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Sausage delivery truck.

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1950's Tennessee Pride commercial

 
"Smith and Taber Maple Syrup was created when the Taber boys were getting on in years and needed help during sap season. They asked me to help with the heavy lifting. While there, I was able to observe the process and I was hooked. They taught me all the facets of the art of making maple syrup".

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Meanderer said:
...Decorating a car ...
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Thanks for bringing back another lost memory... When my parents agreed to sacrifice our '55 Buick, so I could decorate it for a homecoming parade contest in high school ('64). My girlfriend and I, and a couple other girls, painted it like a football field with goal posts on front and back and football on top. It forever after had faint poster paint yard line marks down the side. :( It won 2nd place for decoration, though. Prize was $1. Wish I had a picture.
 
This picture reminded me of the old wall hung sink we had in our kitchen when I was growing up. It survived until my parents did an avocado green remodel in the early 70's, what a mistake!

Notice the three taps on the sink, Hot, Cold, and rainwater from a copper lined cistern in the attic. I'm surprised that the cistern in the attic hasn't made a comeback with all of the folks interested in the environment, green living, etc...

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Great picture, Bea. I never saw a sink with a third faucet like that. (Notice the newspaper inserts in the cabinet.)

Ice Boxes

Years ago I picked up an old ice box someone left by a dumpster. It would look similar to this one if someone did a little work on it. There is something peculiar about the bottom of mine. Maybe someone tried to repair some damage. One of my long ago planned projects was to repair and refinish it. I never got to it. Probably never will. It weighs a ton. Stone lined.

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NancyNGA said:
Great picture, Bea. I never saw a sink with a third faucet like that. (Notice the newspaper inserts in the cabinet.)

Ice Boxes

Years ago I picked up an old ice box someone left by a dumpster. It would look similar to this one if someone did a little work on it. There is something peculiar about the bottom of mine. Maybe someone tried to repair some damage. One of my long ago planned projects was to repair and refinish it. I never got to it. Probably never will. It weighs a ton. Stone lined.

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The one pictured looks normal to me, the bottom board should swing up to reveal a galvanized metal pan that caught the melting ice, most of the pans were missing from the ones that survived. The one that had been in our old kitchen had a drain spout in the bottom of the pan and a hose ran to a small hole in the kitchen floor so the water could drip into the basement. When they removed the old icebox they filled the small hole by driving a cork into it and trimming it off flush with the floor.
 
I live in a country area in South Australia ,here is a photo of an original school room, this school was built in 1878 ,closed in 1968 ,Reopened as a national trust museum in 1969 .

Every second year this school room is used for two,weeks by local school children who dress in old traditional Cornish costume,for the
huge Cornish festival held here ,people travel from all over the world to attend the festivities and the town swells from approx 4000 to 20000
 

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