Visiting the past....

I bought a magazine from a yard sale about a month ago..

And just getting around to reading it.. It is LIFE magazine

January 1, 1940.

Being I was born in 1940.. it peaked my interest.. of course the

magazine is about 4 months older than me.

The car ads are a hoot... first of all, they list the price.. which you

don't find any more.. Pontiac can be had for $783...deluxe 4 door

for $970 but you had to pick them up at the factory for that price.

More of the dealer got it.  Chevrolet could be had for $659 +shipping

and wait there is more... the shift is on the steering column now!!.

Also GENERAL MOTORS must have been feeling the pain of the

competitors as they have a full page ad about the quality of the

their vehicles.

An article of how the Germans were sabotaged their big ships,

because they were at war with England and British ships were

hunting for the their ships, be they war ships or merchant marine.

The Columbia was running out of food and fuel, so they did in

their ship where the American's could see it, so they could rescue

the men from the ship...  Remember we aren't in the war yet.

There is the ship, Admiral Graf Spee too.. who after being rescued

by the Americans.. the captain shot himself in disgrace.

Also I didn't know that there were Americans who volunteered

in the Canadian Army so they could fight the Germans.

Douglas Fairbanks had died... the moon shiners were alive and well,

and well sorted after.. New safety glass is now available.. the old one

could get water in side or dry out from the sun.. but this has a polyvinyl

in it.. so heat or cold doesn't bother it..   And some of the ads.. cough

drops... Smith Bros.  (do they still make them) my favorite was cherry.

Martini and Rossi vermouth.. ads.  Paul Jones Gentleman's Whiskey.

Movie of the week.. Hunchback of Notre Dame.... an 6 page

article about England going to war, and the darkness of the

nights.. no lights allowed.

6 page article on a JOE MARTIN who was a Senator from Mass.

from poor beginnings, ended up a publisher.. and then a senator.

(see not all congress are lawyers.. lol actually they listed several

different occupations.. veterinary, meat packer, dentist, druggist,

stagehand, train engineer and even a co owner of a large ranch..

didn't say who). The article was about the newly voted in

Congressmen and he was made the Minority Leader. And the

high hopes of his term, as he was a nice man with common

sense..   (now that is a rarity now days)

And of course you have to have entertainment news.. a debut

of one Ms. Camilla Davis.. coming from great money, enough

to hire Elsa Maxwell, to throw the party for her..

The coffee ad here.. talks about the good of coffee, yet doesn't

name a brand.. don't know why.

Anyway, it was a good read.. to see where the world was before

I was born.. before we went to war... and how bad it was for

England to be at war.   My mother use to have a subscription

to LIFE magazine.. and I would devour it when it came. We

all remember the end of the war picture.. of the sailor kissing

the nurse.. LIFE was a great magazine.

AND Happy Birthday to my oldest.. she is now the

legal speed limit... the double nickels..