1920s
Motorcycle + Parachute = Disaster
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jan 04, 2016 -
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Category: Daredevils, Stuntpeople and Thrillseekers, Air Travel and Airlines, 1920s, Motorcycles
The Huntress
I would love to see this 1923 film starring Colleen Moore remade today. A white actress playing a Native American, who is so desperate for a husband she kidnaps a stranger? Uncontroversial box-office gold!
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jan 03, 2016 -
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Category: Movies, Stereotypes and Cliches, 1920s, Native Americans
Uncle Wiggly vs. DONNIE DARKO Rabbit
Equally creepy? The earlier guy the inspiration for the later one?
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Dec 20, 2015 -
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Category: Animals, Anthropomorphism, Games, Movies, 1920s, 2000s, Fictional Monsters
Cannibalistic Ducks
Cannibalistic terror in the world of ducks:
El Paso Herald - Aug 18, 1926
A quick google search reveals that cannibalism is a "vice" that ducks are known to sometimes develop. As noted on an Australian government website about the brooding and rearing of ducks:
overcrowding
lack of ventilation
faulty nutrition.
The only known way to stop it is to remove the rim at the front of the bird’s upper bill. Commercial beak-trimming machines are available. They have heated cauterising blades and run on electricity or butane gas. Beak trimming should be performed only by a competent operator and only when it is essential to reduce damage and suffering in the flock.
Posted By: Alex - Sat Dec 19, 2015 -
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Category: Animals, 1920s
Happy Thanksgiving!
Posted By: Paul - Thu Nov 26, 2015 -
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Category: Animals, Death, Food, Holidays, 1920s
Fondles horse, but not his wife
I'm guessing the copy editor had fun coming up with this headline...
Portsmouth Daily Times - Jan 8, 1926
TOLEDO, O. Jan. 8—(United Press)—A horse is named co-respondent in a divorce suit filed here by Mrs. Johanna Uller against Wolf Uller of Wyandotte, Mich.
"My husband pays more attention to his horse than he does... to his family," Mrs. Uller charged.
"He spends hours fondling the animal and shows no affection for me," she asserted.
Posted By: Alex - Tue Sep 15, 2015 -
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Category: Divorce, 1920s
Rolling Pin Throwing Contest, 1928
Providing the proper motivation:
The Salem News (Salem, Ohio) - Aug 17, 1928
Winners of a 1932 rolling pin contest (via NCSU Libraries):
Posted By: Alex - Wed Jul 29, 2015 -
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Category: Sports, Husbands, 1920s
Cattle Delivery Via Motorcycle
I really wish this practice had caught on, for I would be delighted to be driving down a highway and see such a sight.
Original article here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jul 28, 2015 -
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Category: Animals, Farming, Inventions, 1920s, Motorcycles
Tests theory that he cannot die
Having recently got religion, and consequently filled with the fire of faith, young Albert Strate decided that "God would not let him die." So he took strychnine to test the theory. The coroner pronounced it suicide. Give Albert a Darwin Award.Source: Lincoln Evening Journal - Apr 19, 1926
More in extended >>
Posted By: Alex - Wed Jul 15, 2015 -
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Category: Death, 1920s
Mystery Gadget 30
I've deliberately blotted out the product name here, so you can't google the device. After you register your guess, visit here for the answer
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jul 14, 2015 -
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Category: Technology, 1920s
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