1910s
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.
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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
Mystery Gadget 51
Purpose?
Answer is here.
Or after the jump.
More in extended >>
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jul 23, 2017 -
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Category: Technology, 1910s
Mystery Illustration 50
What technique is being demonstrated here?
Answer found at this link.
Or after the jump.
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Posted By: Paul - Thu Jul 13, 2017 -
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Category: Body, 1910s
Artwork Khrushchev Probably Would Not Have Liked 4
Of course, before the Soviets took a stance against "degenerate" avant-garde art, they had a flourishing avant-garde scene in their own country.
Mikhail Larionov was one such native Russian artist.
Here is his "Venus" from 1912.
This new book on the topic seems very interesting and relevant.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jun 14, 2017 -
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Category: Art, Avant Garde, 1910s, Russia
Mystery Gadget 48
What's going on here?
Answer at the link (scroll down).
And after the jump.
More in extended >>
Posted By: Paul - Wed May 24, 2017 -
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Category: Technology, 1910s
Billie Carleton’s Death and the Birth of a Genre
Original article here.
How did the hedonistic death of one minor actress lead to Fu Manchu and the Yellow Menace?
Read the whole story here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Apr 21, 2017 -
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Category: Addictions, Crime, Death, Literature, Stereotypes and Cliches, 1910s
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