Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I was checking out TWENTIETH CENTURY TIMELINE EDIBLES & QUAFFABLES http://www.geocities.com/foodedge/timeline.htm And I was looking through the 50's, one of my more nostalgic decades. 1952, fish sticks 1952, Kellogg's Frosted Flakes 1952, Saran Wrap 1954, M&M's Peanut Candies (my favorite for the movies) 1954, Reddi-wip 1954, Trix When I came to "1954, Trix" my eyes and brain played a trick on me and I saw and thought "Tri X" film. Like it was a mis-print. I thought I remembered like it was yesterday when the breakfast cereal "Trix" came out on our little round black and white TV with the big bunny sitting at the kitchen table. "Trix is for kids!" Which is always my reply when someone says "How's Trix?" to me. But I wondered if the "1954" was part of it. So I checked 1954 - KODAK TRI-X Film, a high-speed black-and-white film, was introduced. ? Texas Eastman constructed a new plant to produce EASTMAN TENITE polyethylene plastic. ? Kodak Brasileira began operating a sensitizing plant in Sao Paulo, Brazil. http://www.kodak.com/US/en/corp/kodakHistory/1930_1959.shtml Which of course happened at the same time as 1954, M&M's Peanut Candies (my favorite for the movies) 1954, Reddi-wip 1954, Trix SO TRIX AND TRI X BOTH CAME OUT AT THE SAME TIME! That's enough to tear a hole into the next dimension! Kind of puts a shiver down your spine doesn't it!? Heck I believe in all that stuff now! Beam me up I'm ready. Mark Rabiner Photography Portland Oregon http://rabinergroup.com/