Even during the busiest times of my life I have endeavored to maintain some
form of model building activity. This site has been created to help me chronicle
my journey through a lifelong involvement in model aviation, which
all began in Mayo, MD
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The first-ever appearance
of animated Peanuts characters came in the form of television commercials for the 1960
Ford Falcon. I learned about them in a book titled Peanuts: The Art of Charles M.
Schulz. To me, Peanuts represents a more innocent time in America, where neighborhood
kids played together, were moral in their actions, and even "crabby" kids like Lucy were
not evil. Cops and robbers, cowboys and Indians, pirates and naval mariners did battle
with makeshift weapons and only one ball team at a time won a trophy. My sisters and
I rode in basic cars like the Ford Falcon, without the benefit of seat belts, crawling
up onto the package shelf in the back to watch the world pass by, standing on our heads
in the back seat, and thinking it a privilege to get to ride up front on the rare occasions
when Mom was not in the car, too. It takes me back to my boyhood days in the 1960s and
70s when similar activities were a part of life, without all the computer-based activities
to compete for precious spare time. Here is my modest
Peanuts paraphernalia
collection.
These print advertisements were found on the Doug
Pratt website.
1960 Ford Falcon TV Advertisement (aired in 1959)
Featuring the Peanuts Gang
1960 Ford Falcon TV Advertisement Featuring the
Peanuts Gang
1961 Ford Falcon TV Advertisement Featuring the
Peanuts Gang
1961 Ford Falcon TV Advertisement Featuring the
Peanuts Gang (in color)
1964 Ford Falcon TV Advertisement Featuring the
Peanuts Gang