Our life in old pictures.....
 

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I related to many.... I'm 71...

Thanks ljptexas, I remember almost every one of them. Just had a nice memory of my mother very patiently putting tinsel on our Christmas tree strand by strand. I think everybody who looks at these pictures will have an instant mental comment about each picture. My guess for the hardest one to identify just from a photo, the adapters for 45 rpm records.

I'm 58 & related to many....in fact I still have the old kitchen table/pull up center leaf & chairs, but mine is Grey & the chairs have chrome handles. I think I still have a set of those gold leaf glasses in a box on the attic among others that have gold or copper trim. Some of the items, even tho we had them way back when, you can still get here. I have many old things that were my Grandparents or Great Grandparents, that I still use today. Much better than the cheap junk you can buy now. My house is 101 years old. I have hand built, hand carved, furniture dating back to the late 1800's & wouldn't trade it for anything. As for the outhouse....we have many Amish here that still use them, also many hunting camps have them too. Most of the older items pictured were built to last for many years, unlike anything made today. Sad.

When my Brother bought his house the previous owners left a lot of stuff behind. One of those items was a push floor cleaner made by Bissel....it was made of wood. You won't find that today.

Thanks for the trip down memory lane :).

Actually Amazon sells them. I still have all my 45's.

Nice trip down memory lane.

Gosh let's see, I remember: it's easier to say what I don't remember.
the conga line, frosted glasses, Evening in Paris cologne, soda fountains, never used an outhouse.....ever!...sock hops.

I loved my saddle shoes, I always made sure I didn't scuff the white parts. My parents divorced when I was about 11, at Mom's house she always had a tree w/tinsel strands. At home living w/ Dad we had an aluminum tree. That dang tree was such a pain to put together. Every branch had to be placed in it's own hole. And it didn't have light, but a rotating tri colored lens set a few feet away on the floor. And it had red and green glass ornaments. My Mom still does her hair with bobby pins, she said they were pin curls. We weren't allowed jacks after Dad stepped on one in the middle of the night. My Aunt used a mascara brush like the one pictured.

I remember 28, and I am 51.

At 74 I remember every one! Especially using the old washing machine - well, it was new to us! I had helped Nana use her WOODEN one!!

Of ALL my memories my two WORST are of the outhouse (even in the 70's)
that was in our back yard, and of the old wringer washer.

When we moved across the state in 1973 we moved into a 3 room house
and one of those rooms was NOT the bathroom (kitchen, living room & 1 bedroom).
The people next door would leave their back door unlocked for us (mainly me) to use
their spare bathroom (at that time it was rare to have more than 1 in a small 2 bedroom
house.

But of ALL my bad memories I think the ordeal of my hand going through the
wringers THREE (yes 3) times in one summer. Dr. told my parents that if I did
it again I would end up breaking all the bones in my hand. They banded me from
helping my friend doing laundry (it was her parents washer).

I recently discovered a pile of old pictures of relatives I don't recognize. After Christmas, I will need to take time to sort thru them all. One is an actual tin type photo of two women with the date 1875 on it.

I'm 65 so I relate to all of it. First time I did my hair was with pin curls. My aunt had the aluminum tree with the red and green lights. The most vivid memory of the soda fountain is the day a friend of mine and I decided to skip school on senior skip day. We left the school at lunch and went to the plaza nearby. We had saved our money to have lunch at the W. T. Grant store (Maybe it was Woolworth's) anyway we felt very empowered and all grown up. Half way through our meal, I looked toward a familiar sound at the end of the counter. Oh my Lord! it was my dad! I was caught. He ordered his lunch, came down and said; "Young lady, you will be leaving with me. So finish your lunch, come sit by us and wait till we're finished." I could hardly finish because I knew the outcome and sweat bullets the rest of the day. Dad took me back to school to the principal. Finished the day, got detention, then waited for my dad and the ride home. So much for empowerment at 17 years old when you have a father who has zero tolerance for skipping school. Didn't matter your age at our house, if my parents thought you needed a whooping you got it.
My first washer was a Kenmore wringer and had belonged to my paternal grandmother. Used it for 3 years and with Lestoil and Oxydol it got the machinists oils and lube out of my husband's (ex) work clothes.Let them agitate for 30-45 minutes. That dirt and grime was going to come out one way or another.

I remembered most. I'm 51 too as of yesterday. 😊

Happy B-day mikes'sgirl! I'm 52 and remember most as well. I would wear those saddle shoes today if I could-Love them!

I have all my 45's from the 60's and nothing to play on them anymore
Have had people trying to talk me into selling them, that will never happen

I remembered all of them yikes that might date me I am 62 used a wringer washer for a long time when I was first married loved that old thing! Pin curls and rag curls were common when I was a child. Brought back many memories! I had an electrolux Vac like the one pictured too. And my kids wore cloth diapers and plastic pants even tho disposable were starting to appear we could not afford them. And the lead tinsel! Oh my I love how that hung I still have a bit but not enough for my whole tree anymore not only putting it on but taking it off strand by strand! I wish they made something comparable without the dangers of the lead. That new stuff is a joke! every time the dog walks by he takes a bunch with him!

I too remember them all! I still have a wringer washer in the basement. Haven't used it in a few years, but it does still work...think I'll keep it. Those sure were the good old days!

Oh yeah, I remember the wringer washer, 'cause I've still got damaged muscles on the under side of my arm. I was 3 years old and decided to "help" my Gram do laundry. She had gone out side to hang up some stuff and I climbed up on the cabinet by the washer. I had got my stocking cap (a real long one) wet and was putting it thru the wringer and my hand got caught and was pulled all the way thru up to my shoulder. Gram came running back in when she heard me yelling, got me undone from the wringer and took me to the Doctor. He told her I was really lucky that I didn't lose my arm, just messed up some of the muscles.

Eeks. I knew them all.
LOL

I remember all of them. I must be older than dirt.

Yes, I remembered everyone of them. Some of them seem so strange to us now.

Speaking of the old wringer washer, my story goes back further than that. Before we finally got an electric washer, we had the old black iron washpot in the back yard. Yep, it took awhile to draw enough water from the old rope and bucket well to carry to the washpot. Build a fire under it, add whatever soap we had and wash my Dad's oily overalls in almost boiling hot water. Used a "punching stick" to poke them around once in awhile. Then they went into the "rub board" washpot to scrub. Believe me, it was a red letter day when we got electricity and finally a wringer washer!
PS....I am age 83 now.

I relate to each one - won't give you my age though.

I still have 2 sets of push button light switches in my old 1900 house. Love them.

I remember them all... What a gentler, simpler time that was. If we only knew what was coming we never would have believed it.

I remember most and i'm 56

Ha, ha, ha, I'm only 50 and I remember all those things except the cough drops. Nope, strike that thought. I remember them also. lol :D

those wringer washers are worth a lot of cash nowadays, see about selling them and making quilting cash!

Oh, MY! What a walk down memory-lane. I am 83, so I remember just about everything there and hanging the old lead icicles on the tree was a three-day job, for sure.
But then, I also remember the horse-drawn milk cart that came every day with your quart of fresh milk from the dairy. The little loaves of Wonder bread that they threw out of a panel truck to the neighborhood children about once a year, that was a "biggie".

You have to look around but it is possible to get new turntables for your records. - https://www.google.com/search?q=reco...utf-8&oe=utf-8

What is the 5th one?

I am 62, and I remember all of them. Mom hung the strands of icicles one at a time, and they were beautiful. She had the ringer machine at one time, and my brother got his whole arm in it. I had the saddle shoes. Mom bought lots of those Tony Permanent kits. Had a real collection of those records. I had the makeup, and the cologne. Between me and mom I have seen them all, and used most of them. It was a simpler time, and a good time.

At 77 I remember all of them and this is the truth. I am sitting at my computer desk and there is a wall outlet with a brass cover and four black buttons next to my desk. I use it. It is for the front door light and the porch light. What is good lasts! Forever! Edie

I'm 63 & I remember all of them except the tape thing at the bottom of the page. Can't place that but everything else brought back a lot of memories.

Recognized all. I have the juice glasses with gold trim which I bought from my elderly neighbor because I wanted something to remember her by and we use them almost every day!

Yep, I remember & used each & every one of them. I still have my 45's with the adapters & a record player that still works. When one of my Grandson's was about 8 (now 27) & we were sewing together, I ask him if he wanted to listen to some of my old songs. He was excite & when I pulled out my 45"s, he said "Gee grandma, I've never seen CD's that big before". Boy did I laugh. He was impressed not only with the songs on the 45's, but also the 78's I still have. He loved watching the arm go up to let another record play & the are return to play another song. I still have the 8track tapes & a player for them too. Don't figure I have to mention my age & some things I hoard. LOL

annette1952, I think you are talking about the roll of caps that fit in a child's cap gun that made a bang when the trigger was pulled. Those were fun to play with even if I am a girl. Well, maybe a tomboy. LOL

Each one the latest gadget or thing at their time. I'm 67 and remember the excitement when my parents bought the latest gadget home.

Wow, that brought back memories, I remember each and every item in those pictures! Yesterday while shopping for fabric I had a flashback of those machines that measured fabric as it was pulled through the device.

Thanks for the walk down memory lane.

My DH collects 45 record players. he calls the adaptors for the 45's 'dinkers'. It must be a technical term...:D