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TELEVSION |
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You know what a TV test pattern looks like. |
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TV went off the air at midnight and they played the Star Spangled Banner
right before signing off. |
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Your favorite shows were, My Friend Flicka, Fury and Sky King. |
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Your TV remote was your feet! AND, most programs were in black &
white! |
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People thought it was
bad for your eyes to watch TV in the dark so
everyone had TV lights that sat on top of the TV. |
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| NEIGHBORHOODS |
| It was safe to leave your door unlocked - day
AND night! |
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HOUSEHOLD |
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| Clothes were dried outdoors on a clothes line even in the winter months. |
| The icebox,
(refrigerator) had to be defrosted. |
| There really were vacuum
cleaner salesmen that went door-to-door. |
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PEOPLE |
You know who Tennessee Ernie Ford is.
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You remember Dwight D. Eisenhower's presidency. |
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CLOTHING STYLES |
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You wore Saddle Shoes to school. |
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MEDICAL |
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Ether was the anesthetic of choice and you know what it smells
like. |
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You know someone who had polio. |
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TOYS |
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Roller skates had keys. |
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You loved it when the
McCall's magazine came and you could cut out the
paper dolls. |
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COMMUNICATION |
The quickest way to get
the news out was to use the "party-line"!
(Several telephones would be on the same line so
when the phone would ring in your house, your
neighbors would pick theirs up and listen in - or
say their two cents worth, too!) |
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AUTOMOBILES |
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Turning on your car's air conditioner meant rolling down the
windows. |
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Children sat wherever
they wanted in the family car - no such thing as
special car seats for kids! |
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HOLIDAYS & SEASONS |
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A favorite Halloween prank was tipping over outhouses! |
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You remember the smell of hot boots when you stood on the floor
furnace's grate to get warm in the winter. |
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CHURCH |
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| Women and girls wore
hats and gloves to church every Sunday. |
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| GENERAL |
You go to an antique store and say" I used to
have one of those!"
- Sally George |
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