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adminDorri Partain Contributor For girls who want curls, the Lady Sunbeam Vista model VHD-9 provided the “fastest, easiest way to always enjoy lovier hair” without a salon appointment. From the…
adminAll American Girls Baseball League: The Springfield Sallies Michael Bushnell Publisher March is Women’s History Month and keeping with the baseball theme of our weekly historic postcard feature, we’ll be…
adminDorri Partain Contributor Quarter or dollar? After the Susan B. Anthony one dollar coin was introduced in 1979, users quickly discovered it was hard to distinguish from the Washington quarter…
adminDorri Partain Northeast News I pity the fool who does not remember Mr.T! At the height of his popularity, actor/wrestler Mr. T appeared in movies, television programs, a cartoon, and…
adminMichael Bushnell Publisher This week, our tour of Negro League ball parks brings us to Parkway Field in Louisville, Kentucky. Originally built in 1923, the park was home to the…
adminDorri Partain Contributor As homemakers embraced electric refrigerators, first introduced for home use in 1927, they were now able to safely store leftover food. Early refrigerators, also called an“icebox,” were…
adminMichael Bushnell Publisher This week, our tour of Negro League stadiums brings us to Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Named for the street on which it sat, Forbes Avenue, the…
adminDorri Partain Northeast News In the event of a nuclear attack on American soil, can citizens survive on a diet of whole wheat crackers, hard candy, and water? Following the…
adminMichael Bushnell Publisher This week we make a stop in Atlanta, Georgia for a look at the iconic Ponce de Leon Park, home of the Atlanta Crackers and the Atlanta…
adminDorri Partain Contributor Got a nickel in your pocket? Then head over to the closest Mugs Up Root Beer stand, where “The nickel is mighty” and a glass mug of…
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