There\u2019s not gonna be any rhyme or reason to this, so here goes\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Link Frames:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Well, this looks nice\u2026\u2026\u2026.and appropiate, considering Mom and Dad had 4 kids. Let\u2019s open it up.<\/span><\/p>\n Out of the box, they\u2019re stacked and look who\u2019s on top – the first-born in his ugly 8th-grade graduation photo:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Let\u2019s check out my siblings:<\/span><\/p>\n Uh, Mom\u2026\u2026\u2026.is there something I should know about our family?<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Exotic Black Coral<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n One 5\u201d-tall piece on 2 different backgrounds<\/span><\/p>\n It came wrapped in this 4-page brochure (the piece is shown again on the last page to fill up space between the 2 tape marks).<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n More Cowbell!<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Dad Cards<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Invite to Dad\u2019s 1938 high school graduation:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n This is suspicious. His mother divorced his father in 1940 and then married a captain in the Little Ferry, NJ, police department, who then gave my father a Get-Out-Of-Getting-A-Ticket-Free card. Hmmmmm\u2026\u2026\u2026.\u2026tryin’ to win the kid over?<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Cards for various jobs Dad had that I know next to nothing about (though I DO remember something about some sort of interaction with Gloria Vanderbilt), except that the Studebaker one probably prepped him for the Chevy career:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Gavel<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n This HAD to be Mom\u2019s. She worked in the Violations Bureau of the Teaneck Police Department and I seem to recall a picture of her parking in the judge\u2019s space, so I don\u2019t know if someone was goofing on her with this gavel or if it might have been wishful thinking on her part:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n And this is definitely mine:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Coins, Pins, Medals<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority coins<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1994 Australian 50-cent piece with unusual depiction on the back:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Coin-like \u201cwooden nickels\u201d from Teaneck PD (why did Mom have a box of them?):<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Inside this little box:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u2026were 2 pins – Dad\u2019s \u201cRuptured Duck\u201d Honorable Discharge pin\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u2026and this other pin that only says \u201cHazard Zet Forward\u201d (‘No matter the risk, move forward’). What did Dad get this for?<\/span><\/p>\n HE DIDN\u2019T! IT\u2019S FROM SETON HALL UNIVERSITY! IT\u2019S MINE! (though I don\u2019t remember it or why I have it. I thought maybe it was for ROTC, but research seems to indicate it\u2019s more of a Seton Hall thing than a military thing.)<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n This is definitely Dad\u2019s:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Wait\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026he had to PURCHASE his military awards and decorations? I thought if you EARNED them, they were given to you:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n This is definitely Mom\u2019s. I vaguely remember her selling these brushes when I was little (or was it Fuller Brush?):<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The one on the left is obviously mine (and \u201c1955\u201d was the year the school was founded – NOT when I went there), but I have no idea what the one on the right signifies. Anybody know?<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Catchin\u2019 Dinner<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n I know nothing about this 5\u201d x 4\u201d piece other than the image appears to be painted on the back of the glass and the hanging mechanism isn\u2019t the classiest one I\u2019ve ever seen. But it looks like they\u2019ll be eating well tonight:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Writing Accessories<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n This pen says \u201cEdward Todd & Co. 1 NY \u201c on it. I think the handle is mother-of-pearl, but I know nothing else about it other than it\u2019s not a fountain pen:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Such an elegant pen deserves these 19-cent pocket savers\u2026\u2026\u2026.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u2026\u2026..and only the finest in writing paper, such as these cheap pads from The Grand Hotel in Taiwan or the Playboy Resort and Country Club in Great Gorge, NJ:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Speaking of the Playboy Club, I can\u2019t believe I\u2019m still finding MORE stuff from there in my conservative parents\u2019 possessions:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Mom was the roller-skating queen, so we know to whom this belongs:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n I used to have a wallet like this, but this is NOT mine. Medical privacy reasons prohibit me from revealing who the owner was, but I was sure happy to find it!<\/span><\/p>\n The contents included 3 Old Glory flag stamps (Forever stamps) and 3 Imodium A-D capsules (is there a connection between them?):<\/span><\/p>\n But what put a smile on my face was the $71 dollars I found within (no pictures – it\u2019s already spent).<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Post Yarns<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n This is a little (3\u201d x 4.5\u201d) war-oriented booklet of cartoons from the Saturday Evening Post in 1945. A few are funny – the rest are corny. \u201cPost Yawns\u201d might have been a better name:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Postcards from me 25 years apart<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n I sent these home from Washington, DC and Dallas, Texas in 1962 and 1987, respectively. The earlier one came from a paperboy who won a trip there. The other one came from a rock photographer who was shooting the Texxas Jam in the Cotton Bowl:<\/span><\/p>\n (Why didn’t I flip those first two lines? I would have had a nice little rhyme going on…………)<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Chevy Stuff<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Gotta have some Chevy items, right? We\u2019ll start with the cheap stuff:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Never heard of the Chevrolet Atlantic Coast before. Was this a giant floating El Camino jammed with Chevy dealership husbands and wives?<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Kind of a non-specific , 2.75\u201d x 2.75\u201d x 1\u201d Lucite award from the CBM at Chevrolet:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Talk about non-specific! The only thing I\u2019m sure of (I think) is that it comes from Chevrolet. What is the \u201c100% Award\u201d? What does the \u201c6\u201d stand for? Did the CBM become the BMC? This monster is almost a half-inch tall!<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Probably not Chevy-related:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Early Reading Material<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n I might have read one of the three, but still haven\u2019t figured out what the lesson of the last image is\u2026\u2026\u2026.always wear your skeleton?<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Another Viewer<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n We\u2019ve seen a couple of these here before, but those showed people we knew. This is rather generic:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Anybody Remember Freedomland?<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Do you know where Co-Op City is in the Bronx? That\u2019s where Freedomland was from 1960-1964. I went there that first year and wrote a paper about it in 8th grade. I scanned these large so they were readable, so click to enlarge – especially on the cover picture (Geez – even then, I was trying to tell stories with pictures!):<\/span><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1-IMG_0636-min.jpg\")
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