I guess we can say that I am/this is back from a ridiculous hiatus! It’s the 6th batch of recipes featured on matchcovers from 1960 & 1963 advertising Hunt’s Tomato Sauce. (Volume 1 – Volume 2 – Volume 3 – Volume 4 – Volume 5). Spaghetti and Meat Balls (1960) 1 lb. ground beef 1Continue reading “Hunt’s Recipe Matchbooks, Vol. 6”
Yearly Archives: 2018
Kodak Movie News – Winter 1961-1962
Kodak Movie News was a semi-annual pamphlet advertising the latest and great Kodak products. This particular issue from Winter, 1961 and features insights on how to shoot your Christmas films and what to buy for Christmas.
Waving Hands Make Magic: The Music, Restaurants and Unique Career of Bud Averill
Sometimes I come across a piece of ephemera from my collection that sends me down countless wormholes and side stories that I seem to lose all track of time and place. Such is the case with Bud Averill’s Airport. The restaurant was the second Bud Averill restaurant at the same location. The first establishment, knownContinue reading “Waving Hands Make Magic: The Music, Restaurants and Unique Career of Bud Averill”
Idaho Skunks Are Not To Be Sniffed At: The Roadside Signs of Fearless Farris’ Stinker Stations
“Fearless” Farris Lind had an eye for adventure. Born in 1915 outside of Twin Falls, Idaho, he graduated from Twin Falls High School in 1934. Shortly thereafter he worked as an attendant at a local gas station and then became manage of a small theater. Not too long after, Lind received a “Spanish Prisoner Letter”Continue reading “Idaho Skunks Are Not To Be Sniffed At: The Roadside Signs of Fearless Farris’ Stinker Stations”
Sand Dollar Restaurant – St. Petersburg, Florida
Located at 2401 34th St., South in St. Petersburg, Florida, the Sand Dollar Restaurant featured dining, dancing, a rotating Merry-Go-Round lounge and a dining room in a garden setting called The Garden Room that seated 250 people. The Sand Dollar opened on April 2, 1962. Restaurateur John Dahlberg envisioned a restaurant that would emphasize moderately-pricedContinue reading “Sand Dollar Restaurant – St. Petersburg, Florida”
Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg, Webster, Massachusetts
Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg (aka Lake Chaubunagungamaug) is a lake near Webster, Massachusetts. The meaning of Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg is attributed to the Nipmuc tribe. “Fishing Place at the Boundaries—Neutral Meeting Grounds” is the most common translation However local legend had it a different way: According to this article in a 2014 New York Times article: There is moreContinue reading “Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg, Webster, Massachusetts”
Missile Strategy Computer at the Alabama Space & Rocket Center – Huntsville, Alabama
I am easing back in to posting back on here. Some deep research posts are on their way. Until then, here’s an amazing circa early 70s postcard of the Missile Strategy Computer at the Alabama Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville
Holiday Inn 1956 Directory
In early 1956 Holiday Inn was just beginning to take over as the dominant motel chain. The first Holiday Inn Hotel Courts location opened by Kemmons Wilson at 4941 Summer Ave. in Memphis, Tennessee in the summer of 1952. Within two years three more locations would open in Memphis and a few locations across severalContinue reading “Holiday Inn 1956 Directory”
Admiral’s Dinghy – Playa del Rey, California
The Admiral’s Dinghy is a new restaurant, 8360 Manchester, Playa del Rey. This is an informal and attractively nautical spot – the piano bar is an old boat, the bar tables are hatch covers – geared for dropping by. The Dinghy is a sister restaurant of the Frigate at Manhattan Beach, built by a groupContinue reading “Admiral’s Dinghy – Playa del Rey, California”