Posted by NCWayne on October 21, 2011 at 18:40:03 from (69.40.232.132):
In Reply to: Old Budweiser Can posted by luv2wrench on October 21, 2011 at 07:55:54:
Found several layers of newspaper dating from the early 50's to the early 60's under the carpet in my great Uncles house being used as padding/insulation. Although we had been completely through the house from top to bottom, or so I thought, we never thought to rip up the carpet looking for "buried treasure". Unfortunately I didn't find it until after the local VFD burned the place for practice but I did get lucky to find an area about 6x8 that didn't get burned or soaked. How that happened I haven't a clue but it allowed me to get some nice examples of 'how things really were' in the world at the time.
It never ceases to amaze me the kinds of stuff I've read in the pieces I've got. There's everything from a mid 50's article talking about how all our jobs are going overseas and the trouble it's causing to one from the 60's telling where Kennedy had just signed a paper that made the order of succesion to the Presidency more sure in case the President was incapacitated. Don't remember the exact date of the paper but wasn't long after that that he was shot. On top of all of that historic info I love to just look at the adds for the brand new '55 Chevrolets, the new Packards, Fords, Nash's, etc. Still makes me sick that about 1/4 of a full/double page ad showing the complete lineup of the 55's got burned.
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