Elvis turned 26. Nixon declared JFK the next president of the United States. Johnny Griffith was named head coach for UGA. There were large fires in both Santa Fe and San Francisco (Both have the initials “SF.” Coincidence? I don’t think so.) Wonder what was going on in Glenbrook Valley? It’s the twelfth day of …
Lately, while redeeming frequent flyer miles and points earned from credit card purchases, I wondered if this was a post-modern version of S&H green stamps, and my thoughts drifted back to 1965. Every Wednesday, my mother, grandmother and I were rewarded for our supermarket excursion by sheets of green perforated stamps in numbers corresponding to …
In July 1956, the five-member Barstow family of Wethersfield, Connecticut, won a free trip to newly-opened Disneyland in Anaheim, California, in a nationwide contest. This snippet from the amateur documentary film tells the fabulous story of their fun-filled, dream-come-true, family travel adventure, filmed on the scene at Walt Disney’s “Magic Kingdom” by Robbins Barstow. The full, 30 …