Penny loafers & bobby pins : tales and tips from growing up in the 50s and 60s / Susan Sanvidge [and three others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sanvidge, Susan.

Contributor:

Sanvidge, Susan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sanvidge family.

Sisters--United States--Biography.

Sisters.

Cooking, American--Midwestern style.

Cooking, American.

Cooking--Wisconsin.

Cooking.

Handicraft--Wisconsin--Miscellanea.

Handicraft.

Nineteen fifties.

Nineteen sixties.

Oshkosh (Wis.)--Social life and customs--20th century.

Oshkosh (Wis.).

United States--Social life and customs--20th century.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Madison, Wisconsin : Wisconsin Historical Society Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"In the fifties, sleek Mixmasters were replacing rusty eggbeaters, and new pressure-cookers blew their tops in kitchens all over town. There were kids everywhere, and new 'ranch-style' houses filled vacant lots. . . . Turquoise Studebakers and dusty-rose Chevy BelAirs with flamboyant fins and lots of chrome replaced dark pre-war cars. Cameras took color snapshots instead of black-and-white. We wore red canvas tennis shoes and lemon yellow shorts,and bright blue popsicles melted down our chins."--from the Introduction In Penny Loafers & Bobby Pins, the four Sanvidge sisters, whose birthdates span the Baby Boomer period, present a lively chronicle of growing up in the 1950s and 1960s in a small midwestern town. Each sister writes about the facets of her childhood she remembers best, and their lighthearted stories are illustrated with period photos. Sprinkled with mentions of pedal pushers, home permanents, and "two-tone" cars; early TV shows and the first rock and roll; hula hoops, Tiny Tears, and Mr. Potato Head (played with a real potato); and memories of their grandparents who lived nearby, Penny Loafers & Bobby Pins also features "how-tos" for re-creating the fads, foods, crafts, and games the Sanvidge sisters recall in their stories. In their first book, Apple Betty & Sloppy Joe, the Sanvidge sisters gathered food memories and recipes from their midwestern Baby Boomer childhood. In Penny Loafers & Bobby Pins you'll find out what they were up to--when they weren't eating.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""The Early Fifties""; ""The Late Fifties""; ""The Early Sixties""; ""The Late Sixties""; ""Afterword""; ""Under the Influence""; ""It�s Amazing We�re Alive!""; ""These Things Make Us Happy""; ""How This Book Came About""; ""Index""

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-87020-545-5

OCLC:

923518070