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Category: 1910's

Slowest Marathon Ever

Now, I can be easily distracted, but I'm nothing compared to this guy. It seems that he stopped for some OJ at a garden party during his run, and just had a hard time starting again. He did eventually finish, 54 years later. Futility Closet

Boys Will Be Boys

The Washington School for Boys Drama Club, circa 1910. (via Shorpy)

Posted By: Alex | Date: Tue Apr 21, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (21)
Category: Photography and Photographers, Gender, 1910's

California State Fair--1913

Sorry about that failed post earlier today. The host seems to have deleted that video. Thanks go to Expat47 for bringing the matter to my notice.

Nonetheless, I've found the essential bit: the train collision.

Enjoy!

Posted By: Paul | Date: Wed Apr 15, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (8)
Category: Destruction, Fairs, Amusement Parks, and Resorts, 1910's, Trains

Death by Molasses

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We're a couple of months late with this one: sorry! The 90th anniversary of the Great Boston Molasses Flood, which killed 21 people.
Posted By: Paul | Date: Wed Apr 01, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (16)
Category: Death, Destruction, Food, 1910's, North America

Fantomas

We are approaching, in 2011, the one-hundredth anniversary of the creation of Fantomas, villianous antihero adored by the French. But something about Fantomas just doesn't translate to American tastes, and he's never been popular here.

Somehow I don't think this trailer from Fantomas's 1964 self-titled film will help win over the US audience.

Posted By: Paul | Date: Fri Jan 23, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (10)
Category: Costumes and Masks, Movies, Scary Criminals, Foreign Customs, 1910's

Julian Eltinge

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Every election year, politicians seek to invoke a mythical Golden Age, when life was simpler and more wholesome. Take the Edwardian Era in America, for instance, when the moral fiber of the country was still unpolluted--

--and when a drag queen like Julian Eltinge was a top attraction in high society and popular culture alike.

Face it: life was never any different.

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