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Walter E. Parke followed Baird Coffin as Laguna Postmaster in 1953. Under his leadership, the post office moved from Broadway to 570 Glenneyre Street. Lagunans didn’t like it! It was out of the business district, on a hill, on a narrow street with no curbs and had little parking. 

Historian Vincent Alexander has put together a collection of fire and water animation that spans more than 90 years.

We’ll take our humor sunny side up!

We won’t judge you for laughing out loud.

We hope these soda fountain cartoons put the cherry on top of your day!

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1.) Such an absurd thing to say, but ‘toon perfect here. 2.) Dad’s facial expression combined with what his reply is just soooo ’50s, isn’t it? 3.) Very interesting and unexpected. 4.) “Maybe…” 6.) “Honey, keep on experimenting, then ask me again later.” 7.) I’d just like to know how those dishes got sooo piled up like that. Mom’s hair has me worried. 8.) “That’s right! So here ya go—start digging!” 9.) “Mary Lou, stop it right now! Get your butt out from ...

I can’t stand cigarette smoke at all, but LOVE these cartoons. I don’t even know if I can pick a favorite. Well, that’s not exactly true, but it’s definitely harder. As entertaining as they are, there’s an undercurrent of disdain, resentment and even anger that spoke to the people then that weren’t happy about them. They may have been in the minority, powerless to do much about it, but these cartoons, though quite funny, still tapped into the dark shadows of lighting up. #4 surpr...

These were fun to read and I enjoyed so much, from top to bottom. We even have all 3 sections of the Fifties covered here. So my two favorites this week ARE the top and bottom cartoons from 1945 and ’59. The top one is wonderfully disturbing, and the bottom one quite unexpected. How often would Santa ever hear that? The art style of the bottom one is unusual, having a ‘New Yorker’ look to it. Neita says: