Oklahoma. Out of all the possible places to find yourself black-out drunk, Oklahoma in the early 20th century is not the first on my list, nor does it make it into the top ten. Not even the top twenty. Oil was discovered in Oklahoma at the tail end of the 19th century. That brought all sorts of riff-raff out into the wilds of the state to start drilling for black gold, and every time pay
Wartime Latrine Humour with Exhibit Supply Company
Arcade machines were all the rage in the early 20th century. One company maintained its spot at the head of the pack for nearly one-hundred years by producing machines and their prizes, and that company was ESCO: Exhibit Supply Company. Established in 1901 in Chicago, ESCO jumped feet-first into the very niche arcade merchandising industry and hit the ground running. Penny arcades were still
Daydreaming About Love in This Real Photo Postcard
RPPCs were a playground for the photographers and are little works of art themselves, using a multitude of techniques to help them stand out from the crowd. I'm not being cutesy here: between commercially-offered real photo postcards and those made by private citizens for personal use, there are likely hundreds of thousands, if not more, different images floating around in the world today. To
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