_San_Luis_Obispo...
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