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A Time Capsule Generation From Facebook thanks to Kathy King
"If you were born between 1930 and 1946, you belong to an incredibly rare group: only 1% of your generation is still alive today. At ages ranging from 77 to 93, your era is a unique time capsule in human history. Here's why: You were born into hardship. Your generation climbed out of the Great Depression and bore witness to a to a world at war. You lived through ration books, saved tin foil, and reused everything-nothing was wasted. You remember the milkman. Fresh milk was delivered to your door. Life was simpler and centered around basics. Discipline came from parents and teachers, with no room for excuses. Your imagination was your playground. Without TVs, you played outside and created entire worlds in your mind from what you heard. The family gathered around the radio for news or entertainment. Technology was in its infancy. Phones were communal, calculators were hand-cranked, and newspapers were the primary source of information. Typewriters, not computers, recorded thoughts. Your childhood was secure. Post-WWII brought a bright future— no terrorism, no internet, no global warming debates. It was a golden era of optimism, innovation, and growth. You are the last generation to live through a time when: Black-and-white TVs were cutting-edge; Highways weren't motorways; Shopping meant visiting downtown stores; and Polio was a feared disease. While your parents worked hard to rebuild their lives, you grew up in a world of endless possibilities. You thrived in a time of peace, progress, and security that the world may never see again. If you're over 77 years old, take pride in having lived through these extraordinary times. You are one of the lucky 1% who can say, "I lived through the best of times."
Midland School me Charlie Webb & now Harry Madsen Stories
Midland library grows…
Charlie EveRudd (Fred) n I had several odd get-togethers in the '80s
I met up with them by invitation Topanga Canyon nudist colony cool
they lived mostly in a vw bus campgrounds our driveway
he was writing a new screenplay Gwen
talked like wanting my help
bla bla weird stuff
Nancy got big Hollywood lawyer & I even got Midland-law-Coberly involved
... it all died natural
He gave away most all money
Fred n Charlie died in Bournemouth UK... found an article on google
Life... Charlie had his Graduate in his 20s
we came out in our 80s
no money
who gives a shit
i!/we? live TRUCKIN'...
Os Bill
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Harry Madsen
"Grandpa Red and The Cherokee Rose" coming June ‘26
then follows
"Grandma Garcia and The Dead Mans Rodeo"
BUSD Odyssey School 1970s field trip to Sunset Beach
Black Medal of Honor recipient removed from US Department of Defense website +++ GUARDIAN
Bad Sachsa
Lived here and had our lil radio truck, overlooking what was the East German border & Russian military exercises, which me and Peter Waldo monitored... we later lived w a dentist fam in town, I had my '60 VW bug, our bestie girlfriends lived in Northeim... et ceteras
so what ! w/o emoji
The Museum of Modern Art 11 West 53 Street, New York, N.Y. 10019 Tel. 956-6100 Cable: Modernart NO. 93
F O R R E L E A S E :
NOVEMBER 1, 1973
”UNFAMILIAR PLACES A MESSAGE FROM BILL DANE”
Eighty slides , reproducing a selection of the photographic postcards
made and mailed by Bill Dane in the past three y e a r s during his t r a v e l s
around the country and abroad, will be on view at The Museum of Modern
Art from November 1 through January 6, 1974.
Unfamiliar Places: A Message from Bill Dane was selected by John
Szarkowski, Director of the Museum's Department of Photography, from
about 1500 cards recording the photographer's personal observations of Paris, Oakland, Point Richmond, Las Vegas, Baton Rouge, Little Rock and other points of interest, which he sent to about 100 people.
His subjects include public monuments, landscapes, street facades, houses, views of metropolitan centers and of small towns. His trips generally last from a couple of days to a week. The message consists of a written comment on the back of these cards as well as the picture. "One reason I like to move to shoot is that it's often easier to appreciate the subtle humor in someone else's environment" he wrote on one card (13 May 73). And, earlier, "Needless to say I'm on the road with none of the flair and esprit of Kerouac or Frank, just plugging away at the edge of historical monumentalia. Hot dog & Whooppeee & Howl." (1 F e b . 73).
William Thacher Dane was born in Pasadena, California, in 1938.
He studied at the University of California at Berkeley where he received
his B. A. in Political Science and Art in 1964 and his M. A. in Painting in 1968.
From 1966 until 1972 [1998] he taught painting, sculpture, art history and
photography at Berkeley High School. He began to take photographs in 1970 and that same year he included photographs along with his painting and sculpture in a one-man show in San Francisco . In 1972 the Oakland Art
Museum exhibited his work in an exhibition called "Mailed Photo Cards."
Dane's work has also been exhibited at the Richmond Art Center in Richmond, California, where he lives, and at Hofstra University, Long Island. In 1967, Mr. Dane won the Lodi Painting Annual in Lodi, California. In 1973 he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in photography.
Photographs and additional information available from Elizabeth Shaw, Director,
Department of Public Information, The Museum of Modern Art, 11 W. 53 St.,
New York, NY 10019. Telephone: (212) 956-7501 or 956-7504.