Vintage shots from days gone by!

I'm gettin' heartburn just looking at this picture! Notice the expressions change as you go down the counter? Bet the guys at this end got their food first.

 

I believe that's Amelia Earhart standing next to her 1933 Hudson in the upper pic.

 

Severals days ago i saw some 50s/60s monster movies scenes posted here so I dug out these old trading cards. Maybe a bit off topic but they sure do not make movies like these anymore.

 

Roy & Gene

 

Is he driving into The Twilight Zone?

 

cool, i remember those! thks!

 

I am no expert, but as I understand it, Beauchamp and one of the
Dobryea bothers had a hand in inventing this "resonating" type
about 1927 when with National (remember Paul Simon and Willie
Nelson singing the praises of a National guitar on "Graceland"?).
The goal in that pre-electric era was a guitar loud enough to be
heard when played in concert with other instruments, particularly
brass. Dobryea soon left National and set up the Dobro (Dobryea
Brothers) company to make competing instruments, though he still
held interest in the National company. The better models are prized
by acoustics artists the way a Fender Stratocaster is cherished by
electric guitar fans and artists. "Dobro" slipped into generic use
until Gibson acquired rights and pledged to protect it.






Resonator featured on 1988 Dire Straits album cover

 

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Dang! Don't you love those '50s/'60s teen flicks where they threw
the kitchen sink in there to get about 80 minutes' worth of final-cut?
I'm talking gratuitous hotrods and fainting dames who don't even fit
the plot, as well as a far-fetched script and p----poor production values! LOL


"EEGAH!" was just such a movie, back in 1962.




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here under fair-use rationale to illustrate a point. Not
for commercial re-use nor gain.




Born in 1939, 7', 1" Richard Kiel got his break-through film role
in the 1962 dog, "EEGAH, the Name Written in Blood," a teen flick
about a rejuvenated, formerly freeze-dried caveman who falls in
love with a modern-day teenage girl. OK, ok. Suffice it to say
that the movie is today celebrated as ONE OF THE 50 WORST
movies ever made! But, like "Plan 9," it gets points for at least
providing some laughs and, thus, exercise. If not ENTERTAIN-
MENT, then, maybe that would qualify as at least "redeeming
social value" ??? LOL

Anyway, Kiel is one of the good guys of Hollywood, even though
he's usually been cast as a BIG baddie in movies. Once he got
his foot in Movieland's door with "EEGAH!" Kiel went on to well-
remembered and numerous roles, including the unforgettable
character Jaws in two Bond films, a ga-zillian TV roles, the role
of football player Samson ("I think I broke his fu--ing neck!") in
the Burt Reynolds hit, "The Longest Yard," as well as support
roles in "Pale Rider," "Happy Gilmore" and "Inspector Gadget,"
among the many. Kiel, incidentally, is affected by acromegaly,
the same genetic condition that caused Abe Lincoln to be tall,
as well as fellow actor Rhondo Hatton, World Heavyweight
Boxing Champ Primo Carnera and many other well-known
tall folk.



Kiel in the chilling "Twilight
Zone" episode, "To Serve
Man."

 

Do you have any more of these truck photos? I worked for the company in the first photo Lombard Bros.from Waterbury,CT. I work there from 1979 to 83. They were bought out by North Penn Transfer of Lansdale, PA. All the great old trucking companies of the past have all but disappeared.

 

So you're assuming that most of us went to the Drive-Ins to watch those GREAT movies with such great plots and top-notch actors/actresses?

I always brought other means of entertainment with me, just in case the show wasn't all that good. . . But I do remember that Twilight Zone episode you mentioned - that old show was a good one.

 

" it"s a cookbook "

 

A couple reasons why parents didn't want girls out dancing...
In the upper left photo check the guys eyes that is wearing the striped tie.

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He's got his eyes on the prize!

 

Jimi'sHemi EEGAH is a cinematic gem... Good pool party scene!

 

Noted economist Milton Friedman said the supermarket one one of the most significant developments of the 20th century.
It freed an enormous number of hours for people to engage in other persuits.
Maybe build a hot rod rather than bale hay?

 

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Newsboy, 1910, St Louis

 

Are those float plane pontoons??

 

LOL, Good old long boards!

 

Tulsa, Oklahoma. 51st and Peoria on I-44. Not sure what year.

 

Tulsa looking east on Admiral in 1960



Both pictures from

http://tulsatvmemories.com

 

More from Tulsa TV memories.

Check out the billboard for the Hornets on the office of the Tulsa minor league team.

 

Looks like Gus Grissom.

 

From Tulsa TV at 11th and Garnett.



And Topper Resort on Lake Fort Gibson

 

From Tulsa TV, showing tornado damage in 1974 along Peoria in the Brookside area.

 

From Tulsa TV. The caption on this picture says..."Bob Mills on "Sun-Up" in San Diego with weather girl Raquel Tejada, later known as Raquel Welch." Who would have thought it?

 

Yeah, I've been spending alot of time on this Tulsa TV website tonight. This is looking west on 1st Street in downtown Tulsa.

 

On another note, I just read on MSN that Johnny Preston died. His best known song was "Running Bear."

 

And back to Tulsa.
A used car dealership on Admiral