About gDonna The photo is my son and myself. Now days you can get a photo made to look old like this one. This photo was taken when this was the new look.
Harry S Truman was president when I was born and world war II had ended. I grew up in a time when lunch was put in a brown paper bag and a sandwich was wrapped with wax paper. There was no such thing as pantyhose, we wore stockings that attached to the rubbery clippy things that attached to the girdle. Convenience stores were not common and when we took a trip we packed a picnic basket because many places did not have fast food. Highways had places to pull over and stop, some with picnic tables. Read more ....
Comments On Article: Adjusting Through The 1930s Study
Debby B
- I would be too. I do remember the coin slot meters. As I grew older, they began to change them to top up style, where people would go to a post office and have their plastic card topped up with credit, then place it in the machine.
Your solar lamps look so lovely, such a great idea. And I LOVE the milk glass chicken/night light.
I'm a little late to this conversation, but I always kept a few old sheets to make "forts" with the kids and grandkids and the kitchen table and chairs. Not sure if you have any little ones that come by often, but it's a great thing to do on rainy or cold days.
Stephanie G We have our grandparents old Dietz lantern that was used back when the edison company used to go around and light the lanterns on the streets in Los Angeles. It sat by the old pool shed until one day our Nana asked us if we wanted it and told us the story behind it. Our papa inherited it when he worked for the telephone company there. We also were gifted at the same time by them this very old waffle iron. My husband took it to work and soda blasted it to clean it up. We seasoned it very well. We don't have a gas stove to try it on, but have always wanted to do so. It's been in the family for 6 generations now.
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