Saturday, January 18, 2025

Bob Uecker and David Lynch, RIP -- January 18, 2025

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Bob Uecker had a short and undistinguished career as a catcher. Then he turned making fun of himself into a fine art. He announced Brewers games until last year. People who are old enough remember his commercials for Miller Lite. Almost everyone I know says "Just outside" when they hear his name. We will miss him.

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David Lynch made a bunch of movies and one television show that were surreal and often violent. My favorite movie of his is The Straight Story, which was not surreal or violent.

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Friday, January 17, 2025

El Famoso Kangaroo Boxeador -- January 17, 2025

El Mundo (San Juan, PR), 31-January-1925

Marvelous Merville must have had an interesting act.

Thursday, January 16, 2025

Rube Goldberg -- The Cross-Word Puzzle Addict -- January 16, 2025

Norfolk Ledger-Star, 07-January-1925

Cartoonist, engineer and inventor of Goldbergian devices, Rube Goldberg, was a native of San Francisco. In this item, he addresses the epidemic of crossword puzzle mania. Crossword puzzles were a hot topic in 1925.

Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Oh! Margy! -- Lots of Girls do Naughty Things -- January 15, 2025

Norfolk Ledger-Star, 05-January-1925

I like the drawings of John Held, Jr. He helped to define the look of the flapper. The snowman is cute.

Tuesday, January 14, 2025

Frederick Childe Hassam -- Old Chinatown, San Francisco, 1904 -- January 14, 2024

Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mrs. Childe Hassam)

Frederick Childe Hassam was a pioneer American exponent of impressionism. He did some work in California. I hope to post a few of his works, including "Old Chinatown, San Francisco, 1904".

Monday, January 13, 2025

Fine Cameras Almost Given Away -- January 13, 2025

Boston Globe, 14-January-1925

This ad offers two cameras which competed with Kodak. The Premo used plates and the Hawkeye used roll film.

Sunday, January 12, 2025

La Kodak en Carnaval -- January 12, 2025

El Mundo (San Juan, PR), 31-January-1925

Kodak encouraged Puerto Ricans to take photos of Carnaval.