Does anyone else remember the petticoats with the inflatable tube around the bottom? Worn under a party dress the skirt stuck out like a ballerina's.
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Subject: Re: 1950s Christmas gifts!
Dad got Old Spice, and on the dresser kinds of things,
like the Kangaroo caddy. There were ceramic cats,
usually Siamese, with cut glass turquoise eyes.
Those aluminum tumblers were recently going on Ebay
for quite a pretty penny.
Dad had Pabst or Schlitz Malt Liquor glasses, watched
Friday Night at the Fights, and lusted over the
Cigars, Cigarettes, Tipparillos gal.
Playdoh was good, Silly Putty was incredible.
Chinese checkers and Parchesi were left out of the
games thread.
I'm not sure when Bakelite became fashionable, but it
was a hot item.
Key skates were cool and were what most kits played
with (later you used them on your home made
skateboard), but if you were super cool, you got shoe
skates like the car hops wore.
How about Necco Wafers and Jujubees at the movies
(damn those things never got out of your teeth)? For
other candy treats, check out this one:
http://www.nostalgiccandy.com/?source=overture
If you got jammies for your birthday or Christmas,
they were probably Baby Dolls if you were a girl.
You might have gotten a fancy petticoat or two to wear
underneath your full-skirted dress.
A little girl might have gotten a nice baby buggy (can
you say "Ruggy, buggy, baby bumpers?") or a
perambulator in the UK for her doll.
Mother had pyrex dishes for casseroles, too.
My dad sold stainless steel pots and pans door to door
while going to college as a way of making money
because it was quite the fashion. Could have ended up
under mother's Christmas tree--or upside Father's head
if he tried to pass off some lousy pots instead of
that jewelry she wanted.
--- "Nancy S. Powell" <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> I just sent a message, but more on this.
>
> I don't remember what my parents received. I think
> Dads got ties on every
> occassion, hankerchief sets in boxes from Sears,
> etc.
>
> Indigo Nights brings up several things I remember
> also, like candy
> cigarettes ( white sugar with red tips, or chocolate
> wrapped in paper or
> foil, in cigarette boxes to look just like the real
> thing), Nik-l Lips or
> something like that, wax bottles with colored sugar
> syrup inside, you'd bite
> off the tops, suck out the juice, and chew the wax.
> These were probably more
> summer time things than Christmas.
>
> Lionel trains and train sets in general. My Dad made
> me a big train platform
> and got electric trains for it. Since he didn't have
> any sons, I got to be
> the tomboy, and he probably wanted to play with the
> trains too.
>
> Nancy Drew books - I was an avid reader.
>
> View Master- I still have mine.
>
> Toy stoves and kitchen sets, fake plastic food that
> looked like the cans &
> boxes in the grocery stores.
>
> Nancy Powell
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kimberly Kenney, Curator"
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> Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 9:25 AM
> Subject: 1950s Christmas gifts!
>
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am planning a 1950s exhibition for Christmastime
> > this year (called "Jingle Bell Rock: a 1950s
> > Holiday"), and our theme is going to be things
> that
> > would have been given or recieved as Christmas
> gifts.
> >
> > I am grouping them into categories by family
> member,
> > like "Gifts for Dad," "Gifts for Teens," etc.
> >
> > So I want to pick your brains about CLASSIC 1950s
> > objects that we absolutely MUST include.
> >
> > We will be soliciting museum members, the
> community,
> > and other local museums for loan items to augment
> our
> > collection. I would like to provide a "wish list"
> of
> > what we're looking for.
> >
> > Thank you!
> > Kim Kenney
> >
> >
> > =====
> > Kimberly A. Kenney, Curator
> > McKinley Museum
> > 800 McKinley Monument Dr. NW
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