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Prize came after a turkey trot to find a ticket

on November 1, 2011

Proudly carving our Thanksgiving turkey in this 1958 picture (at right) is our son Casey ...

1950s

Picture From the Past — Hospital Star Nite

on October 31, 2011

Hospital Star Nite was an annual benefit show for the Long Island Industry Fund drive, ...

1950s Prusick

Purple People Eater

on October 5, 2011

Remember these Purple People Eater hats? My daughters Kathy and Valerie are proudly wearing theirs ...

1950s Hess

How I met my spouse: Milkshake overflow

on October 5, 2011

In 1952, I was spraying crops of tomatoes for a canning factory around Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, ...

1950s Brush

Working at Fuller Brush Co.

on August 10, 2011

One of my first jobs as an adult was with the Fuller Brush Co. in ...

1950s scooter-feature

Scooters from Sears

on August 10, 2011

The vehicle my niece Susan Morton and I are riding is a Sears Allstate motor ...

1950s

Off the Bookshelf — Harry Truman’s Excellent Adventure

on August 1, 2011

By John Burlingham Senior Editor Picture, if you will, a slightly bored state trooper pulling ...

1950s THE WEDDING is a memory but the dress lingers on in a spareroom closet from Richard and Mary Ellen Poffenroth's 1956 ceremony.

For better or worse, wedding gown hangs on

on July 20, 2011

Each year during spring cleaning, I tackle all the closets that have become crammed with ...

1950s SeaHunt

Sis completely ruined my ‘Sea Hunt’ vacation

on July 20, 2011

Standing in waist-deep water and trying to spear perch with a wiener fork wasn’t exactly ...

1950s ThomasClaffeyCrop

Trio’s Talent Night didn’t quite go off as planned

on June 21, 2011

I’ll never forget Christmas morning in 1957, when I discovered a green cardboard Roy Rogers ...