Saturday, January 25, 2014

Might need a better editor...

"etacintaolentaointaoinnllit" That is one heck of a typo!
Greenville News, August 1920

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Hints on Bathing

Have you remembered to take at least one bath a week this winter? Don't forget to wash with cold water to prevent catching a cold!
Newspaper clipping, n.d. - circa early 20th century


Sunday, January 12, 2014

Television Furniture

Remember when TVs were a piece of furniture? The first TV I remember my family having looked about like this.
Insight into Greenville: Magazine of Greenville County, June 1973

Friday, January 10, 2014

Pressclipping Bureau

In sifting through the current donation, I have found lots of newspaper clippings. Several of them are attached to forms similar to the one below. I knew about media monitoring, but had not thought about it in pre-Internet days.
September 1912

Sunday, January 5, 2014

Bomb Spacing Computer

Back when computer meant a calculating device. I wonder how fast a "quick calculation" was.
Air Force Journal, March 1945