On October 16, 1958, Chevrolet began to sell a car-truck hybrid
that it called the El Camino. Inspired by the Ford Ranchero,
which had already been on the market for two years, the El
Camino was a combination sedan-pickup truck built on the
Impala body, with the same “cat’s eye” taillights and dramatic
rear fins.

Modern anesthesia is born when dentist and physician William
T.G. Morton demonstrates ether for the first time during a
public surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital.

William Thomas Green Morton
(August 9, 1819 – July 15, 1868)

Replica of the inhaler used by William T. G. Morton in
the first public demonstration of surgery using ether.

                            
TIM MAGUIRE

October 14, 2010, first blog post.

WELCOME,THIS IS THE DEBUT OF A BLOG THAT, I HOPE, WILL REVIVE
FOND MEMORIES OF THE PAST.

IT’S THE PLACE FOR OLD MOVIES,PICS,ADS AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT
SUITS A PASSION FOR THE PAST. SO, BOOKMARK AND CHECK BACK
OFTEN.