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whataboutbobbed February 15, 2013

Edith Houghton, former baseball prodigy and MLB’s first female scout, dies at 100 Houghton was only ten years old when she joined The Philadelphia Bobbies [our favorite baseball team ever, obviously!!] – a factory team made […]

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whataboutbobbed December 5, 2012

December 5, 1933 – Prohibition ends with the ratification of the Twenty-first Amendment, which repealed the Eighteenth Amendment DRINK UP!

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whataboutbobbed December 2, 2012

December 2, 1927 – following 19 years of Ford Model T production, the Ford Motor Company unveils the Ford Model A as its new automobile above – the four Raymo […]

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whataboutbobbed November 16, 2012

Celia Cooney, The Bobbed-Haired Bandit  she’s probably the coolest named bandit in the history of bandits!

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whataboutbobbed September 9, 2012

chicagohistorymuseum: Mr. and Mrs. Charles Keohane feeding Tunney, a bear cub c. 1927. Photo from the Chicago Daily News.  Want a copy of this photo?  > Visit our Rights and Reproductions […]

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whataboutbobbed August 19, 2012

Philo T Farnsworth (August 19, 1906 – March 11, 1971) and Mable Bernstein inspect one of his first portable television cameras, built in 1934 thank you PTF!!!!

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whataboutbobbed August 6, 2012

August 6, 1926 – Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim across the English Channel

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whataboutbobbed July 25, 2012

July 24, 1935 – The Dust Bowl heat wave reaches its peak, sending temperatures to 109°F (43°C) in Chicago, Illinois and 104°F (40°C) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin above – Dust Masks Worn […]

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whataboutbobbed July 19, 2012

contestants Miss Atlantic City, Miss Philadelphia, and Miss Washington, at the first Miss America Pageant, 1921

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whataboutbobbed July 13, 2012

July 13, 1923 – The Hollywood Sign is officially dedicated in the hills above Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. It originally reads ‘Hollywoodland’ but the four last letters are dropped after […]

Tagged 1920s, 1923, 1924, 1925, 20s, California, history, Hollywood, Hollywoodland, Los Angeles, steam shovel, The Hollywood Sign, Western Construction CoLeave a comment

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