On this day in 1940, 300 Nazi bombers attack London, starting 57 consecutive nights of bombing. This bombing “blitzkrieg” (lightning war) would continue until May 1941.
Category: Miscellaneous
Are You Ready for Some Football?
NFL Championship Game Dec, 11, 1938. New York Giants defeats the Green Bay Packers 23-17
Edgar Rice Burroughs, 1875-1950
Happy Birthday, Edgar Rice Burroughs. Thank you for your amazing imagination
Simply Add Boiling Water
RIP Aretha
Bootlegger’s Map, 1926
Bootlegger’s Map of the United States “Honi soit qui mal y pints”.
Published in 1926 during prohibition, the map includes many “place” names and plays on words that captures the humor and mood of the era.
The map was originally created by Edward Gerstall McCandlish, staff cartoonist for the Washington Post.
Post Cards
A couple of scans of the backs of postcards, for use as props or whatever you fancy. Unknown dates, probably 1907-1917.
Postage Rates for stamped cards and postcards (in cents) 1873-1951
05/12/1873 – 1¢ (see Note Below)
11/02/1917 – 2¢
07/01/1919 – 1¢
04/15/1925 – 1¢ for stamped cards; 2¢ for postcards
07/01/1928 – 1¢
01/01/1952 – 2¢
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Harlem Gator, 1935
New York Times
February 10, 1935
The youthful residents of East 123d Street, near the murky Harlem River, were having a rather grand time at dusk yesterday shoveling the last of the recent snow into a gaping manhole.
Salvatore Condulucci, 16 years old, of 410 East 123d Street was assigned to the rim. His comrades would heap blackened slush near him, and he, carefully observing the sewer’s capacity, would give the last fine flick to each mound.
Suddenly there were signs of clogging ten feet below, where the manhole drop merged with the dark conduit leading to the river. Salvatore yelled: “hey, you guys, wait a minute,” and got down on his knees to see what was the trouble.
What he saw in the thickening dusk, almost caused him to topple into the icy cavern. For the jagged surface of the of the ice blockage below was moving; and something black was breaking through. Salvatore’s eyes widened; then he managed to leap to his feat and call his friends.
“Honest, it’s and alligator!” he exploded. Continue reading “Harlem Gator, 1935”
Traffic Law Violator, 1939
Happy Birthday, Mr. Heinlein
Robert A. Heinlein, Jul 7, 1907 – May 8, 1988
