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The Jolly Leprechaun’s Sinister Origins
Cheerful, prank-loving leprechauns are beloved symbols of luck and prosperity in Ireland and for the millions of Americans with Irish roots. But centuries-old legends about the diminutive shoemaking creatures painted [...]
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Growing Up in Las Vegas in the ’70s
“Circa 1977. This is Washington Blvd. looking West at Rainbow Blvd. The mound of dirt in the background is now the bridge that goes over the 95 Freeway (Rainbow Curve). [...]
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Inside the Bars That Made the Sunset Strip in 1980s LA Legendary
Picture a film or TV character listening to a song by Guns n’ Roses. What do they look like? What are they doing? Is it a character played by Danny [...]
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Marina City Chicago 1964
LIFE magazine from 1964. Rent at Marina City for a one bedroom apartment was only $115 a month, now it’s $2100! The apartments are unique in containing almost no interior [...]
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Vietnam Beer Fridge
“I bought a small Japanese (Hitachi) refrigerator from the guy I was replacing, $25, Vietnam, December 1969. Beer was very cheap and what most of us depended on for liquid [...]
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Happy Birthday to Champion Flat Track Racer Tammy Sessions
Happy 69th birthday to Tammy Sessions, champion flat track and cross-country racer of the 70s! What a perfect person to help us celebrate International Women’s Day! Tammy is from Tacoma, [...]
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Space Ace: The Second Big LaserDisc Arcade Hit
Space Ace is Don Bluth’s less-successful follow up to Dragon’s Lair. Much of the same development team from Dragon’s Lair worked on Space Ace, and the arcade cabinet utilized the [...]
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a man has no destination at the end of the road
“You realize that a man can take a train and never reach his destination, that a man has no destination at the end of the road, but that he merely [...]
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Back Way Around The Scales
When you want to avoid the scales, you take the back way around which is sometimes way around… Hawk Hauling 1987 Vintage Men’s T-Shirt
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A Short History of the Pontiac Firebird
The Pontiac Firebird is a classic American ‘pony’ car – an exotic-looking sporty car with lots of power. It was a direct rival to the Ford Mustang and went for [...]
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A Brief History of Freak Shows
Gaping at others for entertainment is a centuries-old pastime. Already in sixteenth-century Europe, ‘wonders of nature’ or ‘freaks of nature,’ a term used for humans as well as animals, were [...]
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