Old Desk Thermometer


Back in the Christmas season of 1940 or '41 you might have been the recipient of one of C. P. Hamrick's desk thermometers. His store gave one to every customer's household.
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Cliffside “Jewelry”

You never know what'll turn up in Odds & Ends. The latest is an image of two common objects, although not as common as they once were, for they're not made anymore. Hang on to yours. Someday they may be valuable collectibles.


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Black Bear Trail

Cliffside was once a way station on the Black Bear Trail, "the Scenic Route for Tourists Between the North and the South."

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Guessing Game

If there had been personalized license plates in Cliffside back in 1956 (and there weren't), whose car would have displayed this plate?


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Did You Know?

Who wrote the words to Cliffside School's song? ("Three cheers for dear old Cliffside High...") We never gave it much thought, probably assuming it was something that was just always there. You may be surprised to learn who wrote it and when.


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Remember That?

How the stores and shops in Cliffside used to advertise, with sale papers hand-delivered to your house, placards on phone poles and really primitive ads in the Cliffdweller?

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