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There is *so* much to see in this short home movie (thank you The Old Motor).

The grand opening of a new hamburger stand in Long Beach, California, 1952. Watch for these increasingly rare items:

- thin people
- only adults working the burger line
- men in suits, women in skirts, teens in white socks and jeans
- Long Beach with open space
- and of course, lots of 1930s, 40s and early 50s cars.

"Sublime Food at Ridiculous Prices"

The Mozart #40 is ... well ... an unusual sound track choice.

Anyone remember Beany and Cecil? and the Leaking Lena?

Tom
 
And the link to the movie?
 
Good grief. Please get my padded cell ready ...


I really envy you young guys with your good memories ... (and your ability to fix old Bosch distributors while standing in a hotel parking lot ...).
 
I'm right behind ya, Tom!
 
Love Mozart #40 (G-minor, 1st movement), but an interesting choice indeed! Second movement might have fit better.
 
Great memories! I spent part of my childhood near the Jersey shore so I saw plenty of places like that. Loved the old cars and the clothing. Where were the hair nets and the gloves on those food handlers? :smile:
 
We all should have died long ago from the contamination the food handlers were transferring, LOL, the board of health will tell you that! Gee and I climbed trees, drank water from an old rubber barn hose, drank milk straight from a cow, swam in a muddy pond, ate beef that wasn't inspected by some government authority and Lord only knows what else. I know, according to the EXPERTS, I'm not here, I died 40 years ago! :highly_amused:
Remember when McDonalds had 15 cent hamburgers? Remember when there were NO McDonalds?
 
Good stuff, but it also brings to mind the old saying, "Nostalgia ain't what it used to be." :(
 
Thanks Tom. I did see where the 'help' was sampling the fries. Sure did bring back some memories.
 
"drank milk straight from a cow"

Paul, I always preferred to milk the cow first and then drink the fresh milk from a glass.
 
waltesefalcon said:
"drank milk straight from a cow"

Paul, I always preferred to milk the cow first and then drink the fresh milk from a glass.
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Nah - Paul don't need no stinkin' glasses!
 
Looks like a Sunday meeting place. Back then you dressed for church, not come as you are, as today.
 
Drats I looked at it a second time and still couldn't find anyone in pajamas.
 
It was quite common when entering the barn during milking time, to be very careful when walking past someone milking, if you didn't pay attention a blast of milk would hit you in the face. Amazing how accurate my dad was when milking, LOL. Us kids would drink pure cream out of the separator in the milk house, if we didn't get caught! Better than a milk shake. If we got caught by my grand pop, it was polishing day for all of us, cleaning the milking equipment, not a pleasant job for a kid. :highly_amused: I loved being raised in that atmosphere on the farm, I wish all kids could experience that, be a lot less problems today in the younger generation if that was possible. :encouragement: PJ
 
Paul - I'd sure agree with you. I'm a "re-enactor" of sorts, volunteering on the farms and gardens at Old Sturbridge Village. When you experience all the physical labor needed to run a small farm *without machinery*, you understand how three or four generations of a family, all living in the same house, worked together and learned the importance of a social order. Everyone able to work was busy from dawn to dusk. And there were no parents wondering what new toy they should buy to keep the kids busy. They had no free time.

Of course, in early nineteenth century cities, there were thousands of abandoned and orphaned children, living rough, and roaming the streets in gangs. That's a whole 'nother story.
 
Paul - I grew up around dairy farms and my first real job was as a paid farmhand on my neighbors dairy farm....I still remember that job and still love it, long hours and all...nothing like the taste of fresh milk, or maybe real hand made butter, that was outstanding...
 
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