Showing posts with label 1910s. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1910s. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 1, 2019
100 Years Ago - the 1919 Indy 500
I thought I'd start the month of May off with a look at the Indy 500 from 100 years ago.
Monday, January 7, 2019
100 Years Ago - Felix the Cat
Tuesday, January 1, 2019
The Funnies - First Lap of 2019 (1919)
Starting on the first lap of the year.
A combination of the funnies and a 100 years ago post today, the beginning of 1919 in kitten terms. From Life magazine's, January 1919 issue.
Monday, February 19, 2018
The Funnies - Up-To-Date Girl (1917)
Freddie: Up-to-date girl, isn't she?
Motorist: Yep; 1917 model Q. D. hair, demountable figure, quick pick up, good for any speed, no glare lamps, doesn't wast gas, self-starting, one-man control, and non-skid morals for slippery going.
January 1917, Life Magazine
Sunday, December 31, 2017
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year everyone, may your frog-opened bottles of hooch contain horse shoes and magic mushrooms!
Monday, December 4, 2017
The Funnies: World War I Santa (1917)
"What's the matter with having Santa Claus make his entrance in one of them tanks?"
An odd combination this Monday. Santa arriving on a tank is a byproduct of World War I and the emergence of all things mechanized. Nothing jolly about being a "tanker" in the Great War. Their insides were cramped, deafeningly loud, internal temperatures frequently rose above 120 degrees, and their armor wouldn't turn German artillery. Nothing merry about having a German '88 detonate your fuel and armaments while you're sealed inside, I'll wager.
Tuesday, July 4, 2017
The Funnies - Portrait of a Firecracker (1914)
Life Magazine, July 2, 1914
More firework hating from Life Magazine. I have to wonder if the publisher back in 1914 had a really bad encounter with a sparkler when he was a kid. He sure seems to be traumatized by pyrotechnics!
Sunday, May 28, 2017
Gentlemen Start Your Engines
As the drivers of start their engines for the 2017 Indy 500, here's a quick look at the starting field for the 1919 race.
Monday, May 1, 2017
The Funnies - Sleepy Hollow (1919)
In Sleepy Hollow
There might have been worse things than the "Headless Horseman"
Life Magazine, 1919
Monday, April 10, 2017
Monday, March 20, 2017
Monday, March 6, 2017
The Funnies - Men and Manners (1916)
Men and Manners, the Strenuous Life.
First Strenuous Liver: "Oh yes, I know Browne. Lazy chap. Used to come here like clockwork but lately he's taken to slacking about in the City or something and hardly ever turns up before five.
Second Strenuous Liver (virtuously): "We've no use for idleness here."
Monday, February 20, 2017
The Funnies - Miss Duck's Reputation (1915)
Miss Cow: I must say, I can't approve of Miss Duck's conduct.
Mr. Pig: What can you expect? Her father was wild and her mother was a notorious decoy.
Monday, January 16, 2017
The Funnies - Sworn Off Smoking (1915)
How sensitive we feel just after we've sworn off smoking!
Life Magazine, October 7, 1915
Of course the modern e-cigarette addict would be haunted by vacuum cleaners after shedding the vape-ape from his back!
Sunday, January 1, 2017
The Funnies Special Edition - New Years Then and Now (1917)
A Happy New Year - 1867
A Happy New Year - 1917
Tuesday, November 8, 2016
The Funnies Election Day Special - The Average Congressman (1919)
Analyzed
Life Magazine, April 1919
Monday, August 8, 2016
Monday, June 27, 2016
The Funnies - Come Uppance (1917)
"You ought to be ashamed to beg. Why don't you go to work?"
"Tell ye wot I'll do, boss. I'll go to work if you will."
Monday, June 20, 2016
The Funnies - Bath Time (1917)
The Master: You look worried. What's the matter?
The Housekeeper: The nurse has just left, and there is nobody to wash the baby.
"Have the chauffeur do it. There isn't as much mechanism about a baby as there is about a car, anyway."
January 4, 1917 Life Magazine
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