Brian's reply to the Favorite Authors thread has inspired me to post this challenge to a "show and tell" of any remaining mementos you may have from your childhood, say, through high school, that show what times were like for you in those halcyon days, and how they influenced you as you grew up and came of age. I have been digging through some old stuff and I have found items like the 1957 book by Willey Ley that I mentioned, which evoked memories of Sputnik and Hula Hoops. Here are some items from 1956-1966:

I had other such items that unfortunately have succumbed to many years of dampness and rodents, but I still have lots of things that have survived to some extent.
This is a silly "computer" I built in the early '60s:


This is a Hewlett Packard HP-130A Oscilloscope my father gave me in the late '60s:

And an ancient Systron-Donner digital multimeter, probably late '60s vintage:

I have many other perhaps more interesting memorabilia which I may show in further posts, if there is enough interest. I do have lots of old machinist tools inherited from my father, so probably 1940s vintage. I've shared some of them a while ago.
I had other such items that unfortunately have succumbed to many years of dampness and rodents, but I still have lots of things that have survived to some extent.
This is a silly "computer" I built in the early '60s:
This is a Hewlett Packard HP-130A Oscilloscope my father gave me in the late '60s:
And an ancient Systron-Donner digital multimeter, probably late '60s vintage:
I have many other perhaps more interesting memorabilia which I may show in further posts, if there is enough interest. I do have lots of old machinist tools inherited from my father, so probably 1940s vintage. I've shared some of them a while ago.
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