The Forgotten Man – Podcast #159

• Published on October 28, 2021

• Posted in: Crime & Punishment, Death and Murder, Law & Order, Podcast

A New Jersey man was caught in a Catch-22 situation: As long as he remained on death row, he could live. If he attempted to get off of death row by challenging his sentence in court, he would likely die. Can you guess which option he chose?

Click to Read More...

Retrocast #4 – Podcast #158

• Published on October 15, 2021

• Posted in: Podcast, Tidbits

The day corsets were arrested, a university lingerie auction, US Customs bans Alice Cooper’s panties, a fish who milked a cow, a box of cookies that started a fire, the highest-paid act at Woodstock, and more!

Click to Read More...

1953 – Du Pont Baby in Cellophane Ad

• Published on October 28, 2021

• Posted in: Around the Home, Invention & Technology

Would you wrap your baby in Cellophane? The people behind the ads at Du Pont clearly thought it was a good idea back in 1953.

Click to Read More...

Retrograph: 1941 – Lower Manhattan

• Published on October 27, 2021

• Posted in: Retrographs

Colorized photograph of Lower Manhattan that was taken by Arthur Rothstein in December 1941.

Click to Read More...

Ceylon Man Claims Fish Milked Cow (Footnote to History)

• Published on October 26, 2021

• Posted in: Footnotes to History

Have you ever heard of a fish milking a cow? A Sandusky, Michigan man claims that it is true!

Click to Read More...

RetroRewind: 1939 – Gone With The Wind Premiere in Atlanta

• Published on October 25, 2021

• Posted in: RetroRewind Videos

MGM News of the Day footage of the Atlanta premiere of the classic movie Gone With the Wind.

Click to Read More...

Corsets Arrested

• Published on October 22, 2021

• Posted in: Tidbits

In 1907, two women were arrested along the Keystone Trail for the illegal sale of alcohol. But, they needed to change their clothes first...

Click to Read More...

1957 Are the doors sturdy? Comic

• Published on October 21, 2021

• Posted in: Comics

"Are the doors sturdy? My husband slams out of the house a lot."

Click to Read More...

Retrograph: 1936 – Migrant Mother

• Published on October 20, 2021

• Posted in: Retrographs

Colorized version of one of the most famous photographs in history, which shows Florence Owens Thompson and her children.

Click to Read More...

Phone Girl Hurt in Freak Auto Accident (Footnote to History)

• Published on October 19, 2021

• Posted in: Footnotes to History

In 1935, Josephine Morgan got out of her car and was knocked unconscious in a very unusual way.

Click to Read More...

RetroRewind: 1956: Grace Kelly Royal Wedding to Prince Rainer III

• Published on October 18, 2021

• Posted in: RetroRewind Videos

British Pathé film of the 1956 wedding of Hollywood superstar Grace Kelly to Prince Rainier III of Monaco.

Click to Read More...

1938 – 450 Miles on a Gallon of Gas Ad

• Published on October 14, 2021

• Posted in: Invention & Technology, Transportation

Can it be true? 450 miles on a gallon of gas? Check out this ad from 1938...

Click to Read More...

Retrograph: 1937 – Unemployed Miners in Scott’s Run, West Virginia

• Published on October 13, 2021

• Posted in: Retrographs

Scott's Run, West Virginia. Unemployed men attending meeting of the Workers Alliance Council, March 1937.

Click to Read More...

Dammed Missouri Valley Book Disappears in Flood (Footnote to History)

• Published on October 12, 2021

• Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Footnotes to History, Humor, Tidbits

A patron was unable to return the book The Dammed Missouri Valley to his local library because the river had taken it away in a flood.

Click to Read More...

RetroRewind – 1949: Dating Do’s and Dont’s

• Published on October 11, 2021

• Posted in: RetroRewind Videos

Very dated and funny instructional film for teen daters, presented here in the rare Kodachrome version.

Click to Read More...