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Ad – 1900: Tholen Brothers Plumbing

Posted on March 3, 2021

Author: Steve Silverman

Categories: Around the Home

Tholen Brothers Plumbing Ad — Tholen Brothers Plumbing Ad that appeared on page 4 of the October 13, 1900 publication of the Leavenworth Times.

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Published on May 16, 2022

Posted in: Forgotten History, Podcast

Latest episode! In 1915, Henry Ford sought to end WWI by chartering a ship and sailing with many of the prominent peace activists of the day to Europe. Find out what happened next...

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Arbor Day Turns 150! – Podcast #171

Published on April 28, 2022

Posted in: Holidays & Celebrations, Podcast

Arbor Day is 150 years old! Learn the origins of the day, plus how one small upstate New York town continues the annual celebration.

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Retrocast #9 – Podcast #170

Published on April 13, 2022

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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.

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First Tire to Cross the Pacific?

Published on June 27, 2019

Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Science, Technology & Medicine, Tidbits

Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon were the first aviators to fly non-stop across the Pacific. Their Firestone tire was found a short distance away.

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