The Perricones quadruplets, Anthony, Bernard, Carl, and Donald, were born on October 31, 1929. Apparently they liked baseball.
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| The Spokesman-Review - December 26, 1935 |
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| Ogdensburg Journal - April 22, 1936 |
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| LIFE - June 21, 1937 |
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| LIFE - June 21, 1937 |
Monday, October 8, 2012
The Perricone Quadruplets
Saturday, October 6, 2012
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Veep Candidates watching the World Series
While doing some research on Pat McGlothin's 1944 game in which he faced Ted Williams seven times, struck him out once and held him hitless I came across this filler piece.
The original story spanned two columns. I've spliced them together for readability. FDR and Truman won the election. The Cardinals won the World Series.
Old tales never die...
Here's the McGlothin story...
The original story spanned two columns. I've spliced them together for readability. FDR and Truman won the election. The Cardinals won the World Series.
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| The Abilene Reporter-News - October 3, 1944 |
Old tales never die...
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| The Abilene Reporter-News - October 3, 1944 |
Here's the McGlothin story...
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| The Abilene Reporter-News - October 3, 1944 |
images from Ancestry.com
Friday, September 28, 2012
Headin' Home
This week Rob Edelman filled in for John Thorn at the Our Game blog.
Rob is a film historian and he provides two wonderful posts about early baseball films. One of them, Headin' Home, has Babe Ruth in the featured role. Rob talks about the film in the second post, Lost (and Found) Baseball, Part 2. Go read about it now. This entry will wait.
I decided it would be fun to see what the newspapers were saying about it. The articles and ads span about a year and a half and go from New York to Hawaii. From one of The Bemidji Daily Pioneer ads we see that it is indeed a six reel film.
I also find it interesting that the press marketed it towards youth (Baseball Bats Given Away at Each Matinee) and the ladies (With the speed of Douglas Fairbanks...).
I present my findings from the Library of Congress's Chronicling America site in chronological order.
Some might wonder why I included two ads from the New York Tribune. Variation. Look close. Those are two different drawings.
I decided it would be fun to see what the newspapers were saying about it. The articles and ads span about a year and a half and go from New York to Hawaii. From one of The Bemidji Daily Pioneer ads we see that it is indeed a six reel film.
I also find it interesting that the press marketed it towards youth (Baseball Bats Given Away at Each Matinee) and the ladies (With the speed of Douglas Fairbanks...).
I present my findings from the Library of Congress's Chronicling America site in chronological order.
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| New York Tribune - September 16, 1920 |
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| New York Tribune - September 16, 1920 |
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| The Evening World - September 17, 1920 |
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| New York Tribune - September 19, 1920 |
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| New York Tribune - September 20, 1920 |
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| Evening Public Ledger - April 18, 1921 |
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| The Washington Times - May 9, 1921 |
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| The Bemidji Daily Pioneer - August 22, 1921 |
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| The Bemidji Daily Pioneer - August 23, 1921 |
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| The Bemidji Daily Pioneer - August 24, 1921 |
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| The Bemidji Daily Pioneer - August 26, 1921 |
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| The Leavenworth Echo - December 9, 1921 |
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| The Evening Herald - February 5, 1922 |
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| The Garden Island - April 25, 1922 |
Some might wonder why I included two ads from the New York Tribune. Variation. Look close. Those are two different drawings.
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Saturday, September 15, 2012
Monday, September 10, 2012
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