Found a sweet donor van! Do you need shelving or ladder rack?

DFX 340 Duster said
Well, let me jump in on the Albuquerque love.
My mother's side of the family were one of the founding families of Albuquerque. The families spread out over the years and my grandmother, who was born in San Rafael, had a sheep ranch in the Farmington area. She, my mother, and my aunt (mom's sister) made it out to California during the depression. Those three would always return to New Mexico to visit relatives in Gallup as well as in Albuquerque.
My older sister and brother told me of visiting some relatives in those areas during the mid and late 1950s where life was still basic as you describe.
My mother (born 1923) told me about wood burning stoves, ice boxes, and kerosene lamps in their home.
My brothers and sisters still get together every year and get the New Mexico Hatch Chiles for our tamales!!!

Ice boxes!! Ice boxes!! I don't remember my Mom mentioning ice boxes. Maybe they had one in Tierra Amarilla but I don't remember seeing one back in the 50s when I was there....Your Mother's family must have been rich!! LOL!! .... But then again, my Mom's town was far from big Cities. I do remember that back in the late 50s they actually had running water...the water pipe came up out of the ground near the back of the porch outside the adobe house (no inside water). I remember my Mom telling me that she was sooooo happy when they got water to their house because she was tired of walking 1/2 mile every day down to the river to get water. I do remember the Kerosene lamps, they were so cool!! The abobe house was next to a very rural road and the thick adobe walls would nullify any outside noises at night! I couldn't stomach the green chilies that they used in EVERY FREAKN' meal. But I was young and dumb and wish I had been more understanding. They lived on very little but loved every minute of their lives!! After my Mom married my Dad and moved to Texas my Mom lived the rest of her life dreaming of Tierra Amarilla. She never let us forget how happy she was when she was in New Mexico!!

Treblig