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|  Women having their stockings painted on in London, England 1941. | |
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| ReaperPosted at 2023-01-21 21:41:33(88Wks ago) Report Permalink URL | ||
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|  In The 1920s & 30s, Sheep were Routinely Introduced into London Parks To Keep the Grass under Control & Reduce Mowing Costs | |
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| BeowulfPosted at 2023-01-22 05:52:35(88Wks ago) Report Permalink URL | ||
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| In December 1947, a huge, historic storm dumped record levels of snow on the Northeastern United States. In New York City, where the snow fell quietly, and steadily, for hours and hours, several LIFE photographers stepped out of the magazine’s offices, cameras in hand, and recorded the scene... .jpg) .jpg) .jpg) .jpg) .jpg) .jpg) .jpg) .jpg) .jpg) .jpg) | |
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| ReaperPosted at 2023-01-22 07:22:20(88Wks ago) Report Permalink URL | ||
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|  Mother Teresa & Princess Diana in New York City June 1997 | |
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| BeowulfPosted at 2023-01-22 09:24:27(88Wks ago) Report Permalink URL | ||
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| The toaster was probably first invented and put on the market by the company General Electrics in 1908, although the brand Hotpoint claims they had toasters already back in 1905.  The “pop up” toaster was patented in 1919. During the 1920s many new types and brands were launched. Americans bought more than a million electric toasters, usually for use right on the breakfast table in the 1920s. Early electric toasters browned only one side at a time and required users to watch, flip, and then remove each slice. The automatic toaster debuted in 1926; it toasted both sides and popped up the finished slice. Below are some of the most popular toaster designs from the Roaring Twenties. 1. The Turnover  The Turnover featured a spring-loaded door on either side that hinged down. Each door held a slice of bread. When one side of the bread was toasted, the operator opened each door to let the partially toasted bread drop down, giving the non-toasted side access to the heating element when the door was shut again. This toaster design was typically placed right on the breakfast due to its manual operation. The diligent person in charge of toast was responsible for making sure the toast was turned before it burned! The turner was popular from the mid 1920s until the early ’30s. 2. The Flopper  Well, you can just imagine the mad frenzy of companies trying to win the hearts of America’s homemakers with their new electric toasting machines. Each one attempting to create a slightly new design that did something the others could not (without infringing on the others’ patents, of course!) From this crazed period of innovation came designs and mechanisms like the Flopper. The Flopper featured metal doors with a lovely cutout design that also hinged on the bottom. The doors formed an “A” when closed. In this design, when the toast was done, the operator opened the side doors and the toast “flopped” out. 3. The Swinger  The Swinger spiced up the toasting world and gave the Turnover and Flopper toasters a run for their money. Swingers featured a swinging basket with a two-sided metal wire enclosure that held the bread slices. The bread was “flipped” to the other side with a turn of a knob and the toast was “branded” with a distinctive pattern, making it more attractive for the breakfast table. The first four-slice toaster was a swinger. It was so expensive that the manufacturers offered convenient payment plans so the clamoring masses could afford to have one in their homes. 4. The Sweetheart  The Sweetheart worked by pressing two buttons located on the base of the toaster. The buttons controlled each side of the toaster. Depressing the buttons would swing the baskets on each side of the toaster out at a 90-degree angle, so the user could either place in the bread or remove the toast. Releasing the button allowed the basket to swing back into place against the unit. Each additional push of the buttons rotated the bread slices in the opposite direction to toast both sides. 5. The Pop-Up  Toastmaster debuted the pop-up toaster to American consumers in 1926. The manufacturer used a clock mechanism as a timer for the toast. The key difference in this toaster was the fact that the user did not have to manually turn the toast. It was marketed to make perfect toast every time. Prior to 1926, pop-up or automatic toasters were originally marketed and sold to restaurants. They were a luxury for most families; so most manufacturers continued selling manual toasters for home into the 1950s. The Toastmaster company designed this toaster with heating elements situated on both sides of each slice. Another feature allowed the user to change the level of darkness by sliding a lever on the side of the toaster which adjusted the timer. The modern, streamlined case was truly a sight to behold. | |
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| ReaperPosted at 2023-01-22 09:52:22(88Wks ago) Report Permalink URL | ||
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|  This is what the Interior of a Plane looked like in 1925 | |
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| ReaperPosted at 2023-01-23 02:17:06(88Wks ago) Report Permalink URL | ||
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|  Ruby Bridges, the first African-American to attend a white elementary school in the deep South November 14th 1960 | |
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| BikerBoy25Posted at 2023-01-23 09:37:59(88Wks ago) Report Permalink URL | ||
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| ReaperPosted at 2023-01-23 10:13:57(88Wks ago) Report Permalink URL | ||
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|  Louis Armstrong plays for his Wife in front of the Sphinx in Giza 1961 | |
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| BikerBoy25Posted at 2023-01-23 10:48:16(88Wks ago) Report Permalink URL | ||
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| ReaperPosted at 2023-01-23 22:01:04(88Wks ago) Report Permalink URL | ||
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|  Women getting Instructions on how to Vote for the First time in NYC 1928 | |
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| ReaperPosted at 2023-01-24 04:46:07(88Wks ago) Report Permalink URL | ||
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|  The last Eruption of Mount Vesuvius Naples Italy 18th March 1944 | |
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| ReaperPosted at 2023-01-24 17:34:15(87Wks ago) Report Permalink URL | ||
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|  This is Margaret Ann Neve At Age 110 in 1902 She Was Born in 1792 & Died in 1903 Making Her the First Proven Person in Recorded History to Have Lived in 3 Different Centuries | |
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| ReaperPosted at 2023-01-24 21:54:14(87Wks ago) Report Permalink URL | ||
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|  This is what the inside of the White House looked like when it was being reconstructed in the late 1940s | |
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| ReaperPosted at 2023-01-25 05:04:33(87Wks ago) Report Permalink URL | ||
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|  1943 St Louis Politicians boarded a Military Glider for a Test Flight Mid-flight the Right wing of the Glider broke off & it Plummeted 1,500 ft All Ten People on Board Died | |
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| BeowulfPosted at 2023-01-25 09:48:00(87Wks ago) Report Permalink URL | ||
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| Collector Studio - Fine Automotive Memorabilia - 1965 Sebring 12 Hours.  | |
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| ReaperPosted at 2023-01-26 00:11:54(87Wks ago) Report Permalink URL | ||
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|  This is the Woolworth Lunch Counter Sit-in that occurred in Jackson, Mississippi in 1963 To protest a White-only Diner Notice 2 of the 3 people being Harassed are in fact White | |
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| ReaperPosted at 2023-01-26 18:22:39(87Wks ago) Report Permalink URL | ||
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|  November 1922 Berlin dog-owners Line up to have their Pets Euthanized Due to Hyperinflation occurring throughout Weimar Germany because they could Not afford to feed them any longer | |
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| ReaperPosted at 2023-01-27 03:13:48(87Wks ago) Report Permalink URL | ||
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|  An aerial view of Hiroshima, Japan, one year after the Atomic Bomb detonation Taken July 20, 1946 | |
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| ReaperPosted at 2023-01-27 18:28:39(87Wks ago) Report Permalink URL | ||
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|  Titanic Survivors Marjorie & Charlotte Collyer In New York after the Sinking of the Liner In 1912 | |
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| LiberalLesboPosted at 2023-01-27 23:27:35(87Wks ago) Report Permalink URL | ||
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| That's just amazing, he was just amazing   | |
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| LiberalLesboPosted at 2023-01-27 23:30:44(87Wks ago) Report Permalink URL | ||
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| Is there anyway we could get... no, no,  even he wouldn't be that stupid... | |
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| LiberalLesboPosted at 2023-01-27 23:32:04(87Wks ago) Report Permalink URL | ||
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| This is the first time I've checked this forum out Mr. Bones, this is just amazing. What a brilliant collection of photo's. Stunning. Thank you so much. | |
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| ReaperPosted at 2023-01-28 04:01:49(87Wks ago) Report Permalink URL | ||
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|  Children in an Iron Lung before the Advent of the Polio Vaccination Many Children lived for Months in these Machines, though not All survived 1937 | |
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