I remember in the 1950’s going to the health clinic to get a vaccination shot, What a long day that turned out to be! I would go with my Mother to the clinic and have …
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Vaccination Day!
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Cold War Drills!
My friend from Retro Dee’s Guide to the Best Era Ever! here on WordPress recently wrote of the not so happy days of the 1950’s, about the Cold War drills the students had to take in case …
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Superman!
The Adventures of Superman is an American television series based on comic book characters and concepts created in 1938 by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. The show was the first television series to feature Superman …
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Take a Public Service Bus!
When I was a kid we used go to Palisades Amusement Park located in Bergen County New Jersey, It had lots to do there in the summer months and easy to get to by car …
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1950’s Events
1950’s Events Part 1 This is part one of two lists of events that happened in the 1950s. For your information from Wikipedia. 1950 – Senator Joseph McCarthy gains power, and McCarthyism (1950–1954) 1950 – …
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1950’s Events Part 2
These events cover the years from 1956 to 1959 1956 – President Eisenhower secures passages of Interstate Highway Act, which will construct 41,000 miles (66,000 km) of the Interstate Highway System over a 20-year period …
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Satellite in the Sky!
On October 4, 1957, a Soviet R-7 intercontinental ballistic missile launched Sputnik (Russian for “traveler”), the world’s first artificial satellite and the first man-made object to be placed into the Earth’s orbit.. I remember my …
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New Years Bonfire!
I remember back in the 50’s we would gather up all the tree in the neighborhood and place them in a small garage on the block we lived and save them for year years eve! Then …
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Grab the shovels!
Back in the 1958 we had a good snowstorm and we would go around asking people if they needed their sidewalk shoveled, and make a little money that went far for a kid in those days! …
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