Archive for August 27th, 2013

REMEMBER FULL SERVICE GAS STATIONS ?

service station main 2 

service station main

service station 1

service station 2

The old days of the full service gas station. They not only filled your tank,
they washed your windows, checked your oil and water level and the air
pressure in your tires.

posted by Bob Karm in Automobiles,HISTORY,Memorabillia,Nostalgia,Post Card,Remember these? and have Comment (1)

TODAY IN HISTORY

USA/

EdDonahue mic on baord
Ed Donahue

posted by Bob Karm in ANNIVERSARY,BIRTHDAY,DEATH,Disaster,HISTORY,MILITARY,Religion,WAR and have No Comments

SPACE PROBE LAUNCHED ON THIS DAY IN 1962

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One hundred nine days after launch, Mariner 2 flies by Venus

Mariner 2 was the first robotic space probe in the NASA program to reach the
vicinity of the planet Venus in December of the same year..

 

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President John F. Kennedy (right) receives a Mariner 2 model from NASA
representatives in 1961

 

posted by Bob Karm in ANNIVERSARY,DEBUT,Government,HISTORY,Model,POLITICAL,Science,SPACE and have No Comments

TUESDAY WELD IS 70 TODAY

TuesdayWeld yng

Weld now

Tuesday Weld (Susan Ker Weld) began her career as a child actor,
and made the transition to mature roles in the late 1950s. She won
a Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Female Newcomer in
1960 and during the following decade she established herself
as a dramatic actress in films.

wild-in-the-country-movie-poster
1961

 

i walk the line
1970

posted by Bob Karm in BIRTHDAY,CURRENT EVENTS,HISTORY,MOVIES,THEN AND NOW and have Comment (1)