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- Record Album, "How to CB," 1976 - Truckers use citizens' band (CB) frequencies to talk to other truckers in their vicinity. In the 1970s, CB radio became a fad with drivers of all types. This record instructed the uninitiated in the truckers' language and culture.
- 1976
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Record Album, "How to CB," 1976
Truckers use citizens' band (CB) frequencies to talk to other truckers in their vicinity. In the 1970s, CB radio became a fad with drivers of all types. This record instructed the uninitiated in the truckers' language and culture.
- Twin Pines Dairy Advertising Flier for Home Delivery - Twin Pines Farm Dairy, an employee-owned company, processed, sold, and delivered fresh milk and dairy products throughout Detroit, Michigan. Along with dairy products, the cooperative supplied customers with other foods like bread, butter, eggs, orange juice -- even potato chips -- through its home delivery services.
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Twin Pines Dairy Advertising Flier for Home Delivery
Twin Pines Farm Dairy, an employee-owned company, processed, sold, and delivered fresh milk and dairy products throughout Detroit, Michigan. Along with dairy products, the cooperative supplied customers with other foods like bread, butter, eggs, orange juice -- even potato chips -- through its home delivery services.
- CB Radio Slang Mug, 1975-1985 - This mug documents the Citizen's Band Radio Craze of the middle to late 1970s. The craze was the result of a confluence of new technology; portable CB radios, combined with a lowering of the national speed limit to 55 miles per hour in 1974. Motorists and truckers sought to communicate with each other about avoiding law enforcement and life on the road. A pop-culture phenomenon emerged, including slang (seen on the mug), music, even television programs and movies.
- 1975-1985
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CB Radio Slang Mug, 1975-1985
This mug documents the Citizen's Band Radio Craze of the middle to late 1970s. The craze was the result of a confluence of new technology; portable CB radios, combined with a lowering of the national speed limit to 55 miles per hour in 1974. Motorists and truckers sought to communicate with each other about avoiding law enforcement and life on the road. A pop-culture phenomenon emerged, including slang (seen on the mug), music, even television programs and movies.
- "Saturday Evening Post," April 9, 1938 -
- April 09, 1938
- Collections - Artifact
"Saturday Evening Post," April 9, 1938
- "Saturday Evening Post," October 10, 1953 -
- June 19, 1948
- Collections - Artifact
"Saturday Evening Post," October 10, 1953