Tom McGee’s Back on the Chain Gang – Podcast #161

• Published on November 30, 2021

• Posted in: Crime & Punishment, Holidays & Celebrations, Podcast

Latest Episode! Tom McGee wanted nothing more for Christmas than to be able to spend time caring for his hogs. The only catch was that he needed to commit a crime and hope that a judge would sentence him to time on one of Georgia’s infamous chain gangs.

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Retrocast #5 – Podcast #160

• Published on November 16, 2021

• Posted in: Podcast, Tidbits

In this episode: A proud father who kidnapped his newborn daughter, a mother jailed for cooking a woodpecker, Einstein gives a student incorrect math advice, a snake that joined a woman in the bathtub, and much more!

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High Flying Car (Footnote to History)

• Published on December 7, 2021

• Posted in: Footnotes to History

In December of 1949, Raymond Boyle used the blade of a snowplow to take flight in his car.

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RetroRewind: 1957 – Kodak 300 Slide Projector

• Published on December 6, 2021

• Posted in: RetroRewind Videos

Vintage commercial for the Kodak 300 Slide Projector with the Readymatic changer, which sold for $64.50 in 1957.

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Mother Jailed for Cooking Woodpecker

• Published on December 3, 2021

• Posted in: Animals & Pets, Crime & Punishment, Law & Order, Tidbits

In 1914, a mother of two was arrested for cooking a woodpecker. Unable to pay the fine, she was sentenced to twenty days in jail.

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1953 – Crax-Ezy Boiled-Egg Opener Ad

• Published on December 2, 2021

• Posted in: Around the Home, Food

Crax-Ezy Boiled-Egg Opener Ad that appeared on page 55 of the June 14, 1953 publication of This Week magazine.

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Retrograph: 1921 – Revenge of Tarzan Movie

• Published on December 1, 2021

• Posted in: Retrographs

Colorized photograph of the opening of the movie Revenge of Tarzan at the Criterion Theater in Washington, DC.

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RetroRewind: 1952 – I Like Ike Campaign Spot

• Published on November 29, 2021

• Posted in: RetroRewind Videos

1952 animated "I Like Ike" television advertisement for US President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

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Snake Joins Woman in Bath (Footnote to History)

• Published on November 26, 2021

• Posted in: Tidbits

Mrs. Arthur Whifler was shocked when a snake emerged from the faucet while she was taking a bath.

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1958: The Title of My Composition is More Pay for Teachers Comic

• Published on November 25, 2021

• Posted in: Comics

"The title of my composition is More Pay for Teachers," by Joe Campbell from the Ladies Home Journal, May 1958, page 24.

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Retrograph: 1933 – Harriet Hankins at Home

• Published on November 24, 2021

• Posted in: Retrographs

Colorized image of Harriet Hankins at the site of the planned community near Norris Dam.

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Proud Father Kidnaps Baby

• Published on November 23, 2021

• Posted in: Law & Order, Love & Marriage, Tidbits

On February 22, 1911, staff at the Norwegian Lutheran Deaconess Home and Hospital in Brooklyn, NY frantically searched for newborn Evelyn Erickson.

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RetroRewind: 1939 – Rice Krispies Breakfast Pals

• Published on November 22, 2021

• Posted in: Food, RetroRewind Videos

Snap, Crackle, and Pop in the 1939 animated Rice Krispies cartoon/advertisement Breakfast Pals.

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Bride Is Her Own Grandmother (Footnote to History)

• Published on November 19, 2021

• Posted in: Tidbits

Interesting story from 1902 about a man who married the daughter of his son's wife. Just who is who in this story?

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1953 – Tom Corbett Space Cadet Invisible Helmet Ad

• Published on November 18, 2021

• Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities

Tom Corbett Space Cadet Invisible Helmet advertisement from 1953. You see people - they can't see you!

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Retrograph: 1961 – Harry Crosby

• Published on November 17, 2021

• Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities

Colorized image of Harry Crosby in the the signal cabin in Sallins, County Kildare, Ireland.

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