10 TV Guide Covers From the 1950s

These particular TV Guides are from the New England area and are all from my collection.

Grace Kelly - April 14-20, 1956

Dobie Gillis Cast - December 5-11, 1959

Groucho Marx - March 19-25, 1954

Groucho Marx - August 27-September 2, 1955

Frank Sinatra - April 14-20, 1954

Howdy Doody & Bob Smith - June 25-July 1, 1954

Fred Astaire and Barrie Chase - October 11-17, 1958

Jay North as Dennis The Menace - October 24-30, 1959

Edie Adams and Janet Blair - August 23-29, 1958

Janis Paige - January 28-February 3, 1956

1959 Phillies Official Score Card - Aug 21, 1959 (Game 1 of a Doubleheader)

This is a scorecard from the first game of a doubleheader between the San Francisco Giants and the Philadelphia Phillies. The final was 6-0 San Francisco. The heros of the game for the Giants were Orlando Cepeda and Daryl Spencer. The losing pitcher in the game was Hall of Famer Robin Roberts.

Here is the box score from that game.

                       

                               

Blossomtime 1959

Here we have a program from Blossomtime 1959. Blossomtime is an annual Festival that takes place in Southwest Michigan. Here's a little background from the Blossomtime Festival website:

In 1923, a local fruit processor, Fred L. Granger, and the Reverend Joshua O. Randall conceived the idea of a floral parade to promote the expanding local business .They secured assistance from the St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce, the Rotary Club and the Exchange Club. Initially, the publicity consisted of the circulation of a decorated truck around Chicago's "loop" inviting people to come to southwest Michigan. The first Grand Floral Parade was held on a Wednesday afternoon. The second parade was held on May 14, 1924. It included 30 floats, two marching bands and hundreds of private automobiles, which made a tour of the new "Blossom lanes" of southwest Michigan.

Also in 1924, Catherine Burrell of Benton Harbor was chosen by newspaper ballots to reign as the first Blossomtime Queen. In subsequent years communities began to hold their own contests selecting queens to represent them in a collective pageant for the title of Miss Blossomtime.

The festival temporarily ceased in 1943 with the advent of World War II. In 1951 the St. Joseph and Benton Harbor Chamber of Commerce created Blossomtime, Inc., a non-profit organization of some 75 members governed by a board of directors. The first post-war parade in 1952 attracted approximately 105,000 spectators who viewed 56 units.

The Blossomtime Festival is still going strong. This year's events will take place on March 14th. You can catch a glimpse of the official 1959 program and festivities after the jump.

Nelson Eddy at The Statler Hilton Empire Room, 1959

This is a showcard (basically a multi-fold postcard advertising shows at night clubs and casinos) for Nelson Eddy and Gale Sherwood's April 30 - May 13 performances at the Empire Room at the Statler Hilton in Dallas, Texas.

Nelson Eddy (1901-1967) was an actor and a classically trained opera singer. He appeared in numerous Hollywood musicals and earned three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Eddy has made 290 recording from 1935 to 1964 and had a successful night club act. This showcard is from that act.