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The 1954 Glomerata, part three
Seventy years ago was just around the corner, and almost a different world. You can see it in the old photos. It’s obvious, too, in the photos from my alma mater’s yearbook, the Glomerata, which I...
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The 1954 Glomerata, part four
We get in our time machines and travel back 70 years, to a world strange, yet familiar. But perhaps mostly strange? Here are a few more photos from my alma mater’s yearbook, the Glomerata, which I...
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The 1954 Glomerata, part five
The U.S. was in a post-Korean War recession, an 11-month downturn brought on by the usual things, raised interest rates, high inflation brought about from an influx of money into a wartime economy. The...
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The 1954 Glomerata, part six
Just a few of the things that are different from the lives our predecessors did 70 years ago. If you were in the market for a car, a Chevy would apparently run you about $1,696, or you could splurge on...
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The 1954 Glomerata, part seven
The 26th Academy Awards were presented in March of 1954, held simultaneously in Hollywood and New York. It was the second national telecast, and the estimates are that 43 million people watched. As you...
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The 1954 Glomerata, part eight
Marilyn Monroe married Joe DiMaggio in January. The first nuclear-powered sub, the USS Nautilus, put to sea the next week. President Eisenhower warned against American intervention in some little place...
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The 1954 Glomerata, part nine
Doing something a little different for this week’s installment of the 1954 Glomerata. Usually, of course, I put a few of them here. And they’re seldom ever the posed photos. But we’re just going to...
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The 1954 Glomerata, part 10
In 1953 and 1954 there were plenty of sports for fans to read about, listen to, and watch. The NFL was conquered by the Detroit Lions, who beat the Cleveland Browns at Briggs Stadium, in Detroit. If...
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The 1954 Glomerata, part 11
Venerable old Milwaukee County Stadium was opened in 1953. The Milwaukee Braves and the Green Bay Packers played there, as the MIlwaukee Brewers would later. The Sitting Bull Monument, on Standing Rock...
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The 1954 Glomerata, part 12
This is the 12th and final installment of our glance through the 1954 Glomerata. (Find ’em all — Part one, part two, part three, part four, part five, part six, part seven, part eight, part nine, part...
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