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Posts Tagged history

Pieces of the Past: Part Six

By Jean Brashear on November 14, 2022   /   Delights & Treasures   /   4 Comments
Pieces of the Past: Part Six

Okay, so this one is not useful, but I was just intrigued by the inventiveness of the past. This came from a 1955 newspaper column saved by my grandmother, and given the current supply chain issues, I thought I’d share. Granted, we don’t much use linoleum these

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Pieces of the Past: Part Five

By Jean Brashear on October 12, 2022   /   Delights & Treasures   /   2 Comments
Pieces of the Past: Part Five

So I would never have thought about some of these combinations, but I just might have to try a couple! (Plus I used to go to the soda fountain in City Drug and had no idea that they once made custom lotions and such!)

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Pieces of the Past: Part Four

By Jean Brashear on September 12, 2022   /   Delights & Treasures   /   Leave a comment
Pieces of the Past: Part Four

 

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Pieces of the Past: Part Three

By Jean Brashear on August 11, 2022   /   Delights & Treasures   /   Leave a comment
Pieces of the Past: Part Three

Are Post Toasties still made? Do you know anything about the history of C.W. Post? He was an industrialist in the 19th century noted for his development of breakfast cereals, but he has a Texas connection. There’s a town about 30 miles from Lubbock named after him,

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Pieces of the Past: Part Two

By Jean Brashear on July 11, 2022   /   Delights & Treasures   /   4 Comments
Pieces of the Past: Part Two

Jello salads containing all manner of oddities were quite the rage in the 1950s and 60s, but I didn’t realize they were popular before that. I’ve actually eaten a salad something like this as a kid, and I just may have to try it again to see

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