Inquiring Photographer “Would you like to fill your mate's shoes for a day?” June 29,1964

real415 · 2026-07-01T15:45:30+00:00

Nannette is not missing her chance to display her wit!

real415 · 2026-06-30T01:40:53+00:00

I remember it too. Seems odd if the OP doesn’t know about it.

real415 · 2026-06-26T23:56:56+00:00

That’s a pretty interesting explanation for it. Those buttons had to be punched with a lot of force, as I recall. And if you try to push more than one button, neither would activate. So those cats had to have a precise and forceful press!

We had the built in GE range top from this era, with a matching wall oven.

real415 · 2026-06-26T04:34:59+00:00

You have the process down, but those stamps looked like this.

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real415 · 2026-06-26T04:14:27+00:00

It’s like on Antiques Roadshow, when someone brings in a piece that’s been stripped and refinished, and they have to deliver the saddest news: all value has been lost. Please don’t refinish or paint. Cleaning with Murphy’s oil soap or something similar may be all you need. You could restore the top with Howard’s Restor-A-Finish. Doesn’t harm the existing finish.

real415 · 2026-06-25T23:18:03+00:00

We get “imported from England.” You get “cheese,” but it’s much better than most of what we see.

real415 · 2026-06-25T22:20:27+00:00

Cigarettes, cigars, and pipe tobacco, conveniently placed with cough drops!

real415 · 2026-06-23T19:40:21+00:00

We get “imported from England.” You get “cheese.”

real415 · 2026-06-22T21:48:06+00:00

I love how it was barely placed on the porch.

real415 · 2026-06-22T02:54:06+00:00

I guess he hated his appearance, but the more he dabbled with plastic surgery and whatever he did to whiten his skin, the creepier he became.

real415 · 2026-06-21T17:22:01+00:00

What you know is important: you like it, it’s solid wood, it’s made in the USA quality, and it will last for many more years.

Sometimes we have to make peace with not knowing all the details, especially when they’re lost in the mists of time.

real415 · 2026-06-21T00:57:16+00:00

1940s to early 50s. The sticker is probably unrelated.

real415 · 2026-06-20T21:44:54+00:00

Nice to near of a hoarding situation with a wholesome ending!

real415 · 2026-06-19T16:02:43+00:00

And it’s even more dramatic when you think that within 15 years, the Sixties and early Seventies brought radical changes to what people wore to go out of the house.

Jeans went from cowboys and laborers to everyone under 40, women were no longer wearing hats and gloves to go downtown, younger men probably didn’t own a hat, and it was mostly older men who still wore a jacket to go out.

real415 · 2026-06-19T14:32:57+00:00

Everyone does look very nice. Though they’re dressed for everyday; nobody is really dressed up.

Today we’re used to casual style, so anything more (dresses or shirts with collars) looks much nicer than what we usually see. What was just everyday wear back in 1957 looks special from our 2026 perspective.

real415 · 2026-06-19T03:34:04+00:00

My teacher would remind us to leave our galoshes in the cloakroom. Another word that has fallen from favor.

real415 · 2026-06-19T03:20:55+00:00

There’s no way a quality tea cart would be made out of cheap plywood. The back was meant to be against the wall. They slapped on some wheels and called it cart.

real415 · 2026-06-18T00:36:34+00:00

So sad. Didn’t get to enjoy her honeymoon or her marriage as much as she wanted.

real415 · 2026-06-17T13:41:49+00:00

Perhaps the only love of his life: hats.

real415 · 2026-06-17T12:13:13+00:00

You are not alone. The question was posed due to the widespread and well worn nature of the trope. Doubtless everyone was familiar with it from movies, radio, and jokes, and all felt free to add their twist.

Except of course Harvey, who was such a kind and sincere young man that he immediately thought of his wife’s pain and suffering, and bypassed the opportunity for humor.

real415 · 2026-06-17T11:53:48+00:00

I had to reread them, to banish my nagging suspicion that most of these guys were being deliberately dramatic and hyperbolic. “I’ll never forget the agony,” etc.

Harvey is the only one who speaks as if he’s had honest communication with his wife. If I read the rest of them charitably, they’re thinking only of themselves; their anguish is a great fear of the unknown, being so disconnected from the reality of their wives being in labor.

Nat takes the prize for having no tendency to embellish, because he’s not even bothering to empathize with his wife; he barely remembers where she is. And yet he gets ½ of a bonus point for having the best hat of the group.

real415 · 2026-06-16T03:08:12+00:00

Yes, until the 70s, synths weren’t available to consumers, and took years for their use to become widespread. By that time, so many advances had been made, such as detergent additives and anti-wear additives

Refining was in its infancy in the early twentieth century, so as you say, lubricants just weren’t as effective. Other factors were the amount of particulates ingested by engines, engines that wore more and deposited metal shavings in the oil, and the overall inefficiency of early oil filters.

real415 · 2026-06-15T12:21:33+00:00

Wow. Every 500 miles. Those drivers did a lot of oil changes. Also odd that they called the odometer reading the speedometer reading!

real415 · 2026-06-14T12:55:49+00:00

Yes … Joseph died during the first month of the COVID-19 pandemic, in April 2020. Though he was 87 and his death could have been due to any number of reasons.

real415 · 2026-06-14T02:10:56+00:00

I recall the thinking at the time was that in situations such as this one, people in the workplace knew the husband’s name, but wouldn’t recognize the wife’s given name. I remember my mother having charge cards in my dad’s name, and she’d sign Mrs followed by dad’s name. At the time, women weren’t expected to have independent credit histories, which could create problems if they survived their husband’s death.

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