Obscure and Amazing moments in the 1950s… You probably didn’t know

[@bp39047]

Love the 1950 videos. The decade of my most happiest remembrances in my life.

[@rickmcdonald1557]

Right there with you but the 60's were my favorite cause I discovered Girls!! And Cars.

[@bp39047]

@@rickmcdonald1557 60's were great times as well. Had a 64 Dodge Polara and later a 68 Ford Galaxy. They sure don't make cars like those any more. Almost anybody could work on them. They had great reliability for their time.

[@rickmcdonald1557]

@@bp39047 So true-I still have a '65 Falcon Ranchero with a 289 HyPo and 4 speed Borg Warner but needs a little work to put it back on the street but now I'm too damned old to jack it up and lay under it to finish the repairs but it just sits in the garage and reminds me of better times in my youth~! Have a good day~!

[@LightLivingEst80]

Are you considered a b00mer? If so it's your generation that ruined America, yall had your good life while everyone behind you has shi!t So much for the American Dream yall threw away with you terrible mindsets and awful voting

[@LightLivingEst80]

@@bp39047 awe so special you all had the good life , whilst ruining the American dream for us who came up after yall !! Thanks Boomer

[@psw4763]

Love the recollections of better times.

[@Porsche996driver]

Better how?

[@0118uhauha]

Better times ? Look at the crashed Porsche at 5:48 minutes: the car is EMPTY in front because Porsche was a sports modification of the Volkswagen Beetle ( constructed by Ferdinand Porsche a close friend of Adolf Hitler. Porsche also constructed guns and flame-thrower vehicles for use in WWII ). VW and the first many models of Porsche had luggage room in front ( often empty ) and the heavy motor rear , most of the motor even behind the rear axle. Traction was on the rear axle. Try to place a ruler on two transverse pencils and press your finger down behind one of the pencils. The other end of the ruler will go up of course. You have probably seen the trick done with motorbikes with powerful motors: the driver is "riding" only on the rear wheel with the front wheel up in the air. The trick is not limited to motorbikes it can be done with a four wheel vehicle if it is light in front and the momentum on the rear wheel is strong. It is sufficient if the front wheels lift a couple of millimeters above the road then you LOST steering and if you are driving straight on at high speed on a highway, then it may last a couple of seconds before you realize that turning the steering-wheel has no effect. The tread on the rear wheels will determine your direction until you discontinue acceleration. For the VW-Beetle this dangerous principle had no importance , the car had merely 30-HP and max speed 50 miles ( 85 km / h ) and weak acceleration. In the stronger models of Porsche powerful acceleration is still possible at 90 miles / h ( 145 km / h ) and at that speed you are moving 40 meters each second. If there is a concrete column 160 m ahead in the side of the highway and you wish to adjust your course slightly it may take 3 seconds before you realize that the wheel has no effect and one more second before your foot is on the brake and that is when you smash into the column. Several inexplicable fatal accidents on dry highways at daylight has happened in Germany with powerful Porsches with strong brakes. Many German "Autobahnen" have no speed limits . . . My family was lucky we owned three second hand very useful VW-Beetles , but none of us could afford a Porsche.

[@toreckman8899]

@@Porsche996driverO. Well you weren’t there

[@toreckman8899]

@@0118uhauhagood to see your priorities are in order 🙄

[@BrjanBuckmaster]

As long as you were white.

[@christopherkraft1327]

I'm a proud baby boomer, born in 1958. Thanks for sharing another exciting video!!! 👍👍🙂

[@debbieblaylock9997]

Me to September of 58 love it

[@cathyt502]

@@debbieblaylock9997 May here :)

[@mal1465]

Me three May 30th

[@birchtree2274]

You're still a young'n (I'm a year older 🤣) but the way I like to put it is "yes, I'm a boomer, but an okay one"

[@toreckman8899]

Feb here 👍👍👍. Would love to have been older in the 50s.

[@snazzypj53]

Born in 1953 here......but this brought tears to my eyes as it's 2023 and the world is a mess. Yet at the same time, brings shear joy and thankfulness that I was born then. Thank you recollection road for these sweet memories. I can still see in my mind these frozen Swanson dinner in the oven.

[@jimhaynie4894]

Totally agree, Susan. I was born in '54 and the world IS a mess. I cherish these sites that remind us of how America once was.

[@scottberdahl6957]

me too...

[@sdb6757]

Glad to have been born in ‘54 and experienced that time. But relax, things aren’t so bad now. Many things are much better. Unless you’re watching Fox News 24/7. All the things you think are bad now were around in the 50’s, they just were not on TV every day.

[@TheUluxian]

Yeah, it's such a mess today. Nothing like it was back then when lead paint and asbestos were used in abundance, DDT was still legal, polio was uncurable, and those darkies had their own places so we didn't have to interact.. PARADISE!

[@harrybriscoe7948]

Just remind your self of the early 1940s mess that ended up with nuclear bombs basing cities to ashes

[@pameladonnelson2093]

I love Recollection Road. I watch every time you upload a video❤

[@DavidMorgan-zg9pl]

Hello 👋🏿how are you doing?

[@questfortruth665]

I was around for ALL of this, albeit I was a baby in 1950 so I don't remember the first few years, but from '53 onwards, I have memories of it.

[@ricksrealpitbbq]

50’s kid checking in. I love these videos.

[@joeleadslinger6138]

I'm 1954 vintage, still rolling along. 👍👍

[@angeldesigns1385]

Hell yeah!

[@diannelavoie5385]

Born in 1952, and in a blizzard to boot, so my mom said. But she did manage to get to the hospital.

[@crowgrl13]

Even though I was born in 1974 I always loved hula-hoops, and still use one today! I have a weighted one and I hoop for 10 minutes every morning as a warm up to my workout! True classics never go out of style!

[@silllykitten329]

When I went through my hippie phase, I learned the art of hula hoop dance. I still know all the moves and flow. It’s muscle memory, you never lose it.

[@debbylou5729]

They are SO HARD after you’ve forgotten the correct ‘swivel’

[@markjulianoriginalhooli2217]

I remember the Swanson foil dinners they weren't in our budget so they were considered a treat there was actual food in them

[@sydecarnutz972]

Yeah. back then the TV dinners had real meat in them. Not the soy meal based garbage you see today.

[@billfarley9167]

The beginning of obesity.

[@butterbeanqueen8148]

Yeah I wanted them but my mother always said they were too expensive and she could make better food. A tv dinner was special.

[@1mespud]

Once again, thank you RR for reminding us of who we are and what we've been through.

[@butcharmstrong9645]

I love this channel so much and this one was about when I was born, 1952, My onlly wish is that these mini-documentaries were longer. They just captivate me. .

[@julenepegher6999]

I was born in 1959 so I missed all this, but boy what the 60’s and great 70’s had in store for me were the best times ever👏👏

[@wil7228]

Born in 60 here and I loved being a teenager in the 70s big bell Levi's ,drive in theaters , beer and girls

[@julenepegher6999]

@@wil7228 right, being a teen was the best, bell bottoms, beer and boys, and the best music ever!

[@MaxStax1]

I was also born in 59. I miss my old Levi's jacket, keg parties, and girls during the high school days, and of coarse all the good music!

[@onefatstratcat]

@@wil7228 ... and not in that order!lol...

[@uwantsun]

me too.

[@pianomaly9]

Thanks, another trip back to childhood, good memories, nostalgia, history. Had a Hula Hoop, if you spun it towards you as you relelased it, it would come back to you on the pavement. Still doing "TV" dinners seven decades on.................

[@cherylmacvane8791]

This isn't just nostalgic, it's very informative too. Details about events, incidents and changes I never knew about.

[@robm3074]

I love watching this. These videos from the past really bring back some good memories.

[@jaredevildog6343]

Very enjoyable video. Thank you.

[@alandickerson3379]

Thanks for sharing this wonderful video!

[@frankwafer6919]

Ah, the good 'ol days!(bring them back)❤

[@stevenlitvintchouk3131]

One of my earliest memories was of one of the first showings of "The Wizard of Oz" on TV. My parents and I were watching it on our (black-and-white) TV when suddenly there was a broadcast outage. The announcer kept saying "Please stand by" every minute or so. I was so young, I didn't even know what "stand by" meant. I thought I was supposed to stand up, so I did! I don't remember when we finally got the picture back.

[@InTeCredo]

Those "Technical Difficulties. Please Stand By" have largely disappeared in the 1990s. I remember they were common phenomenon in the late 1970s and less common during the 1980s. I cannot recall the last time I've seen one.

[@glennso47]

I remember in 1971 watching Duel starring Dennis Weaver and at the most exciting moment the local station had a power outage. The station came back on and preempted the news to show the rest of the movie.

[@glennso47]

@@InTeCredo The reason why we don’t see too many outages now is because tv is digital and the networks broadcast via satellite. Much more reliable than the old analog television. Except that the programming stinks nowadays. Better technology, worse programming.🤨

[@lovly2cu725]

😂

[@glennso47]

Steve: when the tv said “stand by “ I went and stood by the tv set. But it didn’t help! 🤔🙄

[@melissabibby7310]

Thanks for sharing! Lot of things happened in the 50’s. My Mom was born 1954, and her brother 1957. 👍

[@maryclarafjare]

This was an awesome one!! Thank you so much 😊

[@joebrown1382]

One of the most interesting videos in your library.

[@19Ter67]

Really enjoying these videos ❤

[@salemslotandmore8278]

Thank You for the "Obscure and Amazing moments in the 1950s… You probably didn’t know" List & Video 😀

[@judithmitchell4667]

Hello fellow 1959 friend! I always say that to people. "1959 was when Hawaii, Alaska and me came along." My favorite actor Cary Grant did "North by Northwest " that year as well. My daughter always asks me what the 50's were like but I keep telling her I was only there 6 months. Ha! Nice to meet another '59er.

[@josephgaviota]

6:56 The Wizard of Oz ... my dad saw it in the theaters with his sister when it came out in 1939. When we kids got to see it on TV, my dad would tell us that "starting now, this is in COLOR!" Naturally, we could only imagine what "color" would be like on our old B/W Zenith. We kids NEVER got to eat in the living room, EXCEPT once a year, when Wizard of Oz was on. Then, we took our baths early, put on our jammies, and went to the living room, where _believe it or not_ we got TV DINNERS(!!) and used TV Trays (those old flimsy ones), and watched a movie on TV! (talk about a wonder of modern happenings in the 50s !!) PS: We never got TV dinners; mom said "they're too expensive." It was magical to be a kid back then.

[@rufust.firefly4890]

My father was a theater usher as a teenager in the 40s. He told me the same thing about the W of O. We got a USED color set in 1966 when I was 13. No remote of course.

[@azmike1]

Did not know about the attempt on Trumans life. I was born in 1955 as well. Thanks for this interesting video.

[@HoneyTone-TheSearchContinues]

This was one incident in an ongoing revolt in 1950 led by the Puerto Rico Nationalist Party to try to attain independence from the USA. Plus, 4 PR nationalists shot up the House of Representatives in 1954, and wounded some Members.

[@kmo3811]

1957...the year I was born and the year my dad built our family a wonderful home. A carpenter by trade, he once said there are a million nails in our house and it's never falling down. Remember back then, nails were pounded in with a plain old hammer! That's a lot of hammering. RIP dad. I miss you.

[@ewmhop]

BORN IN 51,LIVED IN SMALL TOWN THAT NOT SMALL ANYMORE.FUN TIMES TO BE A KID.

[@michaelwascom62]

I was born in 1953 and remember the overwhelming bulk of this; the rest I learned from reading or from folks much older. My (paternal) grandfather passed at the beginning of 1960. He was a WW1 veteran, so his widow was presented the American flag that draped his casket. It had only 48 stars. I still have it, and often wave it on patriotic occasions. I learned that it is permissable to fly any American flag that was EVER an official flag of the country, at any time in U.S. history.

[@mathewfullerton8577]

One of your most interesting yet! Continue your great work!

[@martiniangoldberg]

Agreed!

[@Fevebblefester]

My wife’s Grandfather worked with Charles Schultz in Minneapolis when he started out. He said they all told Schultz that his comic would never succeed. Grandpa Frank used to laugh how they all got that wrong.

[@jenniferhansen3622]

That's a great story! Thank you for sharing. I love reading the comments here because people share interesting experiences and memories.😊

[@rparl]

I read somewhere that the original name was Small Folk. Maybe I've just gotten used to it, but Peanuts is what I prefer.

[@jenniferhansen3622]

@@rparl Peanuts is definitely a better name.

[@ivanleterror9158]

That's like me saying that nobody would buy a record by anyone called "The Beatles"

[@rparl]

@@ivanleterror9158 We often prefer some words concealed by language. For example la cucaracha is better than cockroache.

[@michaellehmbeck8671]

Thank you so much Recollection Road for uploading this great video, I appreciate it!

[@dewuknowofHyMn]

In 1958 i came along.... I remember everything in all these pics...it was in my house !

[@garyfaught3769]

A few things not mentioned that I hold close to my heart (I was born in '51) that came about in the fifties were Rock & Roll, the Ford Thunderbird, and the "Golden" age of sports. Some toys I have acquired over time that allow me to "relive" those days are a juke box that plays actual 45s, a 1957 Ford Thunderbird, and a man cave with 50s sports memorabilia. Would go back there in a heartbeat

[@clarencegreen3071]

At age 13 I saw a '57 Thunderbird being displayed on a flatbed trailer in rural East Tennessee. I thought it was neat and hoped, maybe one day, I would have one. That never happened but I did have an Austin-Healey Sprite. Loved it.

[@tinasmith1391]

The future seemed like it was going to be so bright back then.

[@glennso47]

But Days of Future Passed

[@gregggoss2210]

@Glenn Lego ,and then we went In Search Of The Lost Chord. And we didn't find it until The Seventh Sojourn.

[@glennso47]

@@gregggoss2210 The Voice in Your Wildest Dreams said it was coming Tuesday Afternoon.

[@josephgaviota]

7:50 People today probably don't realize, part of the rationalization for adding both Alaska and Hawaii was that Alaska was assumed to vote (D), and Hawaii to vote (R). Oddly, today, they vote the opposite.

[@debbieblaylock9997]

Iwas born in September of 58 I love your videos

[@devodootie]

I remember seeing the Wizard of Oz for the 1st time. We were in a hotel room in Roswell, NM & I was 5. (born 1969) It became my favorite movie & I watched it every single year until it reached VHS. When it started being shown several times per year on tv I stopped watching. I also remember 1st time seeing it in a movie theater was in 1998. Our daughter was 4 & this was the 1st movie theater experience for her. You can tell it was made for the BIG screen.

[@pianomaly9]

See any of the real flying monkeys?

[@devodootie]

@@pianomaly9 A few years ago my family got me a sticker for my car. It had a flying monkey on it& read “Don’t make me call my flying monkeys 🙈🙉🙊 to take you OUT! 🤣🤣🤣

[@Realistic316]

i was born in 1986, so even though this is before my time, i would still have liked to live back then… seems ALOT better than today’s weird society.

[@wil7228]

Yes it was alot more simple and fun ! Cars were easy to work on , tv , movies , drive in movies , big bell jeans , hard rock , and long hair .

[@angeldesigns1385]

I always wanted to be a kid from the 50’s to 60’s…I was literally born in the wrong generation. 😔

[@earthwormscrawl]

@@wil7228 Going to Radio Shack with my Dad so he could use the tube tester when fixing the TV.

[@InTeCredo]

The 1950s were back in vogue during the mid-1980s with several awesome films such as "Stand By Me". Flat-top haircut was also back in style during the 1980s.

[@henryhorner3182]

Far less crime, thanks to a smaller DIVERSITY in our population. But you're not allowed to know this.

[@leesashriber5097]

I was born in 1968, but this was so fun and interesting!!! Thank you!! 😊

[@caroldragon7545]

I was born in 1940, so I experienced the fifties fully , age 10 to 19. Wonderful memories

[@rongendron8705]

I was born in '46, but still remember the entire 50's! As a 4 year old, I even appeared on an early t.v. show, hosted by Buster Crabbe! Except for the Korean War, the 1950's was a great time to grow up in America!

[@steveanderson3351]

My dad was also born in 1940 and my mom was in '41. I am only 45 now but i have heard plenty of stories about the era.

[@kylesalmon31]

My grandmother was born In 40 as well

[@jaferguson49]

So, in 1959, the United States gained Alaska, Hawaii and ME!! YAY!!

[@julenepegher6999]

Me too in ‘59 👏

[@tomklock568]

I beat you to the punch by a few months, born the end of 58!

[@thedreadtyger]

happy birthday, kids!

[@jaredevildog6343]

😀👍

[@lisam9233]

I’m a 59’er too :)

[@carolynridlon3988]

I was born just outside of Santa Rosa CA (Sebastopol CA) and always knew from a young age that we lived in the part of the area as Charles Schultz - I even remember watching the 1st charlie Brown Christmas special in 1965 - I still watch it (now on DVD) every Christmas since that time (I'm now 63!)

[@RobSwan1948]

Please -- take me back !! The 1950's were great times. I was born in 1948 - remember the 50's very well.

[@clarencegreen3071]

Remember "duck and cover?"

[@dbeaus]

@@clarencegreen3071 Remember pulling down the shades to protect the kids from flying glass. The warm milk you had for lunch that sat in the basement since 3AM? I tried to convince my science teacher that shades wouldn't do much against the heat of a nuclear bomb. We had Nike Missiles on the lakefront in Chicago and if you go to a place called Wolf Lake, to the North end, you will find a road that winds around and ends where a lot of flat cement is. That was one of the sites. I think they are still there

[@cindywilliams2257]

I was born in "58. But I wish I had come earlier. I would have loved 2 experience all those things. I look back with nostalgia. They were the good 'ole days@

[@InTeCredo]

I have always wondered how Diners Club worked during the 1950s. How do the restaurants know the cards were in good standing? I remember during the 1970s and 1980s, seeing the clerks, wait staff, etc. looking up a very thick "book" to verify the card numbers and such.

[@harrybriscoe7948]

I remember the gas station attendant zipping the credit cards manually after getting gas a clean windshield and oil check

[@larryhall7998]

$7,354.00 For a house, I will take two! My parents bought their 900 sq. foot house for $6,000.00 in 1953, my brother still lives there!

[@jenniferhansen3622]

Wow! That's awesome!

[@wil7228]

1971 my mom's new house 4 bed 2 bath San Jose CA 1600 square feet $25.000.00 brand new . Mortgage was $200.00 a month.

[@angeldesigns1385]

That to cool! I was raised by my grandmother, who purchased her house in 1957. She passed away in 2000, and the house was still a time capsule. I wasn’t able to live there, but I worked really hard to re-create a very close mirror image in my own house, which must have been built around the same time.. very similar floor plans mine was built in 55

[@DUCKDUCKGOISMUCHBETTER]

Then keep an eye on 3D printed houses. The costs are coming down drastically.

[@timebong8366]

We now live in a time of the movies 1984 and Idiocracy had a baby.

[@Cassxowary]

So what do you do to make the world better for all and not just humans?(:

[@mikehughes4969]

I love the Wizard of Oz. The first time I saw it I was five or six, and Margaret Hamilton scared me so bad I had to put on my Batman Halloween costume to keep watching.

[@tammytsang3487]

This video is precious. Thank you!

[@earthwormscrawl]

I was born on March 30th, 1960. After Hawaii had become a state, but before the flag was updated to 50 stars on July 4th, 1960. I was born in that one year window between 7/4/59 and 7/4/60 when the flag had 49 stars.

[@wil7228]

Me Feb 23rd 1960 , did you know it was a leap year ? 👍🤓

[@josephgaviota]

_... one year window between 7/4/59 and 7/4/60 when the flag had 49 stars._ That's interesting!

[@paul16451]

I'm sure such original flags in pristine condition would be extremely valuable collectors items today!!

[@earthwormscrawl]

@@wil7228 Actually I didn't think about it, but you're obviously right! 366 days with 49 stars!

[@daveerhardt1879]

Wish we had term limits for Congress and Senators.

[@lovly2cu725]

THAT WAS ONE OF THE 4 THINGS THE 20 HELD OUT FOR IN THE SPEAKER VOTING

[@marydesmond9595]

that would have to be voted in by congress......

[@pianomaly9]

BTW, Dad bought the house I grew up in in '55, for 15K. It was, I guess medium sized, and I remember walking with him to another house a few blocks away to sign the papers for it.

[@snazzypj53]

My parents bought their brand new house (not their first) for 13,000 and it took all of 30 years to pay off. My parents are gone but a sister still lives in the house and still a great area. Well built houses were back then. Wood floors, plaster walls, very soundproof but very small closets

[@sandybruce9092]

I remember my Mom saying that our first house in York, PA had a mortgage cost of $40/month - supposedly what my Dad make a week! The house still exists (it’s was all red brick) and I drive by sometimes when I’m in the area! Still a very nice neighborhood.

[@MustangSally7259]

❤❤👍Love your channel!

[@Lovejazz01]

Very fascinating! I misses all this to as I was born in July 1961…

[@earleneslay7977]

I was also born in July of 1961.

[@patriciayohn6136]

1951 here and Truman was President. Never had a Swanson TV dinner until about 1957. Mother stayed at home and she was a great cook, she raised 6 children. We didn't have a shopping mall where I live until 1970. We didn't even have a shopping center until 1960.

[@wacowildcat]

Wizzard of Oz was on disney every year on sunday night where i grew up. I was a 60’s kid. We had to go to church and when i left they were skipping down the brick road. When i got home there were monkeys flying around. I never knew what happened until i got my own place at 18 and saw the complete movie for the first time. 🤣 True story.

[@josephgaviota]

When I tell people, "When I was a kid, there were only 48 states," they can't believe it.

[@paul16451]

You need to play them the song "Let's Get Away From It All" by Frank Sinatra and explain the lyrics "all the 48" referred to the entire country at the time.

[@panatypical]

That's a good one if you want to come off like a crusty old codger.

[@glennso47]

When I was a kid they were just inventing dirt.

[@glennso47]

@@panatypical when I was a kid we didn’t have electricity so we had to watch tv by candlelight. And I had to walk 6 miles to school and 2 blocks home. Uphill both ways. 🙎‍♂️

[@lovly2cu725]

TELL THEM TO GOOGLE IT. BLOW THEIR MIND WITH 13 ORIGINAL COLONIES

[@VintageVermilion]

Being born in 1952, I remember a lot of the last part of the decade, from a child’s perspective.

[@butcharmstrong9645]

hello fellow '52-er! I was born in December of that year which kinda caused some connfusiion. People always thoughti I was a year older than I actually was, until the very end of December! lol🙂

[@footballlvnlady]

I’m a 1957 baby. My parents built a new home in 1966. It was a three bedroom house with a large living room, den and central air. It was 1200 sq feet and all brick. It cost them $19,000 to build. Now, a car costs that.

[@CreachterZ]

A very cheap car. But that’s not the important bit. $19,000 then had roughly the same buying power of just over $200,000 today. Remember that the average salary for a man in 1957 was roughly $4,200. A year.

[@ashleylewis2783]

How many bathrooms? Probably 1 right? So funny how we can’t live without two now! 😅

[@0118uhauha]

@@CreachterZ 200.ooo dollars is about 1,2 million Kroner ( Norwegian or Danish ) for that you will get a new good type of Mercedes car. Due to 180 percent car taxes you pay one car for yourself and two for the State. In return you pay nothing whether you stay in a hospital one day or one year. In Sweden cars are a third of that because EU does not permit high taxes on cars in countries which produce cars themselves ( Volvo is Swedish / Chinese ) Yet Swedish hospitals are at least as good as Norwegian and Danish. I guess that Sweden have extreme taxes on other things such as alcohol, cigarettes and houses. If you modernize your own house for your own money, you will pay a much higher real-estate tax, that is a Swedish specialty. When people in the South of Sweden wish to get drunk for a reasonable price they take the train to Copenhagen. In 1950ties the ferry, in summer it was a one hour beautiful sail with lots of fresh air and lunch on board. One always recognized these Swedes in Copenhagen: reeling around in the streets having forgotten which hotel they checked into two hours earlier. In the old part of Copenhagen harbor NYHAVN it was risky for these Swedes the water is only four meters away from the bars and restaurants.

[@butterbeanqueen8148]

What kind of car?

[@samanthab1923]

Sounds like me. Born 1959 the oldest of 5. The bought a brand new Levitt Cape in 63. Moved us to NJ. Four bedrooms & 2 baths. Big back yard. $17,000. Pretty good for kids who grew up in apts. & were only 24 & 28. I don’t want to tell you what my brothers & I were like in our 20’s 😉

[@matrox]

I was around in the late 50s so I remember some of this, I got a hoola hoop during the craze but was to small to get to work right until a few years later in the early 60s.

[@alexanderfo3886]

4:24 Thanks for reminding us about that one. Both obscure and amazing indeed.

[@gmanette188]

Thanks much

[@petestaint8312]

Another fantastic video! 👍

[@josephgaviota]

1:37 As a kid, I remember the restaurants with "Diners Club Accepted" signs. I think only "businessmen" had them; not us 😕

[@sydecarnutz972]

LOL. Yep. "Businessmen" with expense accounts!

[@lovly2cu725]

MY FATHER HAD ONE, WASNT A BUSINESSMAN

[@0118uhauha]

If you also had severe parents who forced you to eat boring vegetables fruits and bread then you probably have outlived those businessmen

[@MillerMeteor74]

When you talked about Diner's Club being the world's first credit card, maybe that means the first universal credit card. We have an Oppenheim Collins (store) credit card from my grandmother from when she lived in Camden, NJ, which was pre-1938. We watched "I love Lucy" in re-runs throughout the 70s. I loved that show. To this day I've never seen a James Dean movie, and never cared to.

[@2MuchPurple]

I was born in 1950, and can remember things from about the age of 4, when my parents bought a new tract house in Novato CA for about $5000, I think. A year or so later, I was one on the first group of kids to get a polio shot. I do remember that! People still feared polio then.

[@ivanleterror9158]

We got the double dose. The first was the sugar cube with the pink liquid and the second just the shot in the arm.

[@clarencegreen3071]

Polio was a very real thing and very scary. I can remember being quarantined but none of the details.

[@13thravenpurple94]

Great work THank you

[@gwenniegirl50]

So Cool! Although I was born in late fifties, my earliest memories are from 1961. Nice to see this. Thanks

[@trentb8674]

Love the 50’s!

[@annek1226]

My father found a hula hoop that he was convinced would last longer! It was metal! I had more black and blue bruises than any other kid on the block! Gee thanks dad!

[@victorias.3773]

🤣

[@paul16451]

Could have been worse...you could have tried it on a blazing summer day and gotten burns as well!

[@sherrie6492]

I was born in 1945. I remember everything except the attempt on Truman's life. I also remember wearing a I Like Ike button. I remember the March of Dimes and adding two previous dimes to the cause. The polio vaccine. The Korean war ending. We lived in a two story, five bedroom house. On a tree lined cobblestone street. My grandmother paid $17,000. for it. It's now a historical site street. It recently sold for over a million.

[@taxedenoughalready]

I walked back and forth to school starting in kindergarten!

[@timothyxv171mmmpertinentgamer]

I remember a day when we hung out as we kiss YAY and we had such a good time driving your first car. A day when you told us about the baby boom I was surprised "I have memories of you". Thank You. Recollection friend..

[@wil7228]

The 1st car , 1966 Pontiac Tempest

[@TisEyerish1]

Many, many years ago, a friend of mine was the Executive Secretary to Alfred Bloomingdale, when he was President of The Diners' Club brand. Boy, I haven't thought of that in years, but as soon as I saw the card, the memory woke up!

[@maryquillian2285]

This was interesting to watch

[@BusterTucker]

Born in 1957 here... The Cadillac Eldorado Brougham was a whopping $13,000 more than a Rolls Royce and the other classic of 57 was the Chevrolet Impala at a cost of $1800. The first Frisbee, called the Pluto Platter, the Burger King Whopper 79 cents were all 57ers!

[@willardroad]

... and in November 1957, in some obscure town in Indiana, I was born! Yay, me!!!

[@glennso47]

In a galaxy far, far away

[@november151956]

I remember growing up the Wizard of Oz was broadcast every year on Thanksgiving.

[@juanserrano5629]

I want to see more companies videos old ones like you should do a video of Zellers a Canadian retail store someday 😇👍📲

[@johnandersen8998]

I have home movies of me and my hula hoop purchased at our hardware store in 1958. I was 6. Probably can’t do it now, ha! I also remember Alaska and Hawaii becoming states and the Penny changing the wheat design to the memorial on the back in 1959. I really don’t recall having a tv back then and we probably didn’t have one but the hula hoop fad seemed to be inescapable.

[@nicholasaltieri8333]

love this

[@georgevavoulis4758]

I feel 1950s were tha happiest times of American

[@lynnleigha580]

I'll tell you, we definitely need term limits for all of Congress

[@angeldesigns1385]

Yes we do!

[@DUCKDUCKGOISMUCHBETTER]

One day a year ought to be enough, lol. How much of our money could they possibly waste in 24 hours?

[@lovly2cu725]

THATS WHAT THE 20 HELD OUT FOR, TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION. IT WOULD HAVE TO BE A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT VOTED ON BY THE CONVENTION OF STATES

[@DUCKDUCKGOISMUCHBETTER]

@@lovly2cu725 A Constitutional Convention is not necessary for a single amendment, and is very dangerous besides. The regular amendment process is sufficient for this purpose. And it cannot be hijacked by the evil Left or any other organized cabal of domestic enemies.

[@CesarClouds]

All this was before I was born but soooo interesting!

[@itinerantpatriot1196]

If you adjust for inflation, that $7,354 in 1950 for a new home comes out to $90,566 (at least as of today). Too bad the cost of a 1,000 sq. ft. new home today is more than double that, at least until the bubble bursts in the housing market again. When Texas moaned about Alaska taking over the top spot as the largest state in the union, Alaska's response was simple, be glad we don't split in two and push you down to number three on the list.

[@noladarling1597]

That was awesome 😎 ❤

[@timebong8366]

Use to hang out at the first mall in Edina Minnesota south Dale mall in the 70s and 80s

[@1954shadow]

Born in 1954, but, not a tech wizard, lol.

[@buickinvicta288]

I was born 1953. Named Mary, brother James. Second generation of legal immigrants. My Elders came from Eastern Europe legally. That was a very interesting story about Truman, I didn't know that.

[@robertjaent6087]

Like your screen name! Those were actually nice cars. A buddy of mine his mother owned one.

[@francesfarmer736]

Born in 55’ dad bought his first tract home new house for $10k it was only 1050sf house with 3 bedrooms 1 bath and big backyard, seemed huge to me, unfortunately dad moved to another area for work,in 1959.

[@talfacprez]

I was later born in 1958 but I remember my parents and siblings who talked about it.

[@kennykittrell2549]

I was born in July of 1961- I waited until they got the 50 states together. Lol. I didn't ask to be born last out of 8- I didn't even get to fill out an application!!!! LOL LOL

[@scottmcwave9479]

Small house for a good price!

[@jamesheartney9546]

Watson & Crick's discovery would not have been possible without the contributions of Rosalind Franklin, who really ought to be mentioned in connection with it.

[@josephgaviota]

I remember as a teen, my friend's dad took us to a mall in So. Cal. All the dad could talk about is how this would _NEVER_ work; IMAGINE having to air condition or heat all this indoor space!?!?

[@92JazzQueen]

He was right.

[@earthwormscrawl]

@@92JazzQueen Eventually... 😆

[@CesarClouds]

@@92JazzQueen They actually worked for decades and only waned when consumer habits changed and not for any perceived issues with air conditioning.

[@josephgaviota]

0:40 My parents bought a house in a suburb of Los Angeles for $16,000 in 1956. [something like 1200 sq ft] I was born in that "peak" year you speak of(!). [edit: add sq ft of my baby home]

[@phoenixobrien163]

Santa Monica?

[@ant-1382]

Born in 1961 just at the tail end of the baby boom. Services, and facilities ( schools, and hospitals ) were expanding just before I came along. Now that I am approaching retirement age services like assisted living are booming, I will have need for them just as things are tapering off.