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Yale-Colgate Tailgate: 1954
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 03/04/2008 - 2:49pm.
"Yale-Colgate Football." New Haven, Oct. 23, 1954, with Ralph, Dan and Richie, a few months after Richie (standing) graduated from Colgate U. View full size.
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Icebox
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Wed, 03/05/2008 - 6:25am.
That ice chest in the trunk takes me back. A wooden box lined with zinc. The real deal!
My '54 Ford
Submitted by Ray B. on Wed, 03/05/2008 - 5:40am.
Gosh! Ralph, Dan and Richie have the same 1954 Ford Customline, same color pattern, that I bought 30 years later across the Atlantic.
Things do go better with Coke
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Tue, 03/04/2008 - 9:17pm.
I can't quite make out the whiskey (bourbon?) brand. I love the metal picnic basket featuring the printed basket weave. And where are the commentators about the lack of heft in the good ol' days? Some of these folks exhibit obvious signs of affluence (this is actually how I allude to overweight folks who are not poor).
I say, old chap,
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Tue, 03/04/2008 - 6:30pm.
have you any Grey Poupon?
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