Dorri Partain- September 29, 2021
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Dorri Partain Contributor Someone’s in the kitchen with Reddy Kilowatt! Get out your rolling pin and bake up some cookies for the kids featuring the mascot for electrical services and…
- Dorri Partain
- September 22, 2021
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Dorri Partain Contributor Stirred, not shaken. Whether called cocktail stirrers or swizzle sticks, these colorful plastic sticks make great souvenirs of one’s travels. Back when all airlines offered full meals…
- Dorri Partain
- September 15, 2021
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Dorri Partain Contributor If a product bore the Katz label, consumers could be sure they were paying the lowest price in town. At Katz Cut-Rate Drug Stores, the face of…
- Dorri Partain
- September 8, 2021
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Dorri Partain Contributor Kansas City’s favorite clown not only appeared on television, but his famous face was used to advertise local products and businesses as well. Whizzo the Clown, as…
- Dorri Partain
- August 31, 2021
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Dorri Partain Contributor Every kitchen probably has at least one on the cookbook shelf – the school/church/club fundraising cookbook. Titled “Somethin’s Cookin’!” this edition was published by members of the…
- Dorri Partain
- August 25, 2021
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Remember this? Slides
Dorri Partain Contributor Lights out! Everyone gather around for a slide show featuring our final destination of this year’s national parks postcard journey. During a period when black and white…
- Dorri Partain
- August 18, 2021
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Remember This? The Girl Scout Canteen
Dorri Partain Contributor Whether you’re tramping through the shifting sand dunes or along a dusty trail, a scout should always have a handy source of hydration. The Girl Scout canteen…
- Dorri Partain
- August 11, 2021
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Dorri Partain Contributor See you later, alligator – because your taxidermied head and other body parts make great souvenirs. Dating to the period when the Seminole tribes were the original…
- Dorri Partain
- August 4, 2021
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Remember This? Smokey Bear
Dorri Partain Contributor Where there’s smoke, there’s fire, and that’s why Smokey Bear is on the job in national forests and parks. Following concerns about forest fires during World War…
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- July 28, 2021
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Remember this? Winnebago Motor Home model
Any time of the year, indoors or out, the kids will be “happy campers” playing with this scale model motor home. Replicating the popular Winnebago Indian, Tonka Toys of Mound,…
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