Back in the Day Pics

[sparksjr]

So I was digging thru some old stuff and I came across some old pictures I thought were very interesting. I have seen these before but every time I stumble upon them they draw me in just like the first time. Short story behind the pics is that my grandfather (whom I'm named after) owned a grocery store in the 50's and 60' right down from where I live now. In fact I currently live in the house he built in 1960 and since we share the same name I still meet a lot of people who knew him and tell me stories. I still have my grandfather and grandmother's birth certificates and have pondered getting a genealogy thing done one day. There is a small part of me that finds family history and just local history in general very fascinating. Anyway, I found these pics of the store and I thought they were cool so I thought I would share. Maybe some of you have pics like this laying around and want to add. Or maybe this thread dies in a few weeks...either way. If anything maybe you will get a kick out of the 20 cent beer!

 

[JB]

Very cool.

 

[cpljohnst]

That's really cool Sparks! I've never heard of Blatz Beer before so here is a quick capture from Wiki:

Johann Braun opened City Brewery in 1846. Valentin Blatz established a brewery next door in 1850 and merged both breweries upon Braun's death in 1852. The brewery produced Milwaukee's first individually bottled beer in 1874. It incorporated as the Valentin Blatz Brewing Company in 1889, and by the 1900s was the city's third-largest brewer.
During Prohibition, Blatz produced non-alcoholic beverages, from 1920 to 1933. In 1933, Blatz was issued U-Permit № WIS-U-712, granting permission to resume brewing beer.
In 1958, Pabst Brewing Company, then the nation's tenth largest brewer, acquired Blatz, the eighteenth largest, from Schenley Industries. In 1959, the federal government brought an action charging that the acquisition violated Section 7 of the Clayton Act as amended by the Celler-Kefauver Anti-Merger amendment. The sale was voided in 1959 and Blatz closed that same year. In 1960, the assets of Blatz, including its labels, were sold to Pabst.
1879 advertisement for Val. Blatz's Milwaukee lager beer


In 1969, Blatz was acquired from Pabst by the G. Heileman Brewing Company. Heileman, in turn, was acquired by the Stroh Brewery Company in 1996. On 8 February 1999, prior to its dissolution in 2000, the Stroh Brewery Company sold its labels to the Pabst Brewing Company and to the Miller Brewing Company. By 2007, Blatz was once again part of Pabst.

 

[sparksjr]

Thanks guys. I should add he passed away in 67 so I never met him. All I have are these pics and a few docs. My dad was 12 when he died so no stories from him and I never took interest while my grandmother was still alive to ask her. I hope to get some good info from my aunt next time I see her as she was 24 when my grandfather died.

It's becoming my own personal unsolved mystery.

 

[JB]

That sounds like quite a fun project.

 

[bulldog]

I thought I would share. Maybe some of you have pics like this laying around and want to add. Or maybe this thread dies in a few weeks...either way. If anything maybe you will get a kick out of the 20 cent beer!

Cool stuff !!!!
Different subject but on same thought, didn't realize till my sister gave me some of my folks photos (both past 10 yrs now) I bought a car in 06 that is almost like my Dad's. Only difference his was 4 dr. tho same model. Sorry for the poor pics but if ya note date '59 a year before I was born.
Still missing them!

 

[checkered]

That is very cool sparks. Love that sort of thing.

Bulldog, that is a SWEET ride.

 

[cpljohnst]

Here are a couple of pics of my dad. The first is his platoon from Paris Island. The second is my dad and my uncle. They were true brothers but very different in stature. My dad is the taller one. My Grandmom was very tall and my graddad was short. Half the family got my Grandmom's height and half got my Granddad's shortness. Made for the funniest family photo's. My uncle had a serious Napoleon concept and was constantly starting fights my dad had to finish. I lost my dad in 1989 when I was 21 years old. He was older, 39 years old when I was born. I wish he'd gotten to see my wedding and my kids born and so much more. So many things I'd love to ask him now that I didn't know to ask when I was 21 and younger.

 

[Smallville]

I remember when the McDonalds coffee stirrers actually were tiny spoons.

 

[Oregon Jack]

Bulldog, is that a Nash?

 

[bulldog]

Nah, 53 Ford

 

[Oregon Jack]

Nah, 53 Ford

oh man i was way off..

 

[bulldog]

oh man i was way off..

Young whipper snapper

 

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[Speedliner]

Back in the Day Pics

An uncle and me in Wildwood, NJ 1961.

I still stand like that

Gas prices would have been in the .20s/ gallon and my parents were living comfortably on $15k/year.

 

[Smallville]