Archive for 1950s
Why People Used to Read the Newspaper
Many years ago, people read these things called “newspapers” and they were delivered to the front door of almost every house in town. I know, I »»
Charlie Brown and Huck Finn Paperbacks
Hey, Peanuts! by Charles M. Schultz. First copyright is 1950, but this is the 1984 (forty-first!) printing. Fawcett publishers. The old Peanuts cartoon »»
Interior Decorating Week day #2
Today’s book is Homes with Character by Hazel Thompson Craig and Ola Day Rush. D. C. Heath and Co., 1962, revised edition, 1966. But really, »»
Dragging and Driving by Tom McPherson
Dragging and Driving by Tom McPherson. Scholastic Book Service T725, 1960, 1965 printing. This is one cool old hot rod book. I’d love »»
Cross and the Switchblade – Run Baby Run
The Cross and the Switchblade by Reverend David Wilkerson with John and Elizabeth Sherrill. Spire Books, 1963, 1980 publishing. Run Baby Run, by »»
I Was Quite the Marilyn Monroe Fan
Marilyn Monroe was quite an item during the late 1970s and early 1980s. The top photo here is a scan of a cardboard/card-stock photo that is »»
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