Archive for November, 2020

ROLLING OUT A POPULAR HOT ITEM AGAIN

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Mr. George Whipple (above) is a fictional supermarket manager
featured in television commercials, radio, and print ad’s that
ran in the United States and Canada from 1964 to 1985 for
Charmin toilet paper.

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HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY

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Tim maguire
TIM MAGUIRE

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first life
During its golden age from 1936 to 1972, Life was a wide-ranging
weekly general interest magazine known for the quality of its
photography.

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HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY IN 1963

Portrait of President John F. Kennedy, from the TV Show, "JFK Assassination as It Happened"' Photographic Print - Alfred Eisenstaedt | AllPosters.com
John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963)

Look Back At 1963 Live TV Coverage Of JFK's Assassination | KERA News

CBS newscaster Walter Cronkite announces the death of President
John F. Kennedy
.

 

Walter Cronkite On The Assassination Of John F. Kennedy : NPR


The Enduring Legacy of the JFK Assassination Newspaper | Denver Public Library History

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LLOYD CENTER NOSTALGIA FROM THE 1970’s

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Sandy’s camera shop at Lloyd Center with then Portland mayor
Mildred Schwab standing out front (second from right).

 

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FAMOUS SPEECH DELIVERED ON THIS DAY IN 1863

The Gettysburg Address – King James Galleries

At the dedication of a military cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, during the American Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln (above)
delivered one of the most memorable speeches in American history:
the  Gettysburg Address.
  

Gettysburg addess

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