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Thanks for posting this. I just finished reading Timothy Egan's "The Worst Hard Time" and I was eager to view this documentary. The visual power of this brief

film really underscores the overwhelming challenges of that era.

I came here this morning, wanting to hear some of the old tunes from growing up in Wilkinsburg in the 50s/60s -- the bonus was seeing some photos of the old Burgh.

Remember KQV, Schenley Oval, the many drive-in movies, Forbes Field, Saturday morning art classes at the Carnegie Museum, and of cou...

This was the very first tune I ever heard on a jukebox. A blue collar VFW club outside of Pittsburgh, cherry paneling, linoleum floor. Dad stopped in to have a beer, I walked over to the juke and made my selection. The intro poured over me like surf, I was transported. I have my own jukebox n...

When I finally got my own juke box, this was one of the first 45 rmp records I went searching for. Back in the day, I would stop in the pizza place on Penn Avenue in Wilkinsburg after school and play this tune. Its sort of a "best kept secret" - not many folks are familiar with it -- but when I...

A New Jersey "Oldies" performance at a social club....the "cover band" kicks off this tune, and suddenly all the 60-something men I am with begin singing at the top of their lungs. Goosebumps! All their street corner singing chops are aflame and darmn they sound soooooo great. I sat in the dar...

Summer....a coral-and-white car with fins...a beach towel for a seat cover...no gear shift in the way, sitting close....miniature golf at Vics, then hugs at the top of the ferris wheel at Kennywood.....First love/true love....I still have my copy of this

LP. Will always love this mellow, hip, ...