Carlstadt NJ 1940 school picnic

[ojuist]

No fat people because of the great depression! ( and no electronic gadgets to sit around with)

[boomer7]

Amazing stuff, priceless. I'm a resident since 1955.

[lasvegasjh]

This is so awesome thanks so much for posting love the classis cars at 3:16

you can really see the european influences in these old videos.

Thanks so much for sharing!

[360sk8t]

I miss Lindbergh School. Too bad they tore it down along with Washington School.

[DrowningAGoldfish]

@360sk8t it really is a shame...i loved lindberg

[HAMTAROisdead]

Is that lincoln school?

[tcment]

No, The old Washington school is shown and Lindbergh school is shown with the flag pole in front.

[Fortjackson]

Love the film I lived in town for 19 years from 1963 to 1983 and stil think of carlstadt as my home town I love watching it over to see if I can pick out placesI know

[tcment]

Glad you liked it. The video is a real treasure.

[tcment]

Please notice how few children were over weight back then. I can't find any in the video!!!

[nhkid1010]

I live in carlstadt now, i happen to know andyq82

^^

its changed.

like

a ton.

[lasvegasjh]

@tcment Pre McDonalds baby!

[andyq82]

wooooow i live here now in 2008 and i see a resemblance awsome

[Samally9]

Nice video - Just took my daughter to the 142nd annual picnic in town today - Amazing how life has changed!!

[NeeNeeBP]

I forgot all about the ribbons! And the lined up tables :) I do remember ham and butter on wonder bread(I was a 60's child :)The butter was disgusting but they said that mayo would go bad in the sun. Big things during my years were the whistle rings. Everyone had to have one. I remember the 3 trucks with the rides on back. That whip ride was a doozie! LOL Great times!! Thanks for putting this all together!

[tcment]

This was done by Mr. Al Cosentino sr., I just posted it on youtube for him. Thanks for your comment.

[tegoblue]

Question for Tcment: How did you get a 20-min video on YouTube? I thought the limit was 10 minutes. Just curious.

[tcment]

I don't know!!

[tegoblue]

Just watched this again after a year and it is still great. What a wonderful historical document! There were so many kids then! And they used real bread for the sangwiches, not Wonder bread then.

I went to St. Joe's but cut through Lincoln School yard every day on my way there. Zimmerman's Woods was my wild country.

[tcment]

Glad you liked video.

[platypus1500]

For the historical record, the comment of tegoblue should be corrected slightly. (I attended Carlstadt public schools from 1950 to 1959, and never missed a picnic.) Every student was indeed given a colored ribbon to wear. At various times during the picnic, a colored flag (just a piece of cloth) was hung above the serving windows, which meant that kids with that color ribbon could come up for the sandwiches or whatever being given out at that time.

[tcment]

Thanks for your info.

[rainydaywoman43]

these are the future hippies, womans libbers then yuppies down the road. these kids will be burning bras and flags in 20 years.

[slowdream101]

This is a wonderful look at a vanished world.

[tcment]

Glad you enjoyed video.

[tegoblue]

I grew up in carlstadt and went to this picnic every year when I was a kid. I remember the different colored little ribbons you wore pinned to your sweater. Each meant a different kind of sandwich, ham or bologna on white bread, and when that sandwich was ready, a matching colored flag went up. I grew up in the fifties and early sixties. Thanks so much for posting this.

[tcment]

Glad you enjoyed video.

[Fahrvergnugen]

How exciting to get to see footage of just ordinary people enjoying a festive occasion!  I love this kind of thing.

[tcment]

Glad you enjoyed video.