"12 things gone from the 1950"
Jan 1, 2023 12:23:03 #
Just clicked on a video of that name (approx.) and the first thing that pops up is about the Fluorocope for fitting shoes!
Haven't thought about those gizmos since the last one I saw in about 1957! Anyone else remember these guarantors of the perfect fit for shoes?
What actually caught my eye was the twin lens reflex camera. I still have my Yashica-A out in the garage, in a box. At the moment, I forget if it used 620 or 120 film. I recall that there were interchangeable backs available.
Wow!
Haven't thought about those gizmos since the last one I saw in about 1957! Anyone else remember these guarantors of the perfect fit for shoes?
What actually caught my eye was the twin lens reflex camera. I still have my Yashica-A out in the garage, in a box. At the moment, I forget if it used 620 or 120 film. I recall that there were interchangeable backs available.
Wow!
Jan 1, 2023 12:57:51 #
When I was a kid I thought the Fluorocopes in shoe stores were the coolest things ever. Just glad I did not sterilize myself. 
Jan 1, 2023 13:07:10 #
I remember them well. My mom refused to let them use the machine on me. I have always wondered if she know something most people didn't 
Jan 1, 2023 13:18:31 #
Alafoto
Loc: Montgomery, AL
I think all of the Yashica TLRs used 120 film. No difference in the actual film and paper backing between 120 and 620, but they had different spools and thus were not interchangeable. The only interchangeable backs that were available for them was, I believe, a gizmo for the model 635 that would allow it to use 35 mm film. The model number seems to indicate its ability to accommodate both 6x6 (120) and 35 mm film. All of the others, until they started using the name Yashica Mat on later models, perhaps in the early '60s were designated by letters A thru D, I believe. I had a couple of them and actually did some weddings with one of the later YashicaMats.
I have a non working "635" that I got in a yard sale for $20 but it doesn't have the 35mm adapter. Was worth a gamble for the price. All of the Yashica TLRs that I ever handled were solidly made and the lenses were good enough with medium format film to make 8x10s all day, and an occasional wall hangar.
I have a non working "635" that I got in a yard sale for $20 but it doesn't have the 35mm adapter. Was worth a gamble for the price. All of the Yashica TLRs that I ever handled were solidly made and the lenses were good enough with medium format film to make 8x10s all day, and an occasional wall hangar.
Jan 1, 2023 13:18:54 #
Jan 1, 2023 13:39:56 #
Amielee
Loc: Eastern Washington State
I well remember the fluoroscopy units in the shoe stores and I was a sucker for them. I could not walk past one. Had I only known. Thyroid cancer in 1990 with subtotal thyroidectomy and Iodine 131 ablation. Such is life.
Jan 1, 2023 14:26:52 #
Krumbles Cereal -- 1912 to 1973
Had them for breakfast in the 50s with the Blue Morning Glories on the box
Also had fun with a Brownie Hawkeye
Had them for breakfast in the 50s with the Blue Morning Glories on the box
Also had fun with a Brownie Hawkeye
Jan 1, 2023 14:39:35 #
Alafoto
Loc: Montgomery, AL
Amielee wrote:
I well remember the fluoroscopy units in the shoe stores and I was a sucker for them. I could not walk past one. Had I only known. Thyroid cancer in 1990 with subtotal thyroidectomy and Iodine 131 ablation. Such is life.
Wow, that sucks. So sorry for you. Hope the distance between discovery and your post means that you are free now.
Jan 1, 2023 16:21:53 #
Stephan G wrote:
Just clicked on a video of that name (approx.) and... (show quote)
I remember them from the 40's & 50's. As a kid, I loved putting my feet under them. Magical and very cool!!!
Mark (an old dude!)
Jan 1, 2023 16:25:52 #
nervous2 wrote:
When I was a kid I thought the Fluorocopes in shoe stores were the coolest things ever. Just glad I did not sterilize myself.
Interesting!! Sterile feet!!! I suppose it you did have them, you could not produce little shoes?
Mark
Jan 1, 2023 16:31:30 #
ken_stern wrote:
Krumbles Cereal -- 1912 to 1973
Had them for breakfast in the 50s with the Blue Morning Glories on the box
Also had fun with a Brownie Hawkeye
Had them for breakfast in the 50s with the Blue Morning Glories on the box
Also had fun with a Brownie Hawkeye
No Wheaties, Kix, Ralston, Corn Flakes, Pep, Puffed Wheat & Rice, Shredded Wheat??? How about Ovaltine??? Fleers Double Bubble, Baloney, waxed lips, wax bottles of syrup, Dots on paper, gum drops, little tins of candy that came with a wooden spoon? Were you not in the US, Ken?
Mark
Jan 1, 2023 17:30:52 #
markngolf wrote:
No Wheaties, Kix, Ralston, Corn Flakes, Pep, Puffed Wheat & Rice, Shredded Wheat??? How about Ovaltine??? Fleers Double Bubble, Baloney, waxed lips, wax bottles of syrup, Dots on paper, gum drops, little tins of candy that came with a wooden spoon? Were you not in the US, Ken?
Mark
Mark
Sure I remember most of them -- Tins of candy with wooden spoons??
But I don't miss them --
Well maybe Ovaltine
Jan 1, 2023 19:16:05 #
ken_stern wrote:
Sure I remember most of them -- Tins of candy with wooden spoons??
But I don't miss them --
Well maybe Ovaltine
But I don't miss them --
Well maybe Ovaltine
How did I miss that one?
We grew up at a revered time, Ken. I treasure the memories.
Mark
Jan 1, 2023 22:17:52 #
bikinkawboy
Loc: north central Missouri
How about the candy cigarettes that were dyed red on the end like they were lit. Would likely be politically incorrect today. Or the ads in Life magazine suggesting you leave a carton of Camel cigarettes under the Christmas tree for dad. Why not just leave him a loaded gun and pencil and paper for his suicide note? Or the ads in the 1940s where doctors recommended that you smoke Lucky Strikes to keep your lungs congestion free. And how women could look classy by smoking a cigarette in a long thin holder? And I always thought classy women let the cigarette dangle around from their mouth as they talked.
Jan 1, 2023 22:59:48 #
Lots of things I miss from the 50's and 60's. Some not so much; like running behind the mosquito fogger as it went down the street.
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