August 27, 1968…48 Years Ago Today
Dan Rather was manhandled at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. For us Boomers, this is classic footage of a well remembered event. -Bobby Ellerbee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wItUjFU1i4M
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The Original Beauty Of The Ed Sullivan Theater…Rare Images From 1927 More of the history of the venue is in the original article below. Enjoy and share! -Bobby Ellerbee Rare Ed Sullivan Theater Photos…1927 I love it that these rare photos are now pouring in! Take a look! This is the theater as is looked […]
Mystery Solved #2 I had thought the old pedestals used with the Iconoscope cameras in the 30s and 40s were perhaps hydrolac, but…not anymore. Thanks to further research by our friend Paul Beck, we now know these peds had an electric motor to take them up and down. In reexamining my archives, I came across […]
October 24, 1934…”Santa Clause Is Coming To Town”, Recorded Until broadcast radio and talking pictures came along, there hadn’t really been any “popular” or secular Christmas songs…most were still traditional, religious carols. The first recorded version of the song was by banjoist Harry Reser and his band, and was done on October 24, 1934 featuring […]
Finally! The RCA New York Lab Address Was 7 Van Cortlandt Park South…. Since the first pictures of Felix The Cat on the mechanical television turntable set began to be seen on this page over 5 years ago, people have asked me where that Van Cortlandt Park testing facility was. Finally, today I found out […]