1910s
Conversation Hose
Sending messages via hosiery.This was like the 1910's equivalent of social media.
Harrisburg Telegraph - Feb 19, 1916
Posted By: Alex - Sun Feb 18, 2018 -
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Category: Fashion, 1910s
Super-Greater New York
We can still do this. A nice walk to the Statue of Liberty on Landfill Manhattan.
Source of document.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Feb 05, 2018 -
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Category: Engineering and Construction, Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Urban Life, 1910s
Kissing Screen
Popular Science Monthly - Feb 1920
Oakland Tribune - May 1, 1910
The Day Book - Feb 19, 1912
Posted By: Alex - Sat Feb 03, 2018 -
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Category: Hygiene, 1910s
Artwork Khrushchev Probably Would Not Have Liked 9
"Unique Forms of Continuity in Space," 1913 bronze by Umberto Boccioni
More info on the artist.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jan 25, 2018 -
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Category: Art, Avant Garde, 1910s, Russia
Mongolian Box Prison
Source of photo.
Source of drawing.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jan 04, 2018 -
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Category: Crime, Death, Dictators, Tyrants and Other Harsh Rulers, Prisons, 1910s, Asia
On the Good Ship Apple Pie
"Display of Steamship "Gold" made of whole and dried apples. The first Sebastopol Apple Show was held in a tent across from the Petaluma & Santa Rosa Depot in August, 1910 and promoted local fruit in various creative ways."
Posted By: Paul - Sun Oct 15, 2017 -
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Category: Fairs, Amusement Parks, and Resorts, Food, 1910s
Mystery Illustration 59
The purpose?
Answer here.
And after the jump.
More in extended >>
Posted By: Paul - Sun Oct 08, 2017 -
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Category: Technology, 1910s
Drip Fire Rifle
Invented by Lance Corporal William Charles Scurry during WWI, while fighting in Gallipoli. The Drip Fire Rifle was a way to jerry-rig a rifle using readily available materials so that it would randomly fire on its own. The Australian forces set up a whole bunch of these Drip Fire Rifles, and in this way were able to fool the Turkish forces into thinking they were actively manning the front lines, when in fact they were all sneaking away in boats. From abc.net.au:
Posted By: Alex - Sat Sep 16, 2017 -
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Category: Inventions, War, Weapons, 1910s
George Washington Glick
As you can see from this 1914 article George Washington Glick was practically unknown when his statue was new. Is it any wonder then that, as Wikipedia tells us, "In 2003, Kansas became the first state to replace a statue [in the National Statuary Hall] when it replaced Glick with a bronze of former president Dwight D. Eisenhower. Glick's statue was moved to the Kansas History Center in Topeka."
Posted By: Paul - Tue Aug 08, 2017 -
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Category: Forgotten Figures and Where Are They Now?, Politics, Statues and Monuments, 1910s, Nineteenth Century
Bacon Costume
George J. Nicholls, author of the 1917 book Bacon and Hams, dressed as a slab of bacon.
More info about this rare and curious book at CookingIssues.com and Wikipedia.
Posted By: Alex - Sat Jul 29, 2017 -
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Category: Bacon, 1910s
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