Showing posts with label Fifties. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fifties. Show all posts

Friday, February 5, 2016

Road Signs - Saturday Snapshots


In an era of GPS and driverless cars, I think it's fun to think about how motorists navigated in the past. Here's a Texas roadway sign from the late 1940s or early 1950s. That's my grandmother, standing at the intersection of Highway 67 and 220. Perhaps my Papaw had a road map in the glove compartment of his car (Mamaw never learned to drive), or maybe someone told him to take the Highway 220 cutoff to get to wherever he was going. I wonder why they stopped at this particular spot.

Cool photo, isn't it?


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Friday, April 3, 2015

Easter - 1950s Style - Saturday Snapshots

Back in the days of black-and-white photos my dad loved to take pictures with his Kodak Brownie camera. Here are some he captured at Easter time over the years. 


Eat. Eggs. NOW.
My brother, mom, and me at an
Easter egg hunt (Dallas, TX)
White anklets, patent leather shoes, bowtie.
Yep, that's the Fifties, all right! How 'bout that TV and those curtains?
Fancy hats, Easter purses, and
dig that crazy jacket!
Giant Mutant Bunnies!
I'm surprised  we didn't run screaming 

from these creepy critters.
I'm not so sure this is a good idea
I hope these pictures brought back good memories for you or at least gave you a smile. 
Happy Easter!

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have taken then leave a direct link to your post in the Mister Linky on the host blogsite. 
Photos can be old or new, and be of any subject as long as they are clean and appropriate 
for all eyes to see. How much detail you give in the caption is entirely up to you. 
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