Tim & Fayrenne 47 Years
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I grew up in Detroit and one of my favorite things
to do was to pick treasures from the alley's. As I got
a little older I would go to the dump and dig for bottles
or whatever I could find. To this day I still enjoy picking.
Recently I found a 1968 Schwinn bicycle, I cleaned it
up and added a vintage banana seat sissy bar and high
handle bars.
Old Fire Bell
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Howdy Doody
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I found this old fire bell in the building where I
work. I decided to dress it up a little. I added a
toggle switch and a 24 volt battery to it so it would
ring. The light on it is a old sewing machine light
and the fire truck is a small peddle car.
The Howdy Doody Show was one of the first and most popular children's television show in the 1950s. Howdy Doody and his friends entertained children for many years. The Howdy Doody Show was successful and was NBC's first daily show to be extended to five days a week. In 1954 Howdy Doody became an international television hit. By 1960 it was taken off the air after 2,343 programs.
The most famous moment in the history of The Howdy Doody Show came during the closing seconds of the final show when Clarabell, who did not speak but communicated through pantomime and honking his horns, surprised the audience by saying, "Good-bye, kids." Over the years I've enjoyed collecting toys such as Howdy Doody and enjoy the memories of the old programs that I would watch as a young person and treasure them as enjoyable times. Howdy Doody did make a come back in the 70's but was cancelled shortly after.
Old Wooden Phone Booth
This phone booth is an original wooden phone booth that at one time sit in a store for customers to use. I purhased this beauty a few years ago and have enjoyed having and using it. To this day it still works good. My guess it goes back to the 40's or 50's.
This old Victor Machine was given to me some years ago. It was stored in a garage for some years. I was very supprised that it worked, the only thing wrong with it was the cover on the turn table had to be replaced and the wood finish was very dirty. I was able to clean it up and bring it back to its original beauty. The volume is controled by the doors in front of the phonagraph, if you close them the volume is low if you open the doors its louder. This phonagraph plays 78's only and is very enjoyable to listen to.Cross Roads
Just hanging around with Elvis Presley, James Dean, Marilyn Monroe and Humphrey Bogart.
This is a Poster of the Rat Pack
From left to right
Frank Sinatra
Dean Martin
Sammy Davis Jr.
Peter Lawford
Joey Bishop
Jerry Mahoney was very popular during the 1950's
 This is a 1920-25 RCA Victrola |
1977 Mardi Gras STD-4 Jukebox
Police Peddle Car
Ed Norton Ralph Kramden
1958 ZENITH High Fidelity Record Player
WKNR KEENER 13
 
99 WABX DETROIT
Vernor's Ginger Ale
Antique Table
Yogi says Hi
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As a child I remembered having Jerry Mahoney.
This Jerry Mahoney Puppet I found online about
20 years ago.
I purchased this beautiful Victrola at a thrift store. I have wanted one of these since I was a young man. Growing up there was one in our household. Ever since that time I was hoping to find one. Finally this past fall my dream come true. What a beautiful piece of equipment, can't Imagine the technology they had back in those days to produce a phonograph that actually run on no electricity. We will totally enjoy it.
Model STD-4 Seeburg Mardi Gras Jukebox was made in 1977. It plays 160 selections of 45's. I've owned it for over 20 years and nothing but 20 years of fun with it.
Peddle cars were the top of the line play car for kids up through the 60's. At the age of three I had a Texaco Fire Chief peddle car. They were a lot of fun to play with. As we got older we learned how to work on them, you know make them look cool. I guess that's the kind of things that made us have a lot of fun and learn how to do things. Back in the day our priority was to stay outside all day till the street lights come on. If we weren't riding our peddle car we were doing something else to have fun. This particular peddle car is a reproduction, I purchased it over 20 years ago. Still having fun with it.
The Honeymooners 1955-1956
The final episode of The Honeymooners aired on September 22, 1956. Creator/producer Jackie Gleason revived the series sporadically until 1978.The Honeymooners was one of the first U.S. television shows to portray working-class married couples in a gritty, non-idyllic manner (the show is set mostly in the Kramdens' kitchen, in a neglected Brooklyn apartment building).[5] The program is also popular internationally, particularly in Canada, Poland and Scandinavian countries Norway and Sweden.
This beauty I found in the garbage. All I did was clean it up. It had sit for a long time by the looks of it. It was almost black on the outside case but cleaned up with no problem. I plugged it in and it worked perfectly.
WKNR was the station to listen to as we grew up in the Motor City. They always had the top 13 hits of the week and you could go down to Cunningham's Drug Store and pick up the latest top 13 Music Guide. As soon as the Beatles and other British groups made their appearance they were all over the AM radio. CKLW AM 800 was also big they were out of Canada but played the same music as KEENER 13. Two great radio stations back then. By the late sixties a new FM station popped up WABX Underground Music. Years later the AM stations faded out and FM became more popular. We enjoyed them all as we were growing up in the city. I still remember some of the names from both of the AM radio stations.
Underground Music
Vernors is a ginger flavored soft drink and the oldest surviving ginger ale brand in the United States. It was created in 1866 by James Vernor, a Detroit pharmacist.
Vernor opened a drugstore of his own on Woodward Avenue, on the southwest corner of Clifford Street and sold his ginger ale at its soda fountain. City by city, Vernor sold bottling franchises, with operators of those franchises required to adhere strictly to the recipe. In 1896, Vernor closed his drugstore and opened a soda fountain closer to the city center, on Woodward Avenue south of Jefferson Avenue, near the ferry docks on the Detroit River to concentrate on the ginger ale business alone.
This table was in a Farm House in 1929
where my Grandma moved in East Tawas Michigan after moving from Missouri. Its a beautiful piece of furniture with rope legs and glass casters and eagle claws. The Magazine that's on the table is dated 1914. At that time the president was Taft.
Hey BooBoo what ya say we get our self a picnic basket before we see the ranger.
Dick Tracy Reproduction Tin Toy Car. The two Pigs and the two Bears date back to the 1940's around WWII.
Old Philco Radio
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Supremes  Album Collection  |
