1962: Progressive Conservatives

In this historic political month let's do another bit of political history.

Francis Case, a Republican boasting of his progressivism and staunch conservatism in the same ad. A different time.

By the way that mechanical calculator (220 rpm!) reportedly sold for $750, or about $8,000 in today's dollars. I have fond memories of running up to ABC Business Supply for topo maps in the 1990s, something like $9. Same building as the Company of Fine Arts, one of the most underrated Deadwood stories. But that's for another time.

It’s No-Theme November. Note Senator Mundt (from last week) on that list as well. Deadwood Pioneer-Times, 2 June 1962, page 4. Bruce Flamm, "Olivetti Underwood Electro-Mechanical Calculators," vintagecalculators.com, 1998. Robert Wellman Campbell, "1962: Progressive Conservatives," RSS Longa, 21 November 2024, public domain via CC0 1.0.