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Originally Posted by Sandy G
What gets me is that in SO many pics from "Back in the Day", the people were always dressed up like they woulda been if they were heading off to church... Here in Greater Bugtussle . . . . . its already 80-85 degrees w/withering humidity... I DON'T see how people stood being dressed up like that back in the days before A/C..
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Very simple! If you wanted a job other than ditch-digging or farm labor, you had to get dressed up!
The interesting story behind the picture that egrand posted is about the opening of WICU in Erie, PA and it is on pages 101-107 in the May 2, 1949 issue.
WICU was a new in 1949 small station with only 12 employees. Apparently when the station first opened, despite the fact that the AT&T cable that carried the network programs was nearby, it was not available to the station, so all network shows were on film.
This link should get you there:
http://books.google.com/books?id=hk4...0Nuber&f=false
If it does not, do a Google search for:
Life Magazine all issues
or try:
http://books.google.com/books?id=R1c..._issues_anchor
and find the issue by date.
James