November is Native American History Month; next year (2025) will mark the 350th anniversary of King Phillip’s War, the beginning of the end for the native people as the dominant polity …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 02:31AMI’ve taken an unconscionably long time in generating a dedicated post on June Havoc ( Ellen Evangeline Hovick, 1912-2010). I’m sure it’s because she was mentioned in my post about her…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 02:31AMNovember is Native American History Month; next year (2025) will mark the 350th anniversary of King Phillip’s War, the beginning of the end for the native people as the dominant polity …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:54AMMan, am I grateful that today is the birthday of Alice Bag (Alicia “Alice” Armendariz, b. 1958). This is an especially good time to celebrate a radical Mexican punk woman, not that there…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:54AMThanks, Eve Golden, for making me aware of Gordon Westcott (Myrthus Hansen Hickman, 1903-1935) about a year ago. Oh, I’d seen plenty of his movies, but I’d not noted the name. Essentiall…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 03:42AMNovember is Native American History Month; next year (2025) will mark the 350th anniversary of King Phillip’s War, the beginning of the end for the native people as the dominant polity …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 03:42AMNovember is Native American History Month; next year (2025) will mark the 350th anniversary of King Phillip’s War, the beginning of the end for the native people as the dominant polity …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:24AMThanks, Eve Golden, for passing along the intel about the passing of Jonathan Haze (Jack Schachter, 1929-2024). You may think there’s something kind of wrong about eulogizing him here toda…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:24AMHow perfect that Walter Cronkite (1916-2009) shared a birthday with Will Rogers, for they were both among the most trusted, beloved and admired Americans of their day. Cronkite was the ancho…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:36PMNovember is Native American History Month; next year (2025) will mark the 350th anniversary of King Phillip’s War, the beginning of the end for the native people as the dominant polity …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 03:48AMNovember is Native American History Month; next year (2025) will mark the 350th anniversary of King Phillip’s War, the beginning of the end for the native people of this continent. I’…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:24AMNovember is Native American History Month; next year (2025) will mark the 350th anniversary of King Phillip’s War, the beginning of the end for the native people of this continent. I’m …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 03:02PMMy inability to locate what I deem to be a single interesting image of historical Ohio gives the lie I guess to what was to have been my intended thesis for National Ohio Day, that the Bucke…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 01:36PMNovember is Native American History Month; next year (2025) will mark the 350th anniversary of King Phillip’s War, the beginning of the end for the native people of this continent. I’m m…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:31AMI was very distressed to learn today of the death of an old friend. I’m startled to realize that she was indeed that — I’ve known Kathleen Hulser for a quarter of a century. Kathleen w…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:31PMPaul Morrissey (1938-2024) passed away a few days ago; I decided to hold his tribute for today (Halloween), as it seemed most appropriate for a man who had directed his own takes on Frankens…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:54AMDon’t get too excited! The show advertised above is from a quarter century ago. We share the image for two reasons: 1) In celebration of the Halloween season, and 2) it was designed by the…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 01:02PMThere are performing artists of older vintage I could treat of today, but none of them get me as jazzed as Grace Slick (b. 1939), nor are any of them as witchy. I love that she was born on H…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:02PMOctober 29 was the birthday of a now obscure sports promoter named Jess McMahon (Roderick James McMahon Sr, 1882-1954). In the final analysis I revile the influence his family has had on thi…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:02AMIn celebration of Fanny Brice’s birthday, we inaugurate this new finding aid to help you navigate posts related to the great star of stage, screen, and radio. We hope you find it useful! M…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 06:48AMHere’s an even more obscure pocket of an already forgotten cul-de-sac of show business history! While there was nearly a decade between Harold Lloyd’s last starring comedy Professor Bewa…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 05:42AMThank you, Donald Trump, for reminding everyone who you really are last night, by returning to the symbolically freighted site of the 1939 Nazi Rally (Madison Square Garden) in order to reli…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:54AMIn 2019 and 2020 it looked very much like New York’s White Horse Tavern was going to close, and as so many joints shuttered for good during the Covid pandemic, it seemed destined to be ano…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:02AMYou’ll have noticed that in recent months we have drifted into doing more posts about American corporations and brands. I just want to assure you that our mission hasn’t shifted. This th…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 03:36PMWe have multiple reasons for today’s addendum to our previous 2018 post on The Love Boat. One is that, once again, it is Lauren Tewes’ birthday. She gets the honors because she alone amo…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:02AMDuring its 1933-34 season, CBS Radio listeners were treated to one of the most remarkable broadcast programs of all time: The Adventures of Admiral Byrd, a weekly 15 minute dispatch by Rear …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:06AMQuaker Founder George Fox (1624-1691) was born 400 years ago this year; William Penn (1644-1718) was born 20 years later, on this day. I am descended from Quakers on both sides of my family.…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 01:24PMBelieve it or not, this is my first post dedicated to single Walt Disney feature. I’ve given many of them attention on Travalanche, but usually in the context of broader topics. I’m goin…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:48AMFar be it from me to besmirch the fine name of Boyardee, but we know what we know. I’m not here to endorse this unpalatable family of products. I’m a culinary barbarian and even I am too…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:02AMOctober 21, 1858 marked the world premiere of Offenbach’s opera Orphée aux enfers (Orpheus in the Underworld). Its culminating piece of music, the “galop infernal” was to become the c…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 04:54AMWilliam Vann Rogers (1911-1993) was one of those rare juniors who outgrew the shadow of a great father and became his own man, becoming mighty valuable himself. In Rogers case he managed to …
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