Dorri PartainDorri Partain Contributor Can you fit all your school supplies inside a cigar box? Elementary school students in the 1960’s often used empty cigar boxes to corral the array of…
Michael BushnellMichael Bushnell Publisher This week we’re shifting gears and coming back to our Historic Northeast roots with a profile of our own Indian Mound located at Gladstone and Belmont Boulevards.…
Michael BushnellMichael Bushnell Publisher Typically, our Labor Day postcard spotlights mill workers pictured in the Boiler Room of the Kelly Flour Mill that used to be located in the East Bottoms.…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Contributor Teenagers, would you like to study a 438-page textbook before you obtained your driver’s license? This high school textbook was written by the American Automobile Association (AAA)…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Contributor The 100th Anniversary of professional baseball was commemorated with this six cent stamp issued in 1969. In 1868, team promoter Harry Wright filled his10-man roster for the…
Michael BushnellMichael Bushnell Publisher Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum opened in 1966 after almost six years of planning by the City of Oakland and league officials with the National Football League (NFL) and…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Contributor Play baseball indoors, in any weather, with this special-designed dartboard. Added to the reverse of a standard numbered-wheel design board, it offers players more variety than a…
Michael BushnellMichael Bushnell Publisher “Anaheim Stadium, designed to bring the fans back to the game and the game back to the fans. America’s newest and most modern baseball facility at the…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Contributor Hey, hey, hey, it’s Yogi! Whether Yogi is a catcher with the New York Yankees or a bear snitching pic-a-nic baskets around Jellystone Park depends on your…
Michael BushnellMichael Bushnell Publisher The original Yankee Stadium opened on April 18, 1923 and true to form, the first home run recorded in the Yankee’s new digs was hit by none…
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