This farm photo is captioned “John Johnson Farm” and “Gina Restado Farm“. The crossout seems very deliberate to only hit ‘Gina’ and ‘Farm’. Hand-dated August 1955.
Tag Archives: 1955
Harriman and the Naughty Strawberry Blonde
At the end of 1955, candidates were ramping up their target of the Presidency of the US. Adlai Stevenson ended up the Democrat candidate, losing the election, but the second place for the candidacy was Averell Harriman. Harriman was a serious contender; he had been holding offices of one sort or another (the Governor of […]
The Hideout at the Comstock
This came from a 1955 Moorhead Daily News, advertising the Comstock Hotel’s Hideout Room. This appears to have been the hotel’s lounge, featuring the dulcet tones of the Hammond organ. The Comstock was located in downtown Moorhead until Urban Renewal flattened and re-drew the flood-ravaged section of downtown to build a mall- wrapped- around- city- […]
Buckskin Harry, Fargo TV Cowboy
Buckskin Harry, as far as I can tell at this time, was a local television personality here in Fargo. Back in the day, local television stations did a lot more local programming than just the news; a lot of the national kids’ shows like Bozo the Clown had its roots in local TV stations. Even […]