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5. Thank you, my dear madfloridian...

Sat Feb 23, 2013, 02:29 AM

Feb 2013

50 years ago.

I was in college.

What a different time it was. So much of this history is familiar to me...

Wonderful pictures!

Thank you...

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Amazing pictures at the Atlantic. 50 pictures of the world in 1963. 50 years ago. [View all] madfloridian Feb 2013 OP

Oh my dog, what a year. Thank you for the link. uppityperson Feb 2013 #1

Aren't they wonderful? madfloridian Feb 2013 #2

I remember all of those pictures. PDJane Feb 2013 #3

Thank you, my dear madfloridian... CaliforniaPeggy Feb 2013 #5

I was just out of college, raising my family, teaching. madfloridian Feb 2013 #6

"What a long, strange trip it's been." Are_grits_groceries Feb 2013 #7

Well-said. madfloridian Feb 2013 #10

And We Were There grilled onions Feb 2013 #8

It was a momentous time to be alive--for those who survived pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #9

Wow - I was still in college in 1963, BlueMTexpat Feb 2013 #12

^^^ This ^^^ Hekate Feb 2013 #14

Gives me chills. I was a junior in high school. Hekate Feb 2013 #13

I was born... Norrin Radd Feb 2013 #15

JFK Jr. would have been 53...and he would also have been POTUS. Moostache Feb 2013 #16

1963 was the first time I saw color tv. 4bucksagallon Feb 2013 #17

Remember the old come-ons for turning B&W to color? pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #21

And those laminate things you put over the screen DollarBillHines Feb 2013 #29

Evokes memories from when i was young. jambo101 Feb 2013 #18

thanks for posting: struggle4progress Feb 2013 #20

This photo captures how angry white male America wishes it still was. HughBeaumont Feb 2013 #22

The expression of contempt as he threw water in his face captured forever. madfloridian Feb 2013 #27

wow...all I can say Demonaut Feb 2013 #23

50 years ago I was 14 years old lunatica Feb 2013 #24

It really does not seem that long ago SteveG Feb 2013 #25

No, it really doesn't seem so long ago. madfloridian Feb 2013 #26

Imagine.. ananda Feb 2013 #28