Vintage Photos of What Life Was Like Back in the 50s.
12-04-2018, 10:14 AM
#41
They had "drive thru" polio "sugar cube" vaccinations in our town. I think we drove there after church on Sunday as a family. Very efficient. Several doses weeks apart. Early '60s.
In Detroit City Schools in the '50s a signal of four (4) long bells indicated a fire (or fire drill). Orderly evacuation of the building. Never enough time to sneak to the drugstore a long block away and score a candy bar without getting caught.
Nuclear scare? Ten (10) short indicated an air raid (also hopefully a drill) when we marched into the basements and assumed protective positions heads down. We were tightly packed together but not yet old enough to appreciate close contact with the opposite sex. We all had our blood drawn and were issued a pair of plastic dog (data) tags bordered in different colors based on our blood type. Mine was Yellow bordered (A Rh D+), my brother's was Blue (O +).
-- Chuck
In Detroit City Schools in the '50s a signal of four (4) long bells indicated a fire (or fire drill). Orderly evacuation of the building. Never enough time to sneak to the drugstore a long block away and score a candy bar without getting caught.
Nuclear scare? Ten (10) short indicated an air raid (also hopefully a drill) when we marched into the basements and assumed protective positions heads down. We were tightly packed together but not yet old enough to appreciate close contact with the opposite sex. We all had our blood drawn and were issued a pair of plastic dog (data) tags bordered in different colors based on our blood type. Mine was Yellow bordered (A Rh D+), my brother's was Blue (O +).
-- Chuck
Last edited by Chuck S; 12-04-2018 at 10:16 AM.
12-04-2018, 06:30 PM
#42
Speaking of that, when I was around 15 our scout troop participated in a state wide nuclear fallout drill along with a troop of cadet (older) girl scouts. We were all supposed to shelter overnight in a big concrete building at a nearby power plant. The adult leaders had identified separate locations within the building for the boys and the girls. But we had just unrolled our sleeping bags when we were told that because the night would be dangerously cold we were all to be moved to one huge room that was close to the boilers. It was the only location in the structure that would provide some warmth and house all of us as we spread out in our sleeping bags. One girl scout and I joined our sleeping bags together...strictly for warmth of course. We only rounded first base on our way to second but some newly formed couples in the room might have carried scouting fellowship further. It was too dark to be sure and I was too occupied to look anyway. All in all, it was a night to remember and the only good "fallout" of the Cold War that I can recall.
12-04-2018, 06:46 PM
#43
Speaking of that, when I was around 15 our scout troop participated in a state wide nuclear fallout drill along with a troop of cadet (older) girl scouts. We were all supposed to shelter overnight in a big concrete building at a nearby power plant. The adult leaders had identified separate locations within the building for the boys and the girls. But we had just unrolled our sleeping bags when we were told that because the night would be dangerously cold we were all to be moved to one huge room that was close to the boilers. It was the only location in the structure that would provide some warmth and house all of us as we spread out in our sleeping bags. One girl scout and I joined our sleeping bags together...strictly for warmth of course. We only rounded first base on our way to second but some newly formed couples in the room might have carried scouting fellowship further. It was too dark to be sure and I was too occupied to look anyway. All in all, it was a night to remember and the only good "fallout" of the Cold War that I can recall.
12-05-2018, 04:51 AM
#44
12-05-2018, 02:45 PM
#45
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During my childhood, I knew two children who had polio. One boy was in leg braces the rest of his life.
Polio was a big scare, especially at swimming pools, as I recall.
I can remember our whole family standing in line at our elementary school to get our oral (sugar cube) polio vaccines.
I still have the cards to prove that I was immunized for polio.
Type I on Sept 23, 1962
Type II on Nov 4, 1962
Type III on Mar 10, 1963
This was in San Francisco. I was born in 1946, so I was 16 years old when I got those vaccinations.
Our elementary school had no cafeteria. The space that was originally going to be used for a cafeteria was used for an air raid shelter.
Polio was a big scare, especially at swimming pools, as I recall.
I can remember our whole family standing in line at our elementary school to get our oral (sugar cube) polio vaccines.
I still have the cards to prove that I was immunized for polio.
Type I on Sept 23, 1962
Type II on Nov 4, 1962
Type III on Mar 10, 1963
This was in San Francisco. I was born in 1946, so I was 16 years old when I got those vaccinations.
Our elementary school had no cafeteria. The space that was originally going to be used for a cafeteria was used for an air raid shelter.
12-05-2018, 03:56 PM
#46
12-05-2018, 06:23 PM
#47
^ My dad repaired TVs on the side for several years, so we never had to go to the hardware or electronics store to use the tube tester. Dad had a suitcase sized one.
12-05-2018, 08:33 PM
#48
I still think high waisted bikinis are sexy.
12-05-2018, 08:38 PM
#49
12-06-2018, 04:35 AM
#50
Rob!!! This is a family site. I'll thank you to take your "dirty" pictures elsewhere.
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