Sebastien Lenormand's successful 1783 parachute jump at l'Observatoire de Montpellier
... the actual parachute was 14 feet across in size
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a 1922 shopping mall ... most big cities had shopping malls by the 1880s
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a reproduction of a prehistoric cave painting in Spain
see full size
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"A New Star ... The Fairy Radium" a 1903 cartoon about science discovering radium
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a 1931 portable radio for the home or car
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some alleged early Americans in a Hanna Harbera animated tele-
vision advertisement for Kellogg's Fruity Pebbles breakfast cereal
... Art Lozzi was the background artist see full size
... Art Lozzi was the background artist see full size
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"Wolf Point, or infant Chicago" 1830
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"The city of Chicago" 1874 see full size
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famous jazz drummer Buddy Rich, as a child in 1923 was named "Traps The Drum Wonder"
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"our devil" . . . this character was used by various advertisers in 1902, and was later developed
into MAD's comedy mascot 'Alfred E. Neuman'
into MAD's comedy mascot 'Alfred E. Neuman'
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in this 1936 cinema industry magazine article,
the Manager of the Academy of Cinema
explains why the new color films are just
a novelty that will soon return to
black and white
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"The earliest known picture of a hat store, 1505"
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a 1554 European illustration of a whale
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"The Dragon of the Deep" a 1642 walrus?
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water vessel ... besides the mechanical contrivance of his vessel he
had a chemical liquor ... from time to time he perceived that the finer
and purer part of the air was consumed ..." see full size
had a chemical liquor ... from time to time he perceived that the finer
and purer part of the air was consumed ..." see full size
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an ice cream truck, 1920s? see full size
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the 1949 cinema serial "Batman & Robin"
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1899 Rontgen X Ray "... complete destruction of the skin, and subjacent
tissues, and a subsequent ulcer which was accompanied by alarming
symptoms and which only healed after many months of continued
care and treatment"
tissues, and a subsequent ulcer which was accompanied by alarming
symptoms and which only healed after many months of continued
care and treatment"
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the 1817 "Promenades Aeriennes", a rollercoaster in Paris see full size
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the 1880 English children's character "Humpty Dumpty"
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a Leopoldo Metlicovitz poster illustration, 1910
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the first orange tree planted in California around 1870, a 1931 photograph
