I don't usually do sweet.

                                         But this is about as sweet as one can get.

ROAD HOG!

I just acquired this card on eBay. It was sent from Downers Grove 70 years ago. Both sides of the card say something about the time, 1943.

Hardly anybody mentions the Blue Ribbon Bakeware Company in Downers Grove anymore.

We actually use the bakeware from the Blue Ribbon Bakeware Company in Downers Grove. I know I don't have the complete set but in my mind I know that I have enough. These molds are stamped out of aluminum. I know there are expensive cast aluminum molds out there. Crate and Barrel sells them. I prefer these both because they were made in Downers Grove and because they are light and don't use a lot of material. They must be at least 50 years old now and have held up very well.

                                   This is the inside of the booklet that came with the lamb mold.

                  The famous Hearts Entwined cake pan mold. I wish the box held up as well as the mold.

                                      This is one end of the Hearts Entwined cake pan box.

Mochel's Hardware

Yes, for a long time I was able to walk into town and buy the hardware that I needed. I can still get most of the hardware that I need, but now I have to get into the car and drive. Mochel's Hardware was as good a reason to walk into town as any.  One day around the holidays we were surprised to find a Santa Claus in the store. I kind of remember that Santa as the real Santa. I might be reading too much into this.
I understand that there exists a 50 year anniversary round plate commemorating Mochel's Hardware. I don't have it. I do have a 75 year dish and a 100 year tile commemorating Mochel's.

 

                            Two 6 inch tiles commemorating Mochel's 100 years in business.

How Much Excitement Can You Take!

                              Sometimes it really is the little things, if you can call 1938 little.
                                                                 

                                              Downers was strange before I ever got here.

                                                                           Poker Chips
                                                  I don't know the story behind any of this.

A thing of beauty in 1938 Downers Grove was the Nash automobile, or so I've been told.

After witnessing the Martian landing in their brand new 1938 Nash, Mr. and Mrs. Downers Grove probably drove over to Luke's Grill and Liquor Store for some courage.

They played card games until the Martians were routed by germs and lived happy and full filled lives ever after.

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The Lake - Downers Grove

        Is this Prince Pond or is it what is now known as Barth Pond? It sure isn't a lake.

This card left here for Los Angeles, California a century ago. Some how it found it's way back to Downers Grove. Blessing or curse!?

Even an average writer should be able to make something of this!

             This could almost be a clue in a Maigret mystery. Ah, but this is a mystery from the Downers Grove past.

This is from 1906 so it is not likely we'll get an explanation about "Picture No.4". So in my head maybe I'll have to make up my own story.