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		<title>Retro Find:  Dr. Brown&#8217;s Soda</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This from Wikipedia: &#8220;Dr. Brown&#8217;s dates back to 1869 when their famous Dr. Brown&#8217;s Cel-Ray soda was commonly sold in New York delicatessens.[1] This soda was originally developed by a doctor who treated immigrant children in NY. The seltzer that helped these children contained celery seeds and sugar. Dr. Brown&#8217;s has been sold as a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Its all in the jeans</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Talk about a piece of history!  Wearing denim jeans has been around for more than a century!  Lets focus on the 1940&#8242;s here, and narrow the discussion a bit. In 1943, Blue Bell Inc. acquired the Casey Jones Company&#8230; who had been making jeans since 1905.  The combined knowledge promoted the Wrangler line of jeans, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Retro find- Bass Weejuns</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Since 1936, Bass has been producing this iconic classic loafer shoe. Here&#8217;s a little history lesson for you: (from Wikipedia)&#8221; The Norwegians producing leisure slippers of the moccasin style in the 1930s began exporting these to the rest of Europe where they were taken up by visiting Americans,and championed by the American Esquire magazine. Some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Heartwarming true tale</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My friend told me a story about his uncle Manny, who was a WWII vet, and like a second father to him. It seems Manny, in WWII, was out on the town with the boys from his unit, and met up with some girls. Not wanting to get in any trouble, they all gave false [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Retro find- Barbasol</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Barbasol (yes, the shaving cream!) was invented by MIT professor Frank Shields in 1919, looking for a product that would produce a less irritating effect from shaving.  Yesterday&#8217;s product is not the same you&#8217;d see on the shelves today, but Barbasol still produces a similar product today.  Try Barbasol Moisturizing Therapeutic Shave Lotion.   Barbasol is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wwiihomefront.com/2010/06/retro-find-barbasol/</link>
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		<title>Retro find- Orange Crush</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Orange Crush was invented in 1916, when Clayton Howell partnered with chemist Neil Ward to incorporate the company of Orange Crush Company. Ward was the one to perfect the zesty, signature orange flavor in this soda! At the time the soda was introduced, inventors were commonly given credit for soda flavors, so this actually debuted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Retro find- Friendly&#8217;s Ice Cream</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Not everyone grew up knowing about Friendly&#8217;s Ice Cream, or Friendly Ice Cream, as it was originally called, but the Blake brothers opened Friendly Ice Cream in Springfield, MA in 1935!  The name was chosen to suggest warm, neighborly service. Curtis Blake was 18, and his brother S. Prestley Blake was 20 when they opened [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wwiihomefront.com/2010/06/retro-find-friendlys-ice-cream/</link>
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		<title>More on shoes- Huarache sandals</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;ve heard the Beach Boys singing about them&#8230; but huarache sandals have  been around since before the Beach Boys were born!  Originating in Latin American countries, made of woven hand-tooled leather uppers and soles, they began appearing in Mexican markets around 1936. Eventually the soles were replaced with rubber from worn tires, but the year [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wwiihomefront.com/2010/06/more-on-shoes-huarache-sandals/</link>
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		<title>More on comfy shoes- Plimsolls and Keds</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sure, we&#8217;ve all heard of Keds&#8230;. &#160;people refer to those little white oxford-type canvas sneakers as Keds regardless of whether or not they actually ARE&#8230;. simply because it&#8217;s easier to associate a brand name than call them &#8216;little white sneakers&#8217;. &#160;While this is important to note in product branding, it has been ingrained for four [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wwiihomefront.com/2010/06/more-on-comfy-shoes-plimsolls-and-keds/</link>
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		<title>Retro find- Saddle Shoes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The saddle shoe was introduced in 1906 by Spalding (yes, the same one that makes baskeballs!) Not precisely what you would imagine for athletic footwear, it was actually indeed created with tennis and squash players as its main market. The black &#8216;saddle&#8217; middle of the shoe helped to stabilize the foot during activity. This shoe [...]]]></description>
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