re: Pictures from days gone by....

Original publication of the story (Collier's magazine, 1924)

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The 1963 Mercury Monterey came equipped with an electronic roll-down rear window.

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Our neighbor had one and it fascinated me when I was a just a kid of 3 and 4.

Meanwhile, my mom drove a plain red Ford Falcon just like this.

Damn I love women from the 70's no tats anywhere on their bodies.

One of the last organ grinders in NYC, with his monkey c. 1935. Mayor LaGuardia outlawed organ grinders in 1936, but the practice would remain an Italian-American icon for decades. LaGuardia may have resented it as a slur on Italians.

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Frostop. 1954. Jefferson/Destrehan, LA.

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I honestly didn't know that was a chain.

White Kitchen FTW. Ate there many times.

From the book In Cucina Con Amore by Sophia Loren (1971):

Ingredients (6 servings):
600 grams spaghetti
Olive oil
2-3 cloves of garlic
500 grams tinned, peeled tomatoes or fresh tomatoes peeled and seeded
Basil
Sugar
Grated Parmesan cheese
Salt

Preparation:
For the pasta: cook the spaghetti until al dente (this applies to all types of pasta). Sauce and pasta must be ready at the same time.

For the sauce:
Step 1. Place a pan with a dash of olive oil over a high flame. Add the garlic when the oil starts to sizzle. Sauté the garlic until light brown, then add the tomatoes, some basil, a good pinch of salt and a tablespoon of sugar.
Step 2. Lower the heat and allow the sauce to simmer for 30 minutes.
Step 3. While the sauce simmers, cook the pasta al dente and then add the sauce and dish out onto the plates. Garnish each plate of pasta with at least one tablespoon of freshly grated Parmesan cheese before serving.

The first Husker volleyball team. 1975.



First lady Eleanor Roosevelt buying a $100 war bond from Miss Venus Ramey. Miss America 1944.



Donald Trump with half of the competing State Misses on board his yacht in Atlantic City. 1988.



Miss America contestants. 1945.



Ham getting ready for his ride into outer space on board the Mercury-Redstone 2 in 1961.



Kids roller skating at a party in Houston, Texas. 1954.



Kids playing with Lawn Darts. 1970's through the late 1980's.



Van Halen. 1978.



Very first Whataburger. Corpus Christi, Texas. 2609 Ayers St. 1950.



October 20, 1947. Grand opening of Foley's Downtown Houston store.



The Bullet Bra. 1940's through 1960's.



The Bullet Bra. 1940's through 1960's.



The Bullet Bra. 1940's through 1960's.



Paramount Theatre. Baton Rouge, LA. Demolished in 1979.



One of the first traffic lights in Houston Texas. 1920's.



America's first police car. Akron, Ohio. 1899.



American TWA pilot John Testrake being held hostage at gun point by a Shi'ite Muslim terrorist at the Beirut Airport. June, 1985.



Soldiers painting on bombs during World War II.