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Monthly Archives: March 2011
Two Babies Talking
Scientists talk about dolphins and whales having their own language. What about babies? It is a little long, but it is pretty funny.
Babe Ruth – Lou Gehrig Film Footage – Identified
An Iowa Family Recognizes Their Family In Recently Discovered Film Footage Of Babe Ruth And Lou Gehrig In 1927. As this story continues unfolding, the film footage of Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig that was recently found was recognized by … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball
Tagged 1927, Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, New York Times, New York Yankees
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Books, Self-Publishing & Publicity
This is satire, right? The Future of Self-Publishing As It Relates To Doing Freelance Book Publicity. Maybe you should reconsider writing that book and self-publishing it. Enjoy.
The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
The Triangle Fire – One Hundred Years Later Anniversaries of older, tragic events are usually the only time those events play into the public consciousness. Other than that, they are rarely thought about, discussed or even remembered. This week a … Continue reading
Posted in Books, History, New York, Photography
Tagged 1911, Accident, Evergreens Cemetery, New York History, New York Times, PBS, Triangle Fire, TV Shows
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Babe Ruth (Again) And Lou Gehrig – Recently Discovered Film Footage
Babe Ruth And Lou Gehrig On Film The New York Times reports more film footage of the mighty Babe Ruth has been unearthed, this time from 1927 showing Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig up close and personal in a barnstorming … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Movies
Tagged 1927, Academy Award, Babe Ruth, Entertainment, Lou Gehrig, New York Times, New York Yankees, Samuel Goldwyn, The Pride of the Yankees
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North Brother Island
A Close-up Look At Hidden New York: No People, But Lots Of Abandoned Buildings, Neglected Structures And A Safe Haven To Birds. Having lived in New York City my whole life, there are places that I have never visited by … Continue reading
Posted in History, New York, Photography
Tagged 1904, General Slocum Disaster, New York History, Typhoid Mary, Urban Exploration
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Babe Ruth As You’ve (Probably) Never Seen Him Before
Ask people to visualize Babe Ruth and some standard images of the Sultan of Swat might come to mind and look something like… Have you ever seen Babe Ruth doing any of the following things? The Babe practicing his bunting … Continue reading
When The Record Books Are Wrong
The New York Yankees Actually Hold The MLB Record For The Largest Attendance In A Regular Season Game. Records are made to be broken…that is if anyone knows about them. If you look up the largest attendance during the regular … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, History
Tagged Attendance, Babe Ruth, Mistakes in History Books, MLB, New York Times, New York Yankees, Sporting News, Yankee Stadium
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Happy Anniversary! Where’s The Snow? – The Great Blizzard of 1888
For New Yorker’s who were able to obtain a newspaper on March 13, 1888, this is what they saw: Starting very late in the evening of March 11 and continuing throughout March 12 and into March 13, 1888, modern New … Continue reading
The Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall Of Fame Knows Nothing About Hard Rock Or Heavy Metal
The Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall Of Fame’s 5 Biggest Hard Rock / Heavy Metal Snubs I am not one for lists. They are subjective and open to arguments. Having written that, I will still compile a few lists here and … Continue reading →