Harold Lee Polster, twin to Gerald T Polster, was born to Charles Ray Polster Sr (1919 - 1990) and Evelyn Marie Theaderman (1928 - 2000). They had siblings Charles Ray, Dennis Mark, Kenneth Michael, and Richard Allen Polster.
Gerald died of SIDS at home, a few months before he was one year old. Harold survived and went on to marry Roberta Braley (born 1955) in 1976 in Michigan. Harold and Roberta divorced on September 19, 1997, in North Carolina. Harold retired from the Marine Corps in 1993 as a Gunnery Sgt., E-7
Who doesn't love a man (or woman) in uniform? Almost everybody has worn a uniform sometime in their life - these are the vintage versions of those uniforms.
Uniforms are worn by many kinds of people - children and adults - in all kinds of organizations. Police, firefighters, nurses, paramedics, the military, Boy Scouts, Girls Scouts, sports teams, prisone...
Disco, polyester, Nixon and Watergate, equal rights, the "new right", the rise of terrorism . . . oh what a decade. Not much was resolved but a lot happened!
The single most popular fashion accessory for men and women used to be the hat - practical or decorative!
Etiquette used to dictate that it would be "a disgrace to venture out of the house without a hat and gloves" and it was not unusual at the turn of the 20th century for both men and women to change the...