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Not a news story we were expecting to come across.
Read the 1950 article in the Citizen-News on our site:
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Alcatraz prison in San Francisco Bay closed #OnThisDay 60 years ago. It was known for supposedly being escape-proof and for holding infamous criminals like Al Capone, Doc Barker, and others.
Read this article in the Stockton Record on our site: newspapers.com/clip/121272839
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Alcatraz prison in San Francisco Bay closed #OnThisDay 60 years ago. It was known for supposedly being escape-proof and for holding infamous criminals like Al Capone, Doc Barker, and others.
Read this article in the Stockton Record on our site: newspapers.com/clip/121272839
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Why did “egg balancing” take America by storm in the 1940s? Watch to find out!
Still curious? Read a 1945 article about this Spring pastime on our site: newspapers.com/clip/121075117
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Why did “egg balancing” take America by storm in the 1940s? Watch to find out!
Still curious? Read a 1945 article about this Spring pastime on our site: newspapers.com/clip/121075117
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This photo ran in a newspaper all the way back in 1909!
Quilting bees used to be a common social activity and were held for a variety of reasons, including to celebrate marriages. #NationalQuiltingDay
See the photo in the Weekly Advance on our site:
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This photo ran in a newspaper all the way back in 1909!
Quilting bees used to be a common social activity and were held for a variety of reasons, including to celebrate marriages. #NationalQuiltingDay
See the photo in the Weekly Advance on our site:
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An easy 1960s recipe with a #StPatricksDay flair: Corned Beef and Cabbage Casserole!
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An easy 1960s recipe with a #StPatricksDay flair: Corned Beef and Cabbage Casserole!
See the #recipe in the on our site:
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A bacon-making tip from 1950!
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Come look through old baseball newspapers with me! I know some of you don't have subscriptions to sites like newspapers.com. Here's your chance to see what it looks like on the inside!
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A bacon-making tip from 1950!
See the clipping in the Herald-Press on our site:
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Did you grow up with a telephone party line in your home? With party lines, multiple homes shared the same telephone line.
This 1951 newspaper ad encouraged customers to follow good party-line etiquette. See it in the West Bank Herald on our site:
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Did you grow up with a telephone party line in your home? With party lines, multiple homes shared the same telephone line.
This 1951 newspaper ad encouraged customers to follow good party-line etiquette. See it in the West Bank Herald on our site:
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The famous Balto passed away #OnThisDay in 1933. He was the best-known sled dog in the famed relay that brought diphtheria antitoxin to Nome, Alaska, in 1925 during an epidemic.
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The famous Balto passed away #OnThisDay in 1933. He was the best-known sled dog in the famed relay that brought diphtheria antitoxin to Nome, Alaska, in 1925 during an epidemic.
See this photo of Balto in the on our site:
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Do YOU say “caramel” with 2 syllables or 3?
Still curious? Read a 1959 article about the pronunciation on our site: newspapers.com/clip/47733540/
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Do YOU say “caramel” with 2 syllables or 3?
Still curious? Read a 1959 article about the pronunciation on our site: newspapers.com/clip/47733540/
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The St. Francis Dam northwest of Los Angeles collapsed #OnThisDay in 1928, sending a torrent of water downstream that killed nearly 500 people.
Learn more about the disaster on our blog:
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The St. Francis Dam northwest of Los Angeles collapsed #OnThisDay in 1928, sending a torrent of water downstream that killed nearly 500 people.
Learn more about the disaster on our blog:
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Would you put your nickel in the juke box? (5 cents in 1950 would be about 61 cents today.)
See the clipping in the Hood County News-Tablet on our site:
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Would you put your nickel in the juke box? (5 cents in 1950 would be about 61 cents today.)
See the clipping in the Hood County News-Tablet on our site:
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The Barbie doll debuted on #OnThisDay in 1959 at the American Toy Fair in New York. This newspaper ad for the toy ran just a few months later in California.
See it in the Daily Independent Journal on our site:
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The Barbie doll debuted on #OnThisDay in 1959 at the American Toy Fair in New York. This newspaper ad for the toy ran just a few months later in California.
See it in the Daily Independent Journal on our site:
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Did you know you can explore newspaper clippings about women's history for free with our Topic Pages?
Find them here:
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Did you know you can explore newspaper clippings about women's history for free with our Topic Pages?
Find them here:
newspapers.com/topics/womens-
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Some cereal options from 1968! Are any of your childhood favorites on this list? #NationalCerealDay
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Some cereal options from 1968! Are any of your childhood favorites on this list? #NationalCerealDay
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No apples, but it tastes like apple pie! This Ritz Cracker Pie #recipe comes from the 1950s, but other versions of “mock” apple pie date back to at least the 1800s!
See the 1958 recipe for Ritz Cracker Pie on our site: newspapers.com/clip/117872625
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No apples, but it tastes like apple pie! This Ritz Cracker Pie #recipe comes from the 1950s, but other versions of “mock” apple pie date back to at least the 1800s!
See the 1958 recipe for Ritz Cracker Pie on our site: newspapers.com/clip/117872625
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The Hula Hoop was patented #OnThisDay in 1963, but the craze first hit the US back in 1958. This article from Texas reported that "one local fifth grader [...] has been able to spin it 30 minutes at a time."
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The Hula Hoop was patented #OnThisDay in 1963, but the craze first hit the US back in 1958. This article from Texas reported that "one local fifth grader [...] has been able to spin it 30 minutes at a time."
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Are you at #RootsTech today? Stop by the Ancestry® booth to chat with members of our team! We'd love to meet you!
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An intriguing sandwich recommendation from 1940! (And for the record, the "Manhattan" in question is Manhattan, Kansas.)
See it in the Morning Chronicle on our site:
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An intriguing sandwich recommendation from 1940! (And for the record, the "Manhattan" in question is Manhattan, Kansas.)
See it in the Morning Chronicle on our site:
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Authorities announced #OnThisDay in 1978 that the body of Charlie Chaplin had been stolen from its grave in Switzerland. Police caught the two grave robbers 5 weeks later.
Read the full article in the Intelligencer Journal on our site. newspapers.com/clip/119835259
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Authorities announced #OnThisDay in 1978 that the body of Charlie Chaplin had been stolen from its grave in Switzerland. Police caught the two grave robbers 5 weeks later.
Read the full article in the Intelligencer Journal on our site. newspapers.com/clip/119835259
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Charles Lindbergh's 20-month-old son was abducted from the family home in New Jersey #OnThisDay in 1932 in one of the most famous kidnappings in U.S. history.
See the full Buffalo Evening News front page on our site: newspapers.com/clip/119828976
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