... it just kind of struck me for several reasons...
On one hand, it feels like our society (maybe) used to be more concerned about friendship and brotherly love(?)
On the other hand... the cover does seem a bit too "dreamy" for reality... wishfully dreamy maybe...? Staring at the magic key was an interesting twist...
And on the final hand (third hand?), it's pretty cute, cause innocent kids, getting long together are a nice thing to see...
The boy's motives!? How about the girl's motives? I got so tired of having to say "No!" to all of the beautiful young women who tried to seduce me. I think it was the uniform...
I don't think anyone who grew up in that period between WWII and Vietnam would consider it dreamy or wishful. Innocent yes, it was a period of time when family meant something, when there was more good than evil. Not perfect mind you - there was the cold war, bigotry, and other things we tend to forget. But for kids it was generally the age of innocence -= you had a lot more freedoms than todays children. When you played you made your own rules, you learned to get along because there was little adult interference. When you were bad, an adult would punish you (it takes a village).
I just finished reading Tomorrow-land : the 1964-65 World's Fair and the transformation of America by Joseph Tirella, a book that describes the Year 1964 backdrop for the 1964 New York World's Fair ... the motto for which was "Peace Through Understanding".
Interesting read. Lotsa stuff you've forgotten about 1964, New York, The Fair ... even if you were there!
Cheers,
/s/ ikeyPikey
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Dialysis, damned if you do...dead if you don't 23 Aug 2018 01:57:16pm
re: Not sure if this is cute, sad or creepy....
I loved the '64 Worlds fair...At the Sinclair exhibit they had a "Mold-A-Rama" machine where you could watch as your Dinoland Dinosaur toy was made right before your eyes! Wow! For a young boy like me this was awesome and incredible. The "Dino" Brontosaurus toy was one of my favorites for years
Don
I bought the same waxy mini-dino from a vending machine at the Sinclair exhibit. I remember paying with quarters, but cannot remember how many. I gave mine a bit of a squeeze and, it still being warm from the mould, made a bit of a dent. I do not remember being able to see anything of the injection process.
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President - West Essex Philatelic Society www.wepsonline.org 24 Aug 2018 11:03:22am
re: Not sure if this is cute, sad or creepy....
That dinosaur is awesome. I was too young for the '64 World's Fair. With Sinclair being my middle name and my love of dinosaurs since I was a kid, I have a soft spot for Sinclair memorabilia.
Oh, the automat! I remember being absolutely enthralled by them when we visited Italy in the late '60s. As a four year old whose ''eyes were always bigger than my stomach ", I though that this was one of the greatest inventions mankind ever developed. Not that my mom would let me get anything ...
Within a few weeks, we were back in Canada and I watched in similar thrall as Neil Armstrong climbed out of the Eagle and walked on the moon's surface. The automat quickly became the second greatest invention...
... and to this day, I'm still nostalgic for an object that I never once used. Sigh. (Both the automat and the LEM fit that description, BTW)
I had those Sinclair dinosaurs! My grandmother's next door neighbor worked for Sinclair. Living on the East Coast I thought the chain was as extinct as the dinosaur but was surprised to see the stations in Utah, where I bought this set:
Anything is possible! I’ve also wondered if that’s supposed to be a doll they are bringing as a Christmas gift. But I’m still going with the canibal theory