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Pulp magazines from the 1940s still thrill

on February 9, 2012

Comic books were big stuff for kids in the 1940s. But I forgot all about ...

1940s

Broken record brought these music lovers together

on February 2, 2012

My high school classmate Dorothy and I stood at the bus stop in front of ...

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Our Little Secret

on January 9, 2012

In the 1940s, when I was in elementary school, we didn’t have much money. But ...

1940s

Sliding toward sledding mishaps in the 1940s

on January 3, 2012

I wonder how many people remember the Tasker Project in Philadelphia during the 1940s. Our ...

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It’s A Wonderful Life brought a wonderful message

on December 5, 2011

Snow and Christmas decorations on a hot June morning. A scratchy Santa mask irritating his ...

1940s

As You Were — Christmas away from home

on November 30, 2011

Caroling Recruit in Biloxi By George Procak White Lake, New York I celebrated my first ...

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Picture From the Past — Playing Mary

on November 30, 2011

It was December 1948, and our kindergarten teacher at Garfield Grade School in Medina, Ohio, ...

1940s SCARED SILLY. The old Inner Sanctum Mysteries radio program offered both chills and chuckles with its often tongue-and-cheek horror stories. The photo is from reader Ed Knapp (click on image to view larger).

Squeaky door of radio’s ‘Inner Sanctum Mysteries’ was real

on November 4, 2011

In the early 1940s and into the ’50s, one of the more popular radio programs ...

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Hub Zemke saved us…twice

on September 6, 2011

It happens so often in our lives, we don’t fully appreciate what people do for ...

1940s LUNCHES AND LION TAMERS. Ray Yeager's grandparents owned and operated the cafe and auto camp seen above and below, and right next door was a a wildlife park featuring animals from the silver screen and trainers who frequented the cafe (click on images to view larger).

At Yeager’s Auto Camp, the livin’ was easy at these prices

on September 6, 2011

My grandparents spotted this newspaper ad in 1937: “For Sale—Combination House/Restaurant, Four Cabins and Two ...