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Monthly Archives: July 2011
What’ll You Have?
A Man Walks Into A Bar… This news photograph is captioned “Doberman tends bar, operates cash register.” June 10, 1947. Somehow I don’t think the animal rights groups would allow this today, let alone the department of health. Though I’ll … Continue reading
Stealing Home
The Most Exciting Play in Baseball Was Accomplished by Rod Carew Seven Times in 1969 It’s a play you hardly see anymore- the pure stealing of home plate. Not part of a double steal or a failed suicide squeeze attempt. At … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Photography
Tagged 1969, Billy Martin, Metropolitan Stadium, Minnesota Twins, Pete Reiser, Rod Carew, Umpire
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Stupid Baby Names Outlawed in New Zealand
New Zealand’s Birth Registrar bans “Lucifer” “Messiah” “General” and “*” as Names As reported in the West Australian newspaper on July 19 the New Zealand registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages have compiled a list of 102 names (so far) of … Continue reading
Unusual Talent
And Now For Something Completely Different… Who is this gentleman? The credit to this old news photo is “Archie Ferbus of Johnston City, Illinois can swallow his own nose.” June 1, 1935.
Old New York in Photos #7
Two Homes With Different Fates The Louis Comfort Tiffany Mansion (above) circa 1886 at the corner of 72nd Street and Madison Avenue designed by McKim, Mead & White. The Joseph Pulitzer Mansion (below) 1903 at 7 East 73rd Street (just off … Continue reading
I Recognize That Scream!
The Story Of “The Wilhelm Scream” Coming across weird, useless things like this, is what makes life fun. When films need vocal sound effects, professional voice actors are frequently called in to a recording studio to create them. For the … Continue reading
The Cost of Living in Manhattan Apartments – 1926
The Prices of Fancy New York Apartments and Where You Could Live on a Decent Salary As I continue to look through the Sunday October 10, 1926 New York Times real estate section, I wanted to get a better understanding … Continue reading
Posted in History, New York
Tagged 1926, Advertising, Apartments, Fifth Avenue, New York History, New York Times, Park Avenue, Real Estate
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The Most Pretentious Home
How To Advertise a House – 1926 Style This is an ad from a copy of the October 10, 1926 Sunday New York Times. An odd choice of words to sell a home. Larchmont is a wealthy suburb 25 miles … Continue reading
Old New York in Photos #6
Early Birdseye View of New York 1888 Looking North up Fifth Avenue from 52nd Street. Church steeples are among the tallest structures in the photo. The closest steeple belongs to the original St. Thomas Episcopal Church on Fifth Avenue and … Continue reading
Posted in New York, Old New York In Photos, Photography
Tagged Central Park, Dakota Apartments, Fifth Avenue, New York History
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Rise in Graffiti Reported Across USA
Graffiti is Vandalism, Not Art The New York Times story on the rise of graffiti in cities both large and small is disturbing. For those who say graffiti is art, I would like to be invited to your home and … Continue reading →