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A Message To You, Rudi — FLW Would Not Be Pleased

by Lynne Rostochil.  Brochure from Zachary Matthews’ collection. Squadder Zach Matthews picked up an unusual piece of history at a local flea market and is graciously sharing it with the Mod Squad.  According to him, this interesting brochure was printed by OU and distributed when the plans for Price Tower were on display at the University […]

Your Home, Circa 1953

by Lynne Rostochil There’s nothing more fun than looking through ’50s ephemera and this brochure distributed by local members of the Nation Wide Business Builders in 1953 is one of my favorites.  Click a photo to enlarge each image and enjoy all of the eye candy you’ll find!

Wheat Field to City in Ten Years

The following is an article that appeared in the June 1953 issue of Living For Young Homemakers magazine.  This magazine must have really liked coming to Oklahoma! Midwest City, Oklahoma, is still another young community built from the ground up For those pessimistic armchair philosophers who moan that the dynamism of America is a thing […]