VINTAGE AD: 1969 Hot Dr.Pepper

Photo:  obsequies/Flickr - Found in Good Housekeeping magazine, February 1969.

The above is an ad that first appeared around the Holidays in 1968, but the above is from Good Housekeeping magazine's February 1969 issue.

My Mom made this around the Holidays when I was a kid and it might be interesting to try at your own holiday get together to introduce a 50-year-old trend to a new generation.

I was initially not thrilled as we were only allowed to have a soda pop once a week and I was not thrilled to have it wasted on some trend she had read in a magazine, but after I got over the initial shock of wanting an ice-cold soda and being a hot one, it did grow on me.   

Heating it up does seem to bring out the spiciness more and could be a bit overpowering, but the addition of the lemon helps to balance it out the sweet and spicy taste of Dr. Pepper.

What The Musician's At Woodstock Made

Source:  Pictures In History

Would you be surprised that the highest-paid performer at Woodstock was Jimi Hendrix at $18,000, more than double Janis Jopin's or Jefferson Airplane's payment of $7,500 each, or  Santana a mere $750 for the historic 3 day festival on a dairy farm in Woodstock, NY?

Above is a price list of what the performers were paid. 

Priceonomics said the pre-sale tickets were $18 for the event, but many attendees took advantage of the lack of security crashed the event.  The article also indicated that Hendrix played the last day of the festival and only 10% of the concert-goers heard his now-famous version of "The Star-Spangled Banner" on his guitar.

The dairy farmer received only $10,000 for use of his property and ended up sustaining five times that in damages.