A small window on the Past

[m1thousand]

If you know what this is, you were born before JFK was assassinated

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Kennedy was assassinated Nov 22, 1963
I was born: Sept. 22, 1964

(10 months after the assassination): Is that an IUD?

I kid you. I know what it is

 

[smokeshadow]

Kennedy was assassinated Nov 22, 1963
I was born: Sept. 22, 1964

(10 months after the assassination): Is that an IUD?

I kid you. I know what it is

No - it's not an IUD Anyone else want to guess?

 

[BillyT]

It was for 45 RPM records to use on a record player.

 

[Vannie]

I have one of those. In a jewelry box of all places.

 

[m1thousand]

 

[Alistair]

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We read the Box Car Kids. It was the poor version of Hardy Boys.

 

[Peloso]

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For me it was "Harriet the Spy"

 

[ShadowCat]

Kennedy was assassinated Nov 22, 1963
I was born: Sept. 22, 1964

(10 months after the assassination): Is that an IUD?

I kid you. I know what it is

I was born in 88 and know what it is!

 

[smokeshadow]

It was for 45 RPM records to use on a record player.

Congrats, Billy T - you were the first to get it correct

 

[EddMarkStarr]

I'm part of that generation of kids from 1959 to 1969 that grew up with the Golden Book Encyclopedia.
Golden Book is the famous series that was available in grocery stores, a different volume on special every week.

Loved these books as a kid, but by my high school years I realized there's something odd about the covers.
Each cover was a glossy, high-saturation, image that almost looked 3D in the depth of field!

But, looking at an actual volume in your hands, if you stare at it long enough, the image takes on an eerie quality.
Each volume cover starts to look like a random collection of Earth artifacts, assembled by an extraterrestrial museum curator.

 

[Harke the Boeotarch]

^

Got them from my maternal grandparents in the eighties. Wonderful illustrations. In the nineties there was a group of Dutch artists and one of the paintings was based on the exact illustration style in the encyclopedia.

 

[EddMarkStarr]

^

Got them from my maternal grandparents in the eighties. Wonderful illustrations. In the nineties there was a group of Dutch artists and one of the paintings was based on the exact illustration style in the encyclopedia.

And that's maybe the best detail of the Golden Book series - the hand-drawn illustrations on every page makes each volume a true work of art.

The geographical artwork featured the Country (or State), with a flag, popular products, temperature and elevation, and natural resources.

 

[Vannie]

We read the Box Car Kids. It was the poor version of Hardy Boys.

For me it was "Harriet the Spy"

I have heard of both of these.

 

[smokeshadow]

OK - time for another guessing game. . .anyone remember these?

 

[BillyT]

OK - time for another guessing game. . .anyone remember these?

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Trading stamps. My mother use to collect the S&H and TV (top Value).

 

[BillyT]

Congrats, Billy T - you were the first to get it correct

I am 66 years old and I use to have alot of singles back then. I also had a few 78 RPM records.

I use to have the full range of music players. Reel to reel, record player, 8 track and cassette player.

 

[Vannie]

OK - time for another guessing game. . .anyone remember these?

Trading stamps. My mother use to collect the S&H and TV (top Value).

I remember my Mom calling them green stamps but I forget what they were for.

 

[m1thousand]

The Bradys bought a TV, with green stamps, I think

 

[smokeshadow]

I remember my Mom calling them green stamps but I forget what they were for.

Yes, one accumulated them & pasted them into a paperback book. I forget how many pages were in those books. . .maybe 15 or 20; and, each page held maybe 25 stamps. One would take them to the appropriate retailer, in this case, the Sperry & Hutchenson store and redeem the book(s) for merchandise. . .clothes, small kitchen appliances, luggage, toys, etc.

S&H green stamps and their competitors, are considered one of the first customer loyalty programs. IIRC, S&H got their start way back in the early 1900's and were most popular in the 1950's & 1960's. They faded from the landscape sometime in the 1980's

 

[EddMarkStarr]

OK - time for another guessing game. . .anyone remember these?

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Another one of the life changing spillovers from the 1890's - the Sperry and Hutchinson "Green Stamps" became a retail perk that could be redeemed for all types of merchandise.