tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19041693.post6990064451233571340..comments2024-03-09T12:18:51.016-05:00Comments on TOM GLOVER'S HAMILTON LIBRARY SCRAPBOOK: LOCAL HISTORY WITH A PERSONAL TOUCH.: 1937: SO. BROAD ST. APPROACHING LIBERTY STREETTom Gloverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01749723834326832799noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19041693.post-26241489466319280972013-12-07T09:27:57.528-05:002013-12-07T09:27:57.528-05:00The corner with the Dayton St. sign was officially...The corner with the Dayton St. sign was officially the coldest in the universe in 1957. As a seventh grader at Junior Four, that was my assigned corner as a AAA Safety Patrol boy. Standing there in slush, water soaking through my shoes (galoshes were for kiddies, I tell you). The sign served a purpose - as a signal ground for a very small hand-held crystal radio (with tunable core) where I could listen to the solid sounds of AM very local AM radio.SJBillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01396634140715010591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19041693.post-69634435470229559502013-12-06T20:08:58.401-05:002013-12-06T20:08:58.401-05:00And thirty years later those prices for gasoline w...And thirty years later those prices for gasoline would reverse themselves from 13 cents to the 31 cents per gallon we paid in 1967. Still, that was a grand price that allowed us to pool pocket change for an evening of cruising.<br /><br />Ed MillerickAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com