The Good Old Days by guitar-slinger
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I converted a photo of my 1950 ford to monochrome to get that authentic look of 50s photos and added some historical events that happened in the year 1950 that I found on the internet
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Cheers, Roger
Jan 7th - Hank Snow's 1st appearance on "Grand Ole Opry"
Jan 24th - Jackie Robinson signs highest contract ($35,000) in Dodger history
Feb 1st - USSR demands condemnation of Emperor Hirohito for war crimes
Feb 15th - Walt Disney's "Cinderella" released
Mar 6th - Silly Putty invented
Mar 30th - Phototransistor invention announced, Murray Hill, NJ
Apr 25th - Chuck Cooper becomes 1st black to play in NBA
May 6th - Liz Taylor's 1st marriage (Conrad Hilton Jr)
Jun 17th - 1st kidney transplant (Chicago)
Jul 19th - NY Yanks obtain their 1st black players, Elston Howard & Frank Barnes
Aug 22nd - Rotterdam harbor strike end
Sep 10th - Joe DiMaggio becomes 1st to hit 3 HR in a game at Griffith Stadium
Sep 17th - San Francisco 49ers (formerly AAFC) play 1st NFL game, lose 21-17
Sep 23rd - US Mustangs accidentally bombs British on Hill 282 Korea, 17 killed
Sep 27th - Heavyweight champ Ezzard Charles KOs Joe Louis in NYC
Sep 29th - Telephone Answering Machine created by Bell Laboratories
Sep 30th - Radio's "Grand Ole Opry" is broadcasted on TV for 1st time
Oct 2nd - Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz first published
Oct 26th - 630 Dutch volunteers depart (on)to Korea
Nov 8th - 1st jet-plane battle ever, in Korean War
Nov 24th - UN troops begin an assault intending to end Korean War by Christmas
Nov 30th - US Pres Truman threatens China with atom bomb
Dec 5th - Ezzard Charles KOs Nick Barone in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
Dec 19th - Gen Eisenhower named NATO commander
Dec 20th - "Harvey," starring James Stewart, premieres in NY
Comments (14)
mininessie
ah...fantastic shot!
Chanter56
My dad had one of these in 1955. That was one cool car.
Minda
Yes The GOOD old days and Great info SROger ,Glad that u posted this ,Beautiful B/W and stunning shot, your Ford car look soo Sweet, and also i like the background Very nice...*amazing work...HUGS...mindypindy....LOL...
AngelWeb58
Aweome Looking Old Ford Great Photograph Hugs Angel
ToniDunlap
So wonderful to view and remember. Very cool Roger!
KD
Good shot! It does look like the good old days!
Sea_Dog
Nice work. A great image and a great old car.
wotan
Really cool car & shot... good'n'old days!
jocko500
did a good job too doing it this way
KnightWolverine
Just wanted to pop in and say I'm Back amongst the living and will try my best to look over your gallery to see what I've missed as time permits.... Sweeeeeet 50's Ford! (smiles)...
blinkings
I enjoyed this post. Well done.
GARAGELAND
This Rocks my World!!
TallPockets
September 10th, 1950: TallPockets 'conceived' in back seat of car. WINK.
Dreamdesigner
Great monochrome for a great classic!!:-))And thanks for the chronological info!:-))