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Melinda S Cushing, 1959

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Melinda S Cushing, 1959
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Melinda S. Cushing showing off her bike in 1959
Photo of Cecia Jimena Osses Cecia Jimena Osses
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01/12/2016
Que bellezas las Dos!
Photo of Margaret Hoke Margaret Hoke
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01/12/2016
Same year i was born.
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01/12/2016
I still have mine from 1956 .
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01/12/2016
That could have been me in 1959....11 years old : )
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01/12/2016
Great picture.
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01/12/2016
Not THAT ancient
Photo of Sue Januscheitis Sue Januscheitis
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01/12/2016
That could've been me to as I was 10 in 1959 and got my new (used) bike.
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01/12/2016
Fancy one....headlight and all the bells and whistles!
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01/12/2016
Nice
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01/12/2016
This reminds me of the movie Then And Now.
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01/12/2016
I had a bike that large when I was her size too. I had to learn how to balance that big bike. Rode it for years.
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01/12/2016
Could have been me. 😊
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01/12/2016
Lovely photo. Thanks for sharing!
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01/12/2016
Love that picture. ...
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01/12/2016
Having fun without an I Pad.
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A model in the making.
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Oh my no helmet or any other type of armor
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01/12/2016
So sweet. I had a similar outfit!
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I never had a bike. My cousin had one so I rode hers.
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01/12/2016
The same year I got my red and white Schwinn!!! Loved it!
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Looks a lot like my bike, this one looks way too big for her though.. even with the seat lowered...
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01/12/2016
agree, think she'd have trouble, once pedal,at "6" on the "clock"...............
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01/12/2016
Yupper 👍
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01/12/2016
And wearing the standard summer uniform of the time - short sleeved shirt and matching "pedal pushers".
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Great pictures enjoyed, Thanks!
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I remember the day...
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01/12/2016
THAT'S WHEN IT WAS SAFE TO GO BAREFOOT IN THE GRASS..(( SOUNDS GROOVY LIKE IN THE MOVIES)) .NO LOL...BEFORE THESE...POISONOUS FERTILIZERS WERE PUT ON .....SHE LOOKS CUTE...& COMFORTABLE.....
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01/12/2016
Just an American girl.
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It's a Schwinn!
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01/12/2016
i had a bicycle like that. still have in my garage.
Photo of Rebecca Lennon Rebecca Lennon
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01/12/2016
Are you saying I have an ancient face?!?
Got my Schwinn in 1962!
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01/12/2016
I have a pic somewhere just like that...we usually got one bike back then...or I did...still have that bike..it is rusty and nothing but my piece of art...but I keep it...
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01/13/2016
I also have my bike from the early '50s, will never let it go.
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Great days!!!
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Ancient? 1959? 😀
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01/12/2016
Auugggh! 1959 is now considered "ancient"!! I was 8!
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A beautiful possession...
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01/13/2016
Is that a Polaroid picture that survived?
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01/13/2016
No that is not a Polaroid.
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01/13/2016
My parents still have their bikes like that. They still work.
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01/13/2016
looks exactly like my backyard as a kid! photo in front of the big pine! got a few of them myself
My mother (as a young Moscow girl) LOVED her bike of that time too! :)
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01/13/2016
I think I had the outfit, my Dad got me a boys bike because he said it was built better and would last longer. I'm a female Pat.
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01/13/2016
Looks like the one I had growing up.
OMG didn't realize I was ancient lol
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I also think you had this short set
It reminded me of myself in 1959, I was 8, and got my first bike.
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01/17/2016
Laurie Sheriff
This could be me, outfit & bike.
Adorable photograph from a time in history when Americans despite the Cold War, felt secure and trusted the federal government.
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Melinda S Cushing
Melinda S Cushing of Sheridan, Grant County, AR was born on June 9, 1950, and died at age 44 years old on May 25, 1995.
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