May 26, 1967

Scotty's dad owns a run-down cabin out in the woods. It’s the kind of cabin where people in movies get murdered. It was built in 1939, I believe, by Scotty's great-grandpa. Then Scotty's grandpa owned it, and now Scotty's dad owns it. Kind of. It's complicated.

Anyhoo, about fourteen years ago, we spent an entire summer cleaning the place out. We found dead mice, 1950's pornography, home-made red silk panties, and old-fashioned menstrual belts. There were wasp nests, old bottles of whiskey, and a naked lady glass. It was interesting. One of the cool things I came across was a page from the Salt Lake Tribune dated May 26, 1967.

It's fun to see how much you can glimpse from the era in a single page of newspaper.

Look at the TV's - they were in color!

   

According to Wikipedia, color TV was introduced in 1953 but didn't become popular until 1966 when GE introduced the Porta-Color set. And look! Color TV was just as easy to tune as black and white TV. Quick as a wink, even!

   

Then there were the cars.

   

 They were so... long. The beef was particularly fascinating.

   

 "Copied but never duplicated?" Who knew? And did you notice this:

   

 Fifty pounds of beef? For $27.50? Amazing! Then there was the fashion:

   

K-N-I-T spells success!

I've always LOVED 60's hair, but I don't know how they did it! It was so big, so round, and so immovable. What an art!

   

  Take a look at these things:

   

 And we mustn't forget the shoes!

 

(Again with the hair! I'm so in love!)

 

Apparently sandals from Italy were a big hit. 

It's amazing how much has changed! For good and for bad.