Innholdsfortegnelse for January 2021 i Reminisce Extra

We were surprised and gratified by the wealth of submissions from readers to our request for pictures of themselves as children and adults. We had so many submissions, in fact, that we are dividing them over two issues. The first installment, “The Same Age Inside,” begins on page 48 . The second round will appear in the March issue of Reminisce Extra. Perhaps we should not have been so surprised, after all. Who hasn’t delighted in showing a child or good friend incontrovertible proof that we were, indeed, young and little once upon a time? When my son was in kindergarten, he was upset at being the shortest kid in the class and the shortest human at home. He felt better about his lot only when I showed him a…

Topics that have been out of bounds for a family-focused show become fair game when All in the Family hits the small screen in 1971. The groundbreaking sitcom about a working-class family headed by bigot Archie Bunker will earn 22 Emmys during its nine-year run. Test your ’70s sitcom smarts. 1 Once neighbors to the Bunkers, this wealthy Black family moves to a “deluxe apartment in the sky” in Manhattan, above. 2 A divorced mother struggles to raise two teenage daughters on her own in Indianapolis. 3 A family deals with eviction, gangs and other real-life problems in this dy-no-mite show. 4 Set in East Los Angeles, this show teams a street kid with the owner of a gas station. 5 A teacher returns to his Brooklyn high school to…

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Lehi, Utah, where my family moved in 1974 , is surrounded by mountains. My father, Jack Hansen, had skied once, in Idaho, and wanted us all to learn. It was easy, he said, and he got skis, boots and poles for me, my sisters Ingrid and Caroline, and my stepmother. We scrambled around for suitable clothes; I wore jeans. Dad showed us how to clamp the skis to our boots, and how they would release if we fell. This was our only instruction. We stood as the ski lift came quickly behind us, bending our knees so we wouldn’t get knocked over. The ride on the lift felt like flying, but as I neared the top, the ground dropped away. “Jump, and bend your knees!” my father yelled. I wanted…

TIME-TESTED Well before this ad ran, aspirin had lost ground to upstart pain relievers like Tylenol. But Bayer had history on its side: A proven fever reducer, Bayer reminded flu victims that aspirin still had their backs. CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENT This woman looks better with a headache than the rest of us do without. Bristol-Myers wasn’t above using glam to sell its products, and in the ’50s, the company sponsored a weekly mystery show with Alfred Hitchcock plugging Bufferin. Actress Joan Fontaine also appeared in commercials for the painkiller in the 1960s: “Take Bufferin, I do.” FEELIN’ NO PAIN In 1960, Bristol-Myers introduced Excedrin, which had more of everything: more ingredients that provided more relief for more symptoms, including depression! It may have seemed as potent as a tranquilizer, but the…

Piano lessons are no longer considered necessary for a proper education, but in the 1950 s, children took piano lessons. For my brother, John, and me, lessons were timed to start a half-hour after school ended. It was a mile-long walk from our elementary school to the home of Mrs. Helen Nancy Congdon in Tacoma, Washington. There was no dawdling. Part of Mrs. C’s front porch was converted into a tiny waiting room, with literature about the lives of classical pianists and a smattering of children’s magazines. Mrs. C also gave us Keyboard Jr. , a monthly magazine about other kids playing the piano. When the previous student finished, a buzzer let me know she was ready for me. I maneuvered around Seymour, a little yapping poodle, and took my…

HOLIDAYS IN A SNAP Readers love looking at the past through the lens of Mom’s Polaroid or little Joey’s box camera. Which is why we do our best every month to use as many reader images as we can. Now, we’re eager to build up our store of reader pictures. We’d love to see your snapshots from any holiday or celebration—birthdays, family reunions, Passover, Fourth of July, Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa. Please ID everyone and tell us when and where your images were taken. Label them “Pictures From the Past.” GROWING UP Share your favorite memory from childhood. Stories about a particular incident or event are best, especially when you fill it with the details that bring it alive. Don’t forget to include the first names of siblings, friends and…

MY GRANDPA ALWAYS carried a Camillus three-blade pocketknife with a multicolored celluloid handle and nickel bolsters. It was a free gift for buying a certain brand of seed corn during the Depression. I spent a lot of time with Grandpa in the 1960s and ’70s and saw him use that knife for everything: cutting twine on hay bales, trimming green beans, opening boxes, sharpening pencils. My cousin eventually gave him a new one, because he noticed the old knife didn’t fully snap shut, and wasn’t rustproof. Grandpa got a lump in his throat. It was like getting a new puppy when the old dog was still alive. But he made sure he was carrying the new knife whenever my cousin visited. When Grandpa knew he was dying, he gave me…

Daringly red, with a green frill of celery, the Bloody Mary has a spicy kick but can comfort a hangover. It’s rumored that the drink turns 100 this year, though when it comes to its origins, this classic keeps you guessing. The popular version of the story starts in Paris in 1921 . Fernand Petiot mixed drinks in Harry’s New York Bar, catering to expatriate Americans—F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gertrude Stein, Ernest Hemingway. Petiot mixed the signature alcohol brought to France by Russians—vodka—with tomato juice, a beverage in vogue with Americans escaping Prohibition, and the famous libation was born. But hold your horseradish. Comedian George Jessel also took credit for inventing the famous combo as a hangover cure in 1927 . His recipe added a blast of spice to tame the…

STEWART ADAMS began working for the pharmacy chain Boots in the U.K. as a 16-year-old apprentice. It was a good fit—he went on to earn a Ph.D. in pharmacology and work as a scientist for the company. In 1952, Adams began looking for a rheumatoid arthritis cure that didn’t have the same side effects as steroids. For 10 years, Adams and chemist John Nicholson screened hundreds of drugs that fought inflammation, finally identifying ibuprofen, which Boots patented in 1962. Adams wasn’t averse to including himself in the drugs’ clinical trials. “It was important to try them out and I was excited to be the first person to take a dose of ibuprofen,” he told the BBC several years ago. In 1971, Adams was again his own guinea pig when he…

My mother, Lois, put up half the money so I could buy a Volkswagen Beetle from the boy down the street. I’d learned to drive in Mom’s Chevy, which had automatic transmission, and mastering the VW’s manual transmission was a challenge. On level surfaces I did pretty well. But on our Los Angeles hills I panicked, especially if I rolled backward when a car was behind me. With my boyfriend, David, I practiced braking and starting. I was proud when I mastered using the clutch and accelerator in perfect harmony, and I felt competent to drive anywhere—until my friend Nancy and I went to San Francisco. Those hills were terrifying. We parked in an angled stall to have lunch at a Chinese restaurant. The car almost tipped sideways, and when…

Seeing celebrities in New York is not uncommon, but the time I saw Dick Clark stands out. I worked in New York as a financial analyst for the Life Savers Candy Co. One day in 1982 , I was waiting in front of 40 W. 57 th St. for a group of friends with whom I was going out to lunch. Down the sidewalk came Dick Clark, with a stunning young woman. She looked like a model and most likely was an aspiring actress as well. Three teenagers coming from the opposite direction noticed Clark and called his name. He could have gotten away with a polite nod or a quick hello. Instead, he stopped and talked with them. He asked what kind of music they liked and who their…

“ Acting is my second language, and music is my native tongue. ” Tapestry made Carole King a household name in 1971 , but music insiders already knew her as a gifted, prolific songwriter: She’d penned over 100 Top 40 hits with husband Gerry Goffin. After the pair divorced, King launched a solo career, encouraged by her friend James Taylor. The raw vocals and from-the-heart lyrics on Tapestry clicked with listeners and made King a star. Locked at No. 1 for 15 weeks, the album won four Grammys and sold more than 25 million copies worldwide. She wrote her first hit at 17. King and Goffin married while they were students at Queens College in New York. “Will You Love Me Tomorrow,” recorded by The Shirelles, was their first hit.…

DICKEY CHAPELLE 1919-1965 Fidel Castro called her the “polite little American with all that tiger blood in her veins.” Dickey Chapelle, indeed little at just 5 feet, pursued her work with a nerve as steely as the Marines she admired. In 1945, she talked her way onto Iwo Jima, where she promptly climbed a hill to snap the battle amid the annoying buzzing of wasps. She realized later those wasps were bullets. “As long as men continue to fight wars, I believe observers of both sexes will be sent to see what happens.” For the next 20 years, Chapelle reported on conflicts in hot spots around the globe, including Lebanon, Algeria, Hungary and Vietnam. In fatigues, bush hat and pearl studs, she kept up with the boys no matter what,…

MARY, MARY Who was the famous Mary? Queen Mary Tudor, infamous for her executions of Protestants, and Mary, the waitress at the Bucket of Blood Saloon in Chicago, are two candidates. Jessel said it was Philadelphia socialite Mary Brown Warburton, who, when he handed her his fresh tomato concoction, promptly spilled it down the front of her white evening dress and quipped, “Now you can call me Bloody Mary, George.” TIGHT SQUEEZE In 1917, Louis Perrin, chef at a popular health spa in French Lick, Indiana, ran out of oranges for juice, so he turned to a local crop—tomatoes. He added a few flavorful touches, and the nonalcoholic tomato cocktail was a smash. By 1921, the hotel was producing 4,000 gallons a year, and tomato juice became so popular that…

1946 John Manney holds on to best pal Tinker. John, now of Henderson, NV, remembers Tinker as "quite the car chaser." 1957 Diane Johnson Pappas, 7, went to bed with spoolies in her hair so she’d have pretty curls for picture day at Pearl Street Elementary School in Reading, MA. 1954 Cub Scout Jerry Hopkins was 8 and prepared for anything in Hoopeston, IL. 1942 Inez Torres Evans, 8, has her arms full in San Francisco, CA. Daughter Karen Evans writes that her mother still loves holding babies. 1940S Skip Kulle of Burien, WA, posed for a shot by his Uncle Leonard in Waukegan, IL, in 1944 or ’45. 1950 Greer White, now of Naples, FL, was 3 when she gave a smile for the camera in Albany, GA. 1926…

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