Cars were very colorful and some were even pastels or pink. We would get dressed up for birthday parties and sometime there was even a pony. We would play in the street and our parents didn’t worry about us being kidnapped. Gas was really cheap. A dollar or two would get you pretty far and […]
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This really takes me back. This pre-McDonalds franchise expansion video shows Ray Kroc walking up in a suit and tie to buy a burger. Notice the DRIVE UP window speaker to order…. 1953!! This is great to watch if only for the cars and the clothes! There is so much to take in, you will
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When I was in my mid-forties, the BMW 8 Series was introduced. I fell in love with it and vowed I would buy one as soon as possible. As you can see in my post titled “Cars I Have Owned,” a few years later my dream came true. It is a very special car, different
Nearly all these structures and many of the people in view would be lost to one of the deadliest natural disasters in the history of America, only four days after filming. Historian David Kiehn was unable to find any historical reports of the filming in archives, so he revisited the footage and noticed some interesting
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