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  1. Atomic Age

    a vintage Thanksgiving

    I wonder if the whole green bean casserole thing was more of a big deal in the suburbs than in rural areas. I know when I was growing up in the suburbs in the late 60's and early 70's, the green bean casserole seemed to be as much a staple of holiday dinners as the turkey and stuffing...
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    VHS you dare?

    Now this is funny because when I used to record TV shows, I would diligently edit out the commercials as I would record the show, pausing the recording when the commercials came on. Now I wish I hadn't. The commercials say much more about the era than the actual shows do. Fortunately lots of...
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    George Hurrell 40s style photography

    Here are a couple of shots from my latest photo shoot. Doug
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    VHS you dare?

    I started collecting blu-ray almost 4 years ago, so I find it VERY hard to go back to FUZZY VHS. About the only thing I have left that is VHS resolution, are some Republic serials that I transferred to DVD-R. As for the life span of VHS vs DVD-R, it really depends on the quality of the media...
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    11 Sounds your kids probally don't recognize

    For years people have wondered about the short wave "number" stations that pop up and are gone a few hours later. You would be scanning around the short wave dial, and run across a voice that seems to be just saying random numbers or letters. An example of one of these stations can be heard on...
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    11 Sounds your kids probally don't recognize

    The classic RCA Indian Head Test Pattern. This image would sit on your TV screen for something like 30 min before the actual broadcast would start in the 1950's. Doug
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    Your favourite commercials

    The Original... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhR8GZ_WWMM The 2011 version... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr-NW0QHL7A&feature=related Doug
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    11 Sounds your kids probally don't recognize

    My Western Electric 302 weighs about 5 or 6 pounds. It would surely do some damage, and still work after. Doug
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    11 Sounds your kids probally don't recognize

    Larger cities were switched first. I don't know for sure, but my guess is the Los Angeles area probably started its switch over in 75 or 76. Where I live in Phoenix, it didn't happen until around 1980. Doug
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    11 Sounds your kids probally don't recognize

    When I was a kid sometime in the early 70's, we were still on a party line. There was only one other house on the line, but now and then you'd pick up the phone, and there would be someone else talking on it. Doug
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    11 Sounds your kids probally don't recognize

    Depends on what city you lived in. The tone changed with the switch over from mechanical switchers, to digital in the late 1970's. Doug
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    11 Sounds your kids probally don't recognize

    I own 5 or 6. Why would it go over badly? They don't take up much space and you can pick them up fairly cheap. Doug
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    11 Sounds your kids probally don't recognize

    Here is the classic mechanical switching system dial tone. http://www.telephonetribute.com/audio/dialtone.wav Doug
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    11 Sounds your kids probally don't recognize

    Not just the hum but the smell too. Doug
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    George Hurrell 40s style photography

    Great job Gene! I love that you got a real Western Electric 302 phone. The lighting is spot on. I love the wet street behind you in the second photo also! Doug
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    a vintage Thanksgiving

    At my house Thanksgiving is an all day sort of thing, so there are lots of snacks and goodies to munch on while we wait for dinner. Here is the snack table from last year. And of course here is the bird.... Doug
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    a vintage Thanksgiving

    Interesting. When I was a kid in the late 60's it seemed to be everywhere. I know Campbells discovered it was their most requested recipe sometime in the late 50's or early 60's. Doug
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    a vintage Thanksgiving

    Yeah but it tastes good. Doug
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    Golden Era Preservation in Your Area

    Love it! Maybe I should start a thread about mid century "googie" architecture. Doug
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    a vintage Thanksgiving

    Well too be fair, its been showing up "everywhere" since 1955 when it was created by the Campbell's Soup Company. It was a huge hit that first year and has been a holiday staple ever since. Doug

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