Description: The roots of Certified Freight Logistics (CFL) can be traced back to 1928 when Arroyo Grande Truck Co. (AGTC) was founded in Arroyo Grande, California. With a fleet of ten trucks, AGTC specialized in getting fresh produce to market. In 1952, AGTC was purchased by Edwin Nelson, an owner operator, and his brother-in-law Edwin Taylor, an Arroyo Grande farmer. The two Edwins grew AGTC by purchasing other trucking companies, and in 1963, merged with Fitzgerald Truck Service, becoming Certified Freight Lines. 20 years later, CFL had grown to 30 trucks and five yards, all while specializing in refrigerated transportation throughout California and the West Coast. As of 2008, CFL had grown to over 150 trucks, and became Certified Freight Logistics.
Description: WASH evolved from experimental FM station, W3XL, which was first licensed in September 1945 in Kansas City, and later moved to Washington, D.C. WASH debuted as Washington's second commercial FM station on December 17, 1946, initially relaying Overseas Service programming and broadcasting thrice-daily time signals while building their studio. In 1968, Metromedia acquired the station, trading news for an adult contemporary format. In the early '80s, the station attempted to do a Top 40/CHR format, publicized with a rather strange "WASH with the Stars" advertising campaign. After a few years with little success against D.C.'s established Top 40 stations, WASH returned to a full service adult contemporary format.
Description: Bugle Boy Industries, Inc. was a clothing company founded by Dr. William Mow in 1977. It is perhaps best known for its namesake brand of denim jeans that were popular in the 1980s. The company declared bankruptcy in 2001. Bugle Boy featured men's and boys' clothing, often with a denim theme. Elastic cuffs at the bottom of the jeans and cross-stitching patterns were also a major part of the Bugle Boy style, with brands such as Pilot and Cotler being its contemporaries. They also popularized parachute pants during the breakdancing fad of the early 80s, in a line called Countdown. Bugle Boy also produced men's and boys' tops, but was best known for its varieties of jeans and jean shorts.
Description: Located, true to its name, in a parking garage on 84 King Street in Manhattan, Paradise Garage was one of the only clubs ever built for a specific DJ. As a venue, it was relatively nondescript, but what it lacked in decor it made up for with its much-revered sound system and passionate members. The sound system was developed, designed, and installed by Richard Long & Associates, and was said by club patrons to be the best in NYC, if not the world. A distinctive style of dance music known as garage house or simply "garage" originated there and the club has been credited for its influence on the modern dance club. The Garage's legend is synonymous with that of DJ Larry Levan who was the club's resident DJ during the club's entire 10-year run.
Description: Quadrel Brothers Trucking was founded by two brothers after returning from WWII. Based out of Rahway, New Jersey, Quadrel Brothers was a specialized tanker hauling company with both liquid and dry tankers that transported everything from fuel and chemicals, to potable water and foodstuffs, though probably not in the same tanker trailers.
Description: The Saddle Rack originally opened on August 13, 1976 as San Jose's only authentic country roadhouse. The Rack, as locals called it, quickly became known for country music, strong drinks, line-dancing, and Tex-Mex cuisine, which turned out to be a winning combination. This quirky joint's Southern-style hospitality was what kept locals coming back, but once they began booking live music, it became a premier country music nightspot that pulled people in from all over the Bay Area and beyond. Sitting on six and a half prime acres, the owner received an offer he couldn't refuse, and sold the property, leading to its closure in 2001. The Rack would return in 2003, reopening in an 18,000-square-foot former hot tub store in Fremont.
Description: Self-made eccentric billionaire and serial philanthropist Wilton Knight rescues police Detective Lieutenant Michael Arthur Long after a near-fatal shot to the face, giving him a new identity, and a new name: Michael Knight. Wilton selects Michael to be the primary field agent in the pilot program of his public justice organization, the Foundation for Law and Government (FLAG). The other half of this pilot program is the Knight Industries Two Thousand (KITT), a heavily modified, technologically advanced Firebird Trans Am with numerous features, including a highly durable shell and frame, controlled by a computer with artificial intelligence. Michael and KITT are brought in when direct action might provide the only feasible solution.
Description: The Joystick Arcade opened in 1986 in the small town of Osage Beach, Missouri, on the Lake of the Ozarks. This super low-fi design comes from the t-shirt they handed out if you got the high score in one of the video game tournaments. While the arcade itself was rather short-lived, probably due to the town's small population and rather seasonal nature, it lives on as a footnote in '80s arcade history.
Description: While wooden skateboard ramps may seem rather common nowadays, back in the '70s, skateboarders were riding backyard pools, and eventually in dedicated skate parks with cement bowls. After riding a set of massive concrete pipes in the Arizona desert, skateboarder Tom Stewart decided to design what would become the world's first half pipe. With $250 in supplies, he built a ramp in his front yard in Encinitas, California, and soon realized he had created something very special as people were coming to skate his ramp or just watch skaters doing their thing. Tom enlisted his architect brother's help in drawing up plans based on his design, and began selling them through magazines as 'Rampage' at $20 a pop.
Description: No matter where you’re coming from, Marfa, Texas is a long drive. El Paso, is the closest city, and that's three hours away through the high plains and desert known as Big Bend country. Marfa was founded in the late 1800s as a railroad water stop, but long after the steam engines stopped running, the small town of Marfa experienced a transformation. The early 1970s saw artists begin flocking to the dusty town, and eventually, tourists began coming to see their art. That brings us to the Blue Bronc Roadhouse, which opened up in 1973 to make sure everybody who wanted a cold beer could get one. Best described as a quirky country western bar, the Blue Bronc was the favorite watering hole for locals and tourists alike for nearly two decades.
Description: "The Sunshine State” has long attracted throngs of visitors, leading to tourism surpassing agriculture and manufacturing as the leading drivers of Florida’s economy. From beaches and theme parks to fishing and wildlife, it's hard to beat Florida's tropical, ocean driven climate pretty much any time of the year. From Pensacola to Key West, this late '50s souvenir style design reflects the broad range of places to see and things to do in Florida.
Description: "Dandy" Dick Landy was a master showman and a major pioneer in Super Stock, Funny Car, and Pro Stock drag racing. He was known for his innovative race cars, wild wheel stands, and his signature look of pressed white pants and jacket and long cigar clenched between his teeth. Automotive Research was Landy's first engine-building and tuning shop, opened in Sherman Oaks, California, in the early 1960s. Later, he would change the name to Dick Landy Industries and move to nearby Northridge. The business, which also employed his brother who acted as crew chief and engine builder, would continue until Landy's death in 2007.
Description: Ultimate Violence is a demo tape from French band Loudblast that was recorded in 1986. Despite the rather punk appearance of the demo's cover, featuring a walking penis in combat boots with an anarchy tattoo, Ultimate Violence is very much an early death/thrash metal entry from the Villeneuve-d'Ascq boys. Loudblast are considered pioneers of both thrash and death metal genres in France, and one of the most important French metal bands of the '90s.
Description: Often described as the gay Cheers, Little Jim’s was the first gay bar in Boystown when it opened in 1975, making it the second-oldest gay bar in Chicago. In the early days, the bar had darkened windows to protect the safety of its customers. Within a few years of opening, more gay bars followed Little Jim's lead into the neighborhood. The divey, late-night spot became both a Boystown institution and one of the longest-running independently owned bars in the Chicago. A big part of the bar's legacy is that it was the first and only bar on Halsted Street to be fully integrated. Black, white, and Hispanic people all mingled and socialized there – literally everyone was welcome.
Description: Grave is a death metal band that was formed in 1986 in Visby, Sweden. The band was relatively successful in the early '90s, and their first four albums, Into the Grave, You'll Never See..., Soulless, and Hating Life, cemented their reputation as one of Sweden's foremost death metal bands. To support the album You'll Never See..., the band toured North America in 1992, calling the tour 'Live The Horror.' Grave went on hiatus in 1997, but got back together two years later, and is considered one of the "big four" of Swedish death metal.
Description: UNI BMX are credited with creating the lightest bicycle seats ever produced, making them popular with racers looking for the edge that shaving off a few ounces off their race bikes might provide. In addition to their ultralight once piece seats, UNI also made number plates, grips, race pants, jerseys, and more, all of which maintained the company's 'lighter is faster' mantra. This design reflects UNI's iconic rainbow logo that went into use in the '80s.
Description: The Duster was a semi-fastback two-door coupe version of the Valiant sedan that was marketed by Plymouth from 1970 to 1976 model years. The Duster coupe provided the compact-sized Plymouth Valiant with a sporty body style to attract younger customers. Numerous trim and option package variants of the Duster were offered with names that included Feather Duster, Gold Duster, Silver Duster, Space Duster, Duster Twister, Duster 340, and Duster 360. These marketing variations of the basic Duster design targeted customers seeking economy, cargo capacity, and/or performance. During its development, the car was a $15 million effort to update the Valiant for the 1970 model year, though the Valiant badge appeared only on the first model year Dusters.
Description: The Philadelphia Phantoms were a professional ice hockey team that played in the AHL from 1996 until 2009. The club was based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and played most of its home games at The Spectrum. During schedule conflicts or playoff games, games were moved to the adjacent Wachovia Center. The Phantoms won two titles (1998 and 2005) during their tenure in Philadelphia. In anticipation of the planned closure and demolition of the Spectrum, the franchise was sold in early 2009. The new owners moved the club to Glens Falls, New York, for the 2009–10 season and renamed them the Adirondack Phantoms. Beginning in the 2014–15 season, the team moved to Allentown, Pennsylvania, in a new 8,500-seat arena.
Description: To Hell with the Devil is the third studio album by the Christian metal band Stryper, released in 1986. It was the first Christian metal album to achieve platinum status, selling over one million copies. It remained the best-selling Christian metal album until P.O.D.'s Satellite in 2001. The original artwork depicted four long haired angels (closely resembling the band members) throwing the devil into a fiery pit. The cover was then changed on later pressings to a basic black cover with the Stryper triangle logo and the album title in the center.
Description: The legend of Bigfoot goes back beyond recorded history and cover the world. In North America – and particularly the Pacific Northwest – you can hear tales of seven-foot-tall hairy men stalking the woods, occasionally scaring campers, lumberjacks, hikers, and the like. Bigfoot is known by many titles across various cultures, although Bigfoot is the name generally attributed to the Cascade Mountain region of North America. Settlers moving west began reporting sightings in the late 1800s, and have continued ever since, with footprints, encounters, and even a few grainy photos and videos adding to the mystery. Those who claim to have seen Bigfoot have described a large, upright ape, sometimes standing over eight feet tall.
Description: Edwin Teel founded Vitamilk Dairy in Seattle, Washington during the Great Depression. He bought a milk truck in 1934 and began delivering milk from a local dairy to customers in the greater Seattle area. Three years later, Teel built a processing plant in the Green Lake neighborhood, and Vitamilk began producing their own dairy products. Vitamilk primarily served a niche market as a supplier to independent grocery stores, and were known for their high quality, great tasting products. As grocery stores increasingly became consolidated throughout the '90s, the small independent stores became fewer and fewer, eventually resulting in the end of Vitamilk in the 2000s.
Description: Founded in 1924,Echlin was a leading manufacturer of automotive replacement parts, steadily growing through a series of acquisitions of smaller companies that could provide instant access to expansion areas of interest. One such company was Ace Electric, a manufacturer of components for alternators, generators, and starters acquired in 1970. Echlin leveraged Ace Electric to get into the high-performance ignition system market in 1972. These racing quality ignition parts were marketed under the name ACCEL which, despite fierce competition, soon became the leading name in the field and a popular upgrade among hot rod, muscle car, and drag racing enthusiasts.
Description: The Beastmaster is a 1982 sword and sorcery film. Loosely based on the 1959 novel. The Beast Master, by Andre Norton, the film is about a man who can communicate with animals, and who fights an evil wizard and his army. Commercially, The Beastmaster was not considered a box office success during its original cinematic run, but later received extensive television exposure and success on cable TV. The original film spawned two sequels, as well as a syndicated television series that chronicled the further adventures of Dar.
Description: Established in 2004, Branagan's Irish Pub was located at 213 N. Harbor Blvd. in Fullerton, California. Offering the perfect mix of American tavern favorites and traditional Irish pub fare, Branagan's was a great place to grab a hot meal. Of course, being a pub, they also had an impressive number of beers on tap, so a lot of folks just went there to get loaded.
Description: Located in San Francisco's Castro District at 500 Castro Street, Harvey's was an iconic bar and restaurant that welcomed tourists and regulars alike for over a quarter-century. Occupying a space that originally housed The Elephant Walk gay bar, which first opened in 1974, Harvey's was steeped in history based on location alone. After a major fire gutted the building in 1988, The Elephant Walk required extensive work to get it back up and running, so they ended up closing down as a result. Named after gay politician and activist Harvey Milk, Harvey's took over the space in 1996, residing at the popular corner location until early 2023 when they closed up shop.
Description: Russell Husted was an accomplished athlete, competing in multiple sports, though he was probably best known for his feats in weightlifting. Russ was a world record holder for a 555 lb. raw bench press, and held records for the lift in five different weight classes, in addition to being a champion powerlifter in bench press, squat, and the deadlift. He would go on to work as a teacher in Mt. Morris, New York, and would later get into coaching the school's weight lifters in 1980. This was when he developed Husted's Power Pack team, with whom he shared his personal proven powerlifting system, leading to the school's weightlifting team taking the state championships throughout the '80s.
Description: One Foot in Hell is the third studio album by the heavy metal band Cirith Ungol, that was released in August 1986. Cirith Ungol formed in 1971 in Ventura, California. This early doom and power metal group is known for lyrics based on fantasy, particularly the sword and sorcery variant. Throughout the ’70s, the band generally played a style of heavy metal heavily rooted in hard and psychedelic rock. Its first studio album, Frost and Fire (1981), featured a heavier sound, generally regarded as an early example of American power metal. By its second studio album, King of the Dead (1984), it had solidified its power metal style while gravitating toward a much darker sound, with many considering the album among the first doom metal releases.
Description: Founded in Pocatello, Idaho in 1913 by Clarence Garrett as a luggage transfer service for railroad passengers, Garrett Freight Lines grew to become the fifth-largest freight carrier in the U.S. and a major employer in Pocatello for nearly seven decades. Garrett was purchased in 1977 by a private equity firm, and then sold to ANR, an oil and gas concern, in 1978. ANR purchased three trucking companies with authority to operate routes from coast-to-coast. ANR redesigned the familiar green-and-gold Garrett logo, replacing it with a multicolored U.S. map design, and moved the firm’s headquarters to Denver, but eventually divested its trucking businesses, leaving Garrett to be absorbed by other entities.
Description: What do you get when you mash up hot rods and monsters? In 1980, the answer would have been Weird Wheels trading card stickers. Featuring a checklist of colorful creations along the lines of the late '60s Odd Rods cards, the set blends Kustom Kulture with matinée horror. The cards themselves have monsters and other creatures driving absurdly customized cars, trucks, and motorcycles. As cool as the cards looked, they came out at a time when the Kustom Kulture was well past its peak, and the set flopped, but that doesn't mean they're still not cool! This one features the 'Loco-Motive' in an odd recreation of the classic damsel in distress on the train tracks from card #3.
Description: Hamburger: The Motion Picture is a 1986 sex comedy film about college dropout Russell Proco, who finds himself distracted by women who want to have sex with him. Proco has been expelled from multiple schools because of his sexual interludes, but was given a large trust fund that remains frozen until he earns a college diploma. Having run out of schools, Proco enrolls in Busterburger University, a fast food chain's franchisee training program where he can earn a diploma. High jinks ensue. Production began in 1985, and premiered in Los Angeles in January of the following year. Based on the premise alone, it's not too surprising that the film received overwhelmingly negative reviews, but hey, the sex comedy was a big deal in the '80s.
Description: For about 45 years, Berlin's Motorradwolf Werkstatt was the motorcycle enthusiast's go-to shop for parts, supplies, repairs, and tuning. In addition to servicing customer bikes, Motorradwolf also built some pretty wild rides over the years, ranging from V8 muscle bikes to retro style café racers.
Description: Sir Grapefellow was a short-lived cereal that launched in 1972, featuring a British World War I era pilot of the same name. The cereal itself consisted of grape-flavored oat cereal with sweet berry marshmallows, and tasted a lot like classic grape jelly. Sir Grapefellow was the nemesis of Baron Von Redberry, mascot of Baron Von Redberry cereal. In the vein of the cereal rivalries like Quisp & Quake bickering over which one was better, Redberry would proclaim, "Baron Von Redberry is der berry goodest!" and Grapefellow would counter, "Sir Grapefellow is the grapest!" in their various TV spots and print ads.
