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I believe from 1957 they were either black on white or white on black. This is about when I was old enough to begin paying attention because I think earlier plate years were yellow on black or black on yellow?
Yes, that is confirmed by the License Plates of the World website. Then they dropped the white on black in the 1970s and started alternating between black and white and colors on white for a few years until they got the black on white permanent plates. I miss those type of license plates.
Anyone remember when house windows were made of wood and had counterweights on ropes and pulleys?
Today's weather was so nice that I went outside to work on one of the farmhouse's living room windows that I had started to repair weeks ago. After tearing out one of the rotting brick mold boards on the side, I noticed that whoever had installed the current aluminum windows had left the old pulleys, ropes and the 5lb counterweights inside the wall. I was able to retrieve three of the cast iron counter weights.
My grandparents used to take care of an apartment building that was built in the very early 1900's. It was built as an upscale apartment building. Originally the apartments had fridges that used block ice to keep things cool. Later they converted the fridges, so ice was not needed. Counting the basement, it was a 4-story building. The only elevator was a freight elevator. To raise or lower the elevator you pulled on a rope that was looped around a pulley above the top floor.
Anyone remember when house windows were made of wood and had counterweights on ropes and pulleys?
Today's weather was so nice that I went outside to work on one of the farmhouse's living room windows that I had started to repair weeks ago. After tearing out one of the rotting brick mold boards on the side, I noticed that whoever had installed the current aluminum windows had left the old pulleys, ropes and the 5lb counterweights inside the wall. I was able to retrieve three of the cast iron counter weights.
We had wooden windows with ropes and weights, but the weights weren't that heavy as far as I know. They were pretty small. The house was built in the 1920s.
On that subject, does anybody ever eat chop suey anymore? Once so common, now good luck finding it. This was a really old abandoned 1950s restaurant near me. It was just torn down recently. It's pretty hard to find a chop suey restaurant these days.
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