Retro Timeline Update – January 17.
Dateline, January 17: 1917 the united states pays denmark 25 milliomn dollars for the virgin islands. 1929 popey the sailor man first appears in the thimble theater comic strip. 1945…
Retro Timeline Update – January 16
Dateline, January 16: 1909 the shackleton expedition finds the magnetic south pole. 1919 the temperance movement enfluences congress to ratify the 18th amendment to the constitution. prohibition is to begin…
Retro Timeline Update – January 15
Dateline, January 15: 1919 boston molasses disaster. a large molasses tank ruptures, and a wave of molasses rolls down the street 21 are killed 150 are injured. 1936 the 1st…
Retro Timeline Update – January 14
Dateline, January 14: 1784 revolutionary war: the US ratifies a peace treaty with brittain. 1942 fdr becomes the 1st president to fly on a plane while in office, when travelling…
Retro Timeline Update – January 13
Dateline, January 13: 1942 first use of an ejection seat, performed by a german test pilot in a jet fighter. 1942 Henry ford patents a plastic automobile, weighing 30% less…
Retro Timeline Update – January 12
Dateline, January 12: 1915 Congress rejects a proposal to give women the right to vote. 1932 Hattie Caroway becomes the first woman senator. 1942 President FDR creates the national war…
Retro Timeline Update – January 9
Dateline January 9: 1909 Brittish leader of the Nimrod expedition, Ernest shackleton, plants flag near the South pole. 1918 Battle of bear valley, the last battle of the american indian…
Vic and Sade – Lodge Catalogue 1957 (retro482)
Sade is upset at Vic, and the crazy things the folks at the lodge keep trying to sell him through the catalog. Is she just suffering from a foolish dillusion?…
Retro Timeline Update – January 8
Retro Dateline, January 8: 1790 George Washington delivers first state of the union address in New York. 1815 War of 1812: Battle of New Orleans is fought. Andrew Jackson leads…
Retro Timeline Update – January 7
Dateline January 7: 1927 First trans Atlantic phone line is established between New York and London. 1942 Siege of the Batan peninsula begins. 1945 Victory for the battle of the…