This page is dedicated to memories of things from the past as well as some of my favorite things in present times. My Era is the 50's and 60's, since those were my teen and young adult years. 

Please send me comments and pictures of your favorite nostalgic images,  and with your permission, I may post them for others to enjoy. My email address is:  donmail3@cox.net.  eMail Link

Nostalgia to me is: Classic Automobiles, Custom Rods, Steam Locomotive Trains, Old Science Fiction, Vintage Music, WWII Airplanes, Vargus Pin-Ups, Vinyl Albums, Antiques, Crystal Radios, Collectable's from days gone by. WWII and up to the 70's are the times I like to learn about the most.

This WEB site is "Rated PG" and is purely for my own non-commercial enjoyment. I welcome any Nostalgia comments, photographs, or other Nostalgia Links from anyone who wishes to send them. 

ME AND MY DOG

She is a Korean Jindo named JinSoon.

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Oldies Music       Stroll Down Memory Lane        Things I Have Learned

Best Sci-Fi Movie Ever - War of the Worlds

The War of the Worlds (also sometimes known as H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds) is a 1953 science fiction film starring Gene Barry and Ann Robinson. It was the first on screen depiction of the H. G. Wells classic novel of the same name. Produced by George Pál and directed by Byron Haskin from a script by Barré Lyndon, it was the first of several adaptations of Wells' work to be filmed by Pál, and is considered to be one of the great science fiction films of the 1950s. It won an Oscar for its special effects.

   Majestic, Powerful and so Historic

Grand Canyon RR 2-8-0 #18  Williams, Az.	2-8-2T#17  Elbe, Washington

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Hot wheel Die Cast Models

Redline Hot wheels are premium collectors items.

Hot Wheels is a brand of die cast toy car, introduced by American toy maker Mattel in 1968. It was the primary competitor of Johnny Lightning and Matchbox until 1996, when Mattel acquired rights to the Matchbox brand from Tyco. Originally the cars and trucks were manufactured to approximately 1:64 scale and designed to be used on associated Hot Wheels track sets, but by 1970 a series of 1:43 scale 'Gran Toros' were introduced and more recently a range of highly detailed adult collector vehicles, including replicas of Formula One and NASCAR cars, have found success. However the brand remains most famous for the small scale free-rolling models of custom hot rods and muscle cars it has produced since the range first appeared. Today, there are roughly 10,000 different models of Hot Wheel Cars.

The Hot Wheels product line has also included various tracks, accessories, and other kinds of vehicles such as 'Sizzlers' rechargeable electric cars, 'Hot Line' trains, 'R-R-Rumblers' motorcycles and 'Hot Birds' airplanes.

The original, and now famous, Hot Wheels logo was designed by California artist Rick Irons, who at that time worked for Mattel.

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MARILYN MONROE  

EARLY DAYS

LATER DAYS

The King's Autograph                           The King's Grave Site

THE ELVIS PRESLEY STORY

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LOUIS ARMSTRONG

STILL WITH US AND SOUNDING GOOD!

IN THE 70's

Linda in the 70's                    Linda in 2004

Linda Today

Linda Ronstadt 

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FLEETWOOD MAC

WAY BACK THEN

NOT SO LONG AGO

THE FLEETWOOD MAC STORY

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TODAY AS GOOD AS EVER!

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The Official Fleetwood Mac Web Site

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STEELY DAN

1977

2008

THE STEELY DAN STORY

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DIRE STRAITS

My favorite Dire Straits number is "Money For Nothing" played at concert level!

THE DIRE STRAITS STORY

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NO DOUBT

Their first big hit - "Don't Speak"

NO DOUBT STORY

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Willie Nelson

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The all-time greatest Rock and Roll Radio Personality and Disc Jockey was Wolfman Jack.

Wolfman Pictures and Story

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When I was going to Franklin Jr. High School and Polytechnic High School in Long Beach in the 1950's, I was wild about the Rock & Roll music that was being played on the radio and sold on 45 rpm records.  I could buy used 45's at a Juke Box Used Record store on Anaheim street in Long Beach.  I remember they sold for 25 cents and were usually like new,  no scratches or fingerprints,  and they were in their original sleeves.  The first Rock and Roll song that I ever heard was "Shaboom" by the Crew cuts. 

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I liked everything that Elvis Presley sang, like everyone else.  Also Gene Vincent "Be Bop A Lula".  And many more such as Bill Doggett, Ivory Joe Hunter, Little Richard, Fats Domino, Bo Diddley and a lot more single artists and groups.  I used to listen to a disc jockey in Los Angeles named Dick "Huggy Boy" Hugg. Huggie Boy He used to broadcast live over radios station KRKD from a music store called Dolphins Of Hollywood, at the corner of Vernon and Central Ave.  He took special requests from the kids hanging out in Dolphins and dedications to their friends.

He was a very enthusiastic DJ and made listening to rock and roll and rhythm and blues a lot of fun and the "In" thing for us teens to listen and dance to. He was a white guy that sounded black.  Not that I cared, but I never knew he was white until many years later. 

Later on came " American Bandstand " on Television.  Now there was a show that brought all the latest hits to the public playing live.  Dick Clark hosted the dance show and was ever-young. In the 60's there was another local TV dance show hosted by "The Real Don St eel" called Hollywood A Go Go.  Now days all the best oldies are played on KRTH "K-Earth 101" in the Los Angeles area.

Something about "Vinyl" records is special,  they have a mellow sound.  I still have hundreds of 33 rpm albums.  I plan on converting them all to MP3 files using a USB Turntable.  It will be a lot od fun to do and then listen to all that great old music. 

There was also a record store named Wallach's Music City in North Long Beach at the corner of Lakewood Blvd and Candlewood now in the city of Lakewood.  They had listening booths with headphones.  Customers could take records into a booth and play them to see if they wanted to buy or not. It became a real popular hangout for kids from all over the area.  There was also a Wallach's Music City at the corner of Sunset and Vine in Hollywood and one in Anaheim.

By Blogger Corey, at September 10, 2007 10:45 PM

I grew up in Lakewood, Calif. I graduated from Lakewood High School in 1971. My father bought me my first acoustic guitar, and later, my first electric guitar and amplifier at Al Kalie's Music in Lakewood Center (as it was called in those days) in the mid 1960's. Nearby was Hody's Drive-In, where food was served to you on a tray placed in the car door window of your car. Across the street was Wallach's Music City where you could listen to "records" in a private booth on a turntable before deciding to buy it. Those were the days!!!

My Favorite Recent and Past Movies

My All Time Favorite Actors & Actresses

                                                                               Clint Eastwood                                                 Elvis Presley & Ann Margaret

                                                                      Jack Nickolson & Morgan Freeman                                                  Kevin Costner

                                                                                    (Laker Fans 2008 )

ACTRESSES

Ingred Bergman

Dana Delany & Laura San Giacomo

Kirsten Dunst

Elizabeth Mitchell (from "Lost")

Mary McDonnel & Minnie Driver

Salma Hayek & Renee Zellweger

Evangeline Lilly (from "Lost") & Mimmi Rogers

Jean Arthur & Jeanne Crain

Nocolle Kiddman & Barbara Hershey

Sally Field & Ashley Judd

Kim Novak & Linda Carter & Andie MacDowell

Ann Hathaway & Katherine Heigl

ACTORS

Charles Bronson & Clint Eastwood

Patrick Stuart & George Burns

James Arness & Sean Connery

John Cleese

James Coburn & George Clooney

Will Smith

Antonio Banderas & Leonardo Di Caprio

Bill Cosby & Harrison Ford

Albert Finney & Morgan Freeman

Jack Elam & Paul Hogan

Johnny Depp & Gerard Depardieu

Matt Damon & Mel Gibson

Danny Glover & Gene Hackman

James Earl Jones and Tommy Lee Jones

Eddie Murphy & Paul Newman

Leslie Nielsen & Jack Palance

Steve Segal & Tom sekkic Selleck

Peter Sellers & Billy Bob Thornton

John Travolta & Max Von Sydow

Forest Whitaker & Robin Williams

"LOST" My Favorite TV Series

Cast of Lost - Second Season

Lost Season 3 Poster

Lost Season 4 Cast

Cast of Lost - Final Season

The Dominant People of Lost (where's John Locke?)

Andy Rooney

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NEVER FORGET

TWIN TOWERS

PEARL HARBOR

AMERICA, LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT.

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