The clothes look funny to us now, but they do look warm. You see how some kids dress these days, you wonder how they don't get frostbite!

That coat was either still in style 20 years later or I had a hand-me-down because I remember wearing something very similar. It's funny how you forget but the sight of something trivial (in my case the buckle on the belt ) brings it all back home. Loren was a much snappier dresser than I was, aside from the coat.

was what my parents put me in for Sunday services just like this lad to keep me from fidgeting in church. It did the job because I would sit statue still during the services. The wool was incredibly scratchy and I can't wear it to this day without breaking out! Thanks Mom and Dad!

January 20, 1952, was a Sunday, so maybe this young man was dressed for Sunday services or some sort of family party.

I bring you Floyd R. Turbo, American.

were simply a response to the ambient temperatures that day. The air temperature demanded immediate attention. The Masonic BBQ Grill could wait until Spring.

Was what my dad used during this time and up until the mid 60's to keep that crease. My grandmother would sew it into his pants. In the 70's it was just a big aerosol can full of starch that eventually turned white and flaked off. Now, whatever my dryer spits out is what I wear. Sorry Dad.

That whole family must have been obsessive about trouser creases.

We had one like this in our yard when I was a kid! I wonder if some Popular Mechanics magazine had a "Build This Swell Barbecue" article back in the 1950s.