Mills jukebox video

[retromom]

Texas our Texas

Rick:

League City is towards the coast going down to Galveston. It's a bit of a drive from here. We usually pass that way if we take a trip to the beach (like when we picked up the Bendix).

Now Rick, if you KNOW anyone from Texas, we're related! LOL

Your "cousin" from the large economy-sized state of Texas
Venus

 

[rickr]

Texas fun

Well.... I am glad we are related. Now I can come down there and stay with you for a couple weeks,while you keep me well fed and entertained!! LOL
FYI, My uncle worked for Union Carbide down there,and my aunt worked as a waitress at a local bar and grill in League City. When we used to go vist them we ALWAYS went to Galveston Bay to swim and check out the ships,beach,etc. I remember a ship made of cement that was sunk in the bay,however it was in shallow water and the top half was still visible from the shore. Also we got to tour the Battleship "Texas" what a monster that was.NASA,Dallas,Houston,we really had fun down there always. My Aunt Maxine and Uncle Marc were the greatest. They never wanted us to leave. Maxine would get real quiet and Marc would break down and cry! Really some nice people down there. Boy do I remember the drive back home. You could drive for 3 days and STILL be in Texas!! LOL

Rick

 

[rickr]

Mills Jukebox before picture. April 1965

I just got a scanner today,what fun!! Here is an old pix (moldy oldy,for real) of the jukebox before restoration. Isn't that a pretty sight?? They must have tried to make it look like a newer chrome model from the 1950's by useing all that silver paint.The paint was so thick it was cracking at the bottom. It was painted sometime in the early to mid 50's,I know that for sure. And whoever did it did a SH-- job!!

Rick

 

[bethann]

WOW

You sure worked your butt off restoring it! What a difference!She looks so much better! So, You never answered! You gonna name her Scarlet?

 

[retromom]

Scarlet sweet Scarlet

Hey Rick!

C'mon down! Your chicken fried steak is waiting!

Tom remembers that cement ship. He said that when he was little, they used to fish around there. In my technically-challenged mind, I cannot picture anything that's made of cement floating! LOL

I can't believe the condition of the Mills when you got it. You really have done a wonderful job of restoring it. Tom said that one of his old high school chums (who also btw has a "junk shop") has some old jukeboxes. Maybe he can talk him out of one. He acts like he would like to restore one himself. If he does, we will call upon you for your guidance.

I vote with Bethann for "Scarlet" as the Mills' official name.

Venus

 

[rickr]

Scarlet she is then!!

Ok Scarlet it is. I called the juke some other names during the restoration too,but we won't mention those....

I could never figure out how a cement ship could float either.That one didn't float very well did it??? LOL

MMMM Chicken fried steak sounds VG!! Cooked on a vintage Frigidaire no doubt!!!

Tom needs to check out his friend with the juke shop! I am surprised Austin hasn't bought the guy out lock stock and barrel!!

Here is a picture taken on our Texas trip of 1965. The kid with the biggest smile is the one that just got a jukebox. Can you guess who he is??

Rick

 

[kenmore1978]

1965

So which car were all you folks in, the '59 Cadillac or the '64 Ford?

 

[rickr]

who drove what

My aunt and uncle owned the 59 Cadillac.After I had a license they would let me drive the Caddy when I was down there. It was FUN to drive. Such a tank,but it drove so easy! They owned the Caddy until they died in the early 1990's. I don't know what happened to the car after that. The color pix was taken in my side yard here in Indiana, during their yearly visit in 1964.
The 64 Ford was our car,and the b&w pix was taken in a parking lot in Texas while we visited them. That Ford was our last no a/c car after that trip. It was HOTTER than HELL down there even in April,and dad traded the 64 Ford on a 1966 Ford with A/C that fall.

Rick

 

[jasonl]

Old Times

It's so great to have pix like that. I have movie reels (remember super 8?) from my grandparents from as far back as 1969. All those old family get togethers where everyone came over just for some barbeque were something special.

Amazing how those old flickery films or those pix with people from the past can bring back so much memories.

Not to mention all the old cars, tvs, and appliances.

 

[Cybrvanr]

Those old super 8 movies look so good too showing on a real projector. It seems that when they get transferred to videotape, the videotape just doesn't do them justice. They get all flickery, and the colors are dull. Super 8 movie film lasts so much longer in storage too! I've got some old Kodachrome movies of my family before I was born, and they look like they were shot just a few weeks ago!

One of my other fun hobbies is old movies and projectors, 16mm and 8mm movies. I love the clatter of an old projector, and I've collected some reels of the old educational flicks from the sixties

 

[tolivac]

I also like projectors and film.currently have a Holmes portable 35MM projector-made in 1939.Its a Model 8 series. Need the soundhead preamp for it. Also have two 16MM projectors,a Bell and Howell and a Devry.Have only one 16MM film-a WW2 vintage one about first aid!.Have two 35MM "one reeler" featurettes-"Parachute Jumping",and a reel from the Disney show of "Charlie The Lonesome Couger".also have MANY 35MM film trailers.Have a very old Griswold 35MM film splicer.My projectors work OK.Love seeing pictures and visiting projection rooms-Have seen an IMAX projection setup-a freind works there.That IMAX machine was pretty neat-its the size of a car with a dryer sitting on top-the "dryer" like enclosure is the lamphouse.IMAX projectors use 14Kw lamps.

 

[kenmore1978]

film

My roommate has a HUGE collection of 16mm sound movies, along with regular 8, super 8, and tons of slices. 2 Bell & Howell 16 mm sound projectors, one auto-thread, one manual thread. A Victor 16mm sound projector (I used to run those in school for presentations in the days before VCR's). I even have a Super 8 SOUND projector and camera, remember those?

Kodak discontinued Carousel projectors, FYI

 

[tolivac]

The carousel projectors are still made in limited numbers for theater useage.-but are being replaced by video still store projectors.Theaters still use them for showing the "pre-show" ad slides for Coke,Pepsi and the Movie trivia game slides on the screen or even screen curtain to entertain folks finding their seats and waiting for the house lights to dim and the actual show to start.also the theater may show ad slides for local businesses in the area where the theater is.

 

[rickr]

Vintage pix

Yes I love vintage pictures too!!They are a window to the past! When I look at the some of my old photos that I remember when they were taken. I can almost open the window and walk right in. There were several boxes of loose photos,and one album put together, when we cleaned out my parents house after they passed on. No one wanted to deal with the photos,so my siblings gave them to me. I put the photos into six albums,the oldest decade in the 1920's and up to the present.I take them to family get togethers. My family enjoys the photos,and I always make sure they go back with me when I leave. Now that I have a really high quality scanner, I have been emailing a special photo to them when I have the time. They really like that!

Rick

 

[rickr]

the thrilling 70's photo!

This one is for you Jason. Since you love old pictures,and love the 70's..... Would I fit in with the Brady Bunch here??? LOL!

Me at 20, in 1975.Just finished the restoration on the Mills jukebox. Gotta love the funky orange plaid bellbottoms,cream colored shirt with the wide dark brown collar. And it's no wonder my parents were always bugging me to:"GET A HAIRCUT"!!!
I sure looked cuter at 10 !(now you see why I hate the 70's) LOL!

 

[retromom]

Aw dude.....

Hey Rick!

You are way cuter than Barry Williams! You get my vote for a Brady Kid!!;-)

I think the 70's were created to give us all something to look back and laugh at (especially our clothes). However, Scarlet's beauty remains timeless.

 

[jasonl]

Could've been a Patridge

Hey is that a stack of 45s on that table? Yup, you could've been a Brady. I like it! I wish I could go back to the 70s.

Bri, on the other hand, saw NONE of the 70s. She was born in 1981 but she's gonna see and hear alot of 70s stuff in her lifetime when she's around me.

Here's a pic of me from 1983. Yes, it's the 80s but the living room screamed 1976! I'm on the couch reading the manual to my new Commodore MPS-801 printer OOOOOH! NERD!!!

Note also that the pretty decor is the hard work of my stay-at-home mom. Yes, she did work up until 1980 but QUIT to become a full-time mom and housewife. She got LIBERATED from her stinky job to be able to raise me and take care of the house.

This is how I want my basement when I move up to MA. Dark brown panelling, a 70s TV, stereo, a 60s or 70s jukebox if possible, Kenmore 800 set and any other avocado appliances I can get my hands on.

Bri gets a 50s kitchen and I get a 70s basement. YAY!

 

[rickr]

basement decor

I still think a 50's basement is more fun.But vintage anything is great.
Rick

 

[rickr]

45 RPM records,got lots and lots!

I used them on the walls in the rec room,and we also use them in this.
Rick

 

[jasonl]

YAY for 45s

I see Laurie, Scepter, Parkway, Cadance, Liberty, RCA Victor, and the other's I can discern.

SEEBURG DS160 to the rescue!!!!! Oh man, I gotta see you collection sometime.