Let’s open up the “Rick and Scott Audio Vault” and turn the clocks back over 20 years! (I know, it’s hard to believe it’s been that long.) (READ MORE)
June 22, 2009: Kodachrome Color Film Discontinued
Back in 2009, it really was an eye opener to the photography world that digital was finally taking over. Once a huge seller for Kodak, on June 22nd, 2009, the company discontinued their Kodachrome color film. With everyone getting digital cameras, it just wasn’t profitable for the company to produce this product any longer. During its heyday, many Kodak and independent laboratories processed Kodachrome, but by 2010, surprisingly only one Kodak-certified facility remained. A placed called Dwayne’s Photo in Parsons, Kansas. (READ MORE)
Father’s Day is June 21st
This year we will celebrate our fathers on Sunday, June 21st. According to Wikipedia.org, the first Father’s Day celebration was held in this country in 1910. (READ MORE)
June 8, 1953: Beecher Tornado
I have always been amazed by weather. I should have probably followed that interest and became a meteorologist where I could have lived and breathed weather every day. (READ MORE)
June 7, 1982: Elvis’ Graceland
It was on June 7th, back in 1982 that Elvis Presley’s mansion, Graceland, was opened to the public. (READ MORE)
June 6, 1933: First Drive-In Movie Theater Opened in Camden, NJ
On June 6th, 1933, the very first drive-in movie theater opened in n Camden, NJ. Growing up, I think my parents took me to more drive-ins than actual movie theaters to see films. Most of the movies I can remember seeing…were all viewed sitting in a car at a drive-in here in West Michigan. (READ MORE)
June 1, 1879: The Day Grand Rapids Fired the Boys and Hired the Girls
Grand Rapids telephone companies replaced boy switchboard operators with women in 1879 after complaints that the boys were leaving their posts to play marbles.