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Post by richard on Oct 21, 2006 2:34:24 GMT -5
This ad appeared November 25, 1963
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Post by richard on Oct 22, 2006 8:16:11 GMT -5
This ad appeared June 5, 1968.
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Post by RER on Oct 22, 2006 20:23:50 GMT -5
"Fog Rolls In On Columbus Farms Of The Past"Dinner bell for the field or barn workers and kids. Bob
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Post by nancs on Oct 22, 2006 20:51:13 GMT -5
Referencing a post that I made in the 1940s thread, I included the following photo. Might have been # 36. Back when my dad 'remodeled' our property, added the white fencing, etc., along with that came the dinner bell. Being that we lived right along Hawcreek, the ringing of that bell went far and wide, along the creek, definitely as far as the Saddle Club Grounds. My mom, when she 'felt' that it was time for me to 'return home,' would ring the bell, and I had best come hustling home. And yes, the whole neighborhood knew that I was 'in demand,' and the sound traveled to my best friend's house, as well, up on Maple. Truely, I wish that I had that bell now, not that I have a use for it, but, ah, the memories. Thanks, Bob, for jarring my memory. Nanc
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Post by richard on Oct 24, 2006 11:53:53 GMT -5
This ad appeared November 25, 1963.
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Post by richard on Nov 3, 2006 9:45:27 GMT -5
This ad appeared November 25, 1963.
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Post by richard on Nov 3, 2006 9:46:39 GMT -5
This ad appeared June 5, 1968.
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Post by David Sechrest on Nov 6, 2006 11:03:55 GMT -5
Richard, I have really enjoyed all those old ads you've posted over the last several months! Besides those low prices, it's fun to see places of businesses that were once a part of Columbus.
I have some Halloween ads around here somewhere, and was hoping to located them before the holiday, but it's passed us by, and I still haven't located them as of yet.
I think I have some old Christmas newspaper ads around her somewhere. I'll try to find them before Christmas gets here.
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Post by David Sechrest on Nov 14, 2006 18:13:41 GMT -5
Here is a great downtown night shot, looking north from 5th & Washington. How many of these businesses do you remember? img469.imageshack.us/my.php?image=washington1960ht2.jpgThis is a large file, coming in at 339kb, but it's a nice large picture once it finishes loading. Once the page has finished loading, click on the pic to enlarge it. alas...the only place of business that remains is Neal's...please note all the neon signs that hang from the storefronts...and also note Swan's Restaurant and Gene's Bakery... It came from the 1960 Log.
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Post by Babs on Nov 16, 2006 18:56:26 GMT -5
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Post by guest on Nov 18, 2006 18:36:08 GMT -5
40 years ago this month, we had another election. Some of these kids (maybe you know them) really got into it.
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Post by RER on Jan 19, 2007 10:49:11 GMT -5
A Look Back At Columbus Downtown During The Year 1963 Note: Many of the vehicles were built in the 1950s. For example the two tone Buick or Olds, several pickup trucks and a 1957 Chevy. If you know the exact age post it please. Some of the vehicles in this picture (if my memory serves me) is the 1949 Olds or Chevy on far corner, a 1957 Ford and up front a tail end of a 1956 Oldsmobile.Comment: Indiana University provides these pictures for non-commercial, personal, or research use only. The pictures cannot be used for commercial purposes. This web site is a Columbus Historical Site and is not a commercial entity. It is a non-profit site for historical viewing and enjoyment.Bob
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Post by RER on Feb 17, 2007 15:11:33 GMT -5
5th Street & Washington Street Year 1960Corner next to Irwin Union Bank . Source: Partials 1960 Log/speed of camera car lights shown in white lines. Bob
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Post by David Sechrest on Apr 30, 2007 0:09:54 GMT -5
A while back, Bob, nanc, Babs, and others had a discussion about going to a doctor's office close to what is now the Visitor's Center. I'm sorry, I cannot remember which Thread the discussion was in at the moment and will most like have to move this post when I'm either told or discover on my own.
If you look at the 1965 Contest Map, there is a building between the "Visitor's Center" and the old Carnegie Library. Is this the building the doctor's office was located in?
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Post by Babs on Apr 30, 2007 6:50:38 GMT -5
Hi David, Yes, that is where, at one time Dr. Marvin Davis had his office. Right there between the library and the old boys club. This would've been way back maybe in the 40's but this is where his office was early on. I believe others said that there was another doctor or doctors who moved into this building when Dr. Davis moved his office. His last office was on Washington Street, across from where the old Standard Grocery store used to be and more recently the Hostess Outlet that just closed.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2007 19:15:47 GMT -5
Babs,
Do you recall Dr. Ryan being in the same building on Washington St. as Dr. Marvin Davis was in ?.
George
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Post by Babs on May 4, 2007 9:01:38 GMT -5
Hi George, Regarding the office of Dr. Marvin Davis, no to my knowledge he never had any one else in with him. He owned the building and his offices were downstairs with two apartments upstairs. Dr. Ryan was on Washington Street , but on the other side of the street as I recall. One time Dr. Davis sent me to Dr. Ryan to have him take a look at me and I remember he was not too far from Dr. Davis's office but it was definitely on the East side of the street.
Now this is not to say after we left Columbus that there could not have been changes, but for as long as I know of, Dr. Davis had his own office and no one else was in with him. In 1967 when Don went to Viet Nam, Dr. Davis was still in his office on Washington Street.
At one time we rented an apartment from Dr. Davis above his office; it was actually an apartment he kept for his mother to live in part time when he brought her into town. Sure was nice having the family doctor right downstairs. :-)
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2007 16:32:14 GMT -5
Hi Babs,
Yes, now that I think back Dr. Davis was on the N-W corner of 9th. and Washington St., and Dr. Ryan was almost across the street from him on the corner of the alley. I recall that there was a Dr. Beggs, not sure about that spelling, just south of Dr. Davis a couple doors. Well that has been awhile, ;D.
George
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Post by David Sechrest on Sept 13, 2007 1:15:39 GMT -5
Here is a post from the Miscellaneous Board that fits much better here. It was written by Stephanie Reed way back on September 8, 2004: Hi, everyone! I lived in Columbus 1965-66, when I was in second grade. My dad worked at Arvin, and I went to the sawtoothed school, Richards. my teacher was Mrs. Achterberg, and two kids in my class were Sallie Elliott and Craig, but I don't remember his last name. We used to go to Brown County State Park, but we also used to go to a city park where there was an elephant slide.
I remember the Bob-o-Link, with the glass-block windows. My dad used to buy the Sunday paper there, and I'll never forget one headline, "America Discovers Columbus". I was glad to find on your site the Bob-o-Link ad from the 1962 phone book. We used to go to Jerry's, too. Other favorite destinations were the library, where I used to walk under the arch sculpture, and the Irwin Union Bank. My parents still have a bank from there which is like an old Model T car.
When I went to Richards, we lived in a townhouse apartment nearby. I remember watching the Beatles sing "Help!" on Ed Sullivan, and we also won a Bushel Basket of Groceries from a local supermarket when we lived there. Then we moved to Dellasburg Rd. I went to Clay Township school for the rest of second grade, and my teacher was Mrs. Cousert. She broke the class up into reading groups, and we had little construction paper booklets where we would lick and stick a blue star if we didn't miss any words when we read aloud from our reading books. One day I stumbled over a word, and I got a red star. Oh, the shame! I remember two kids from there--Norma Jean, who rode my bus and was a good friend, and Tim Ison, because that was the last name of many of my cousins, but not so common elsewhere. My name was Stephanie Morgan then.
You can see that Columbus, Indiana is frozen in time for me. When I think about it now, it seems like there were surprises around every corner--a school with teeth, a needle-in-a-haystack church with a sharp spire, a church that looks like it could sail away a la the Sydney Opera house, or a courthouse with a tree growing out of the tower. I read my first book in your Columbus, Dancing Cloud by Conrad Buff. Now I live outside another Columbus, in Ohio, and I'm an author myself. It is wonderful to be able to step back in time and visit a place that was and still is unique. Thanks!
Stephanie Reed Dublin, Ohio [/size]
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Post by luckyone on Sept 24, 2007 13:39:46 GMT -5
Hi David, I really enjoy your posts. I also grew up East Columbus (late 50's & most the 60's). I can relate to your fabulous adventures. It makes me really miss that time and place. We were so fortunate to live there. With my bike I could cover all of East Columbus but Wally's general Store was the center of my domain. That is where I turned my collected coke bottles in for Creme Soda and various Hostess products. What a great way to make and spend money! I also spent a huge amount of time at the East Columbus Girls Club. I haven't read anything about it on the boards but it was a great place to try new things. We enjoyed tether-ball, gymnastics, tap, piano. etc. I will be forever grateful for that experience. I lived in numerous homes in the area. Pleasant Grove, Park Ln, Wallace Ave. to name a few. My family kept flipping houses so they could move to the better parts of town. Little did they know they were already in the best part of town (at least for me). We finally moved out in about 1968 but East Columbus will always have a big place in my heart. About 15 years ago I returned and took pictures of all my families former homes. I think they were all still standing except one on McKinley (it became part of Cummins parking lot). Thanks so much for the touching memories you so graciously share.
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