Me too, that was the good old days.
A man grabbing a bite at a San Francisco diner and using the counter’s Buckley Music System selectors connected to a central jukebox, 1941.
The chart shown here is only ONE day of the week. This report also breaks down six more days, but because this is facebook and not a magazine article, I’m showing one day.*** Cost of feeding 4218 prisoners in Missouri for one day in 1932. (The rest of the week follows this chart.)
From, “Report of the Department of Penal Institutions 1931-32.”
Elevator operators at Marshall Field’s department store in Chicago, 1947. Dressed in their crisp, tailored uniforms with matching jackets and skirts, they represented the elegance and professionalism expected of the store’s staff. These women not only operated the elevators but also greeted customers, announced the floors, and often provided directions or assistance, making them an integral part of the shopping experience.
Jack Benny (violin), Fred MacMurray (sax), Tony Martin (clarinet), Dick Powell (flugelhorn), Kirk Douglas (banjo), and Dan Dailey (drums).. ( Jack Benny Show, 1954.)
Menu from the Commander Hotel. Ocean City, Maryland in 1963.
IBM Computer, 1960s
By 1967, the IBM System/360 had transformed the workplace. In humming computer rooms filled with blinking lights and whirring tape reels, women and men worked side by side, typing commands into bulky terminals. These machines, once the size of entire rooms, processed payrolls, airline reservations, and even space program data. For many, it was the first glimpse of a digital future — a world where information could be stored, retrieved, and analyzed faster than any human mind. The IBM computer was not just a machine; it was the dawn of the information age. #fblifestyle #TechHistory #1960sInnovation #MainframeEra
On Armistice Day in 1940, a blizzard, with 16.2 inches of snow and wind of 30 to 60 miles per hour, closed down all activities. People could not get to work, the streetcars couldn’t run, and people who were at work couldn’t get home. Many had to work an extra shift. They then, of course, got an extra day off, called “Snow Day”. The City Hall sheltered some, about 20 stayed over night in the Schwartz Motor Company garage and many homes offered overnight stays. People will always remember this blizzard because it hit so suddenly with a sudden drop in temperature. In Minnesota 59 people died, including many hunters in shirt sleeves and light jackets who froze in their duck blinds.
Menu from Café Safran. 1913.
From the New York Public Library
From the New York Public Library
car stuck in a pothole on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis in 1965
Photo courtesy of Hennepin County Library
Approximately 1923 MNHS
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