Remembering Life In The 1950s

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    By the early 60s (when I got the vaccine), it was administered via sugar cubes.
     
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    I was pretty sure I got both---the shots when they first came out, and the sugar cubes much later.

    Could it be possible some took both? [​IMG]
     
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    In 1953, Just Born acquired the Rodda Candy Company and its marshmallow chick line, and replaced the painstaking process of hand-forming the chicks with mass production. And the rest is history... :p


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    Easter Bunny Racecars - Made with Peeps and Twinkies

    Sweet ride....
     
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    Could be I don't recall the first one.
     
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    The first commercial transistor radio was released in 1954. [​IMG]

     
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    transistor sister ~ freddy cannon ~ 1961
     
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    I remember those radios. I believe they took dry cell batteries.

    As an aside, I think that transistor radios were the beginning of diminishing parents' influence over their own children (with cars and television being the other. The internet and cell phones sealed the deal.)
     
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    Tallahassee Lassie, 1959

     
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    3-D Comic Books

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    Today's 3-D Books....:eek:

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    The first PEZ mint dispensers were introduced in the US in 1955.

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    In 1956, PEZ released a space-gun-shaped dispenser that shot out fruit-flavored tablets, but it was too expensive to produce and discontinued.

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    Mello-Rolls creamy delicious ice cream 73856e775e032d1a5e5310d64d3061a6.jpg
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    Soft serve right out of the truck:

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    Founded in Philly in 1956. Still in business in 18 states.

    They were in Indiana when I was a kid, right around when they were founded.
     
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    What It Takes To Be Mister Softee | Forbes
     
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