Archive for December, 2014

A CHRISTMAS EVE TELEVISION DEBUT

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The Lennon Sisters with Lawrence Welk in the background

The Lennon Sisters quartet, consisting of four of the six sisters from a family of 
11, made its television debut on ABC’s The Lawrence Welk Show on Christmas
Eve – December 24, 1955. A high school classmate, Larry Welk, son of band
leader Lawrence Welk, brought them to the attention of his father. Welk was
at home, sick in bed, when his son brought the sisters in to sing for him. Mr.
Welk was so impressed that he immediately booked them for that week’s show
and they were a mainstay until they left to start a career of their own in 1968. 

 

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THE RED CROSS FIGHT AGAINST TB IN 1924

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PORTLAND FIRE STATION 16 IN 1915

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1436 SW Montgomery St.                        https://vintageportland.wordpress.com/page/52/

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The former fire station as it looks today

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IN THE NEWS ON THIS DAY

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Ross Simpson

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DISNEY FILM RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1954

The adventure film 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea was the first science fiction
film
produced by Walt Disney Productions, as well as the only science-fiction film personally produced by Walt Disney. It was also the first feature-length Disney
film to be distributed by Buena Vista Distribution.

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