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Showing posts with label Films - Movies - Videos. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Films - Movies - Videos. Show all posts
Monday, March 20, 2023

U.S. Mail Railway Post Offices in Illinois.

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Soon after railroads appeared in the 1830s, they started moving the U.S. mail. During the Civil War, railroads built rolling post offices to...
Tuesday, December 6, 2022

Nikola Tesla's "Egg of Columbus" at the 1893 Chicago World's Columbian Exposition.

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Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) was a Serbian-American engineer and physicist who made dozens and dozens of breakthroughs in the production, transm...
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Monday, October 17, 2022

Donley's Wild West Town (Amusement Park), Union, Illinois (1974-2021)

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Donley's Wild West Town (Amusement Park), Union, Illinois (1974-2021) Sixty miles northwest of Chicago. Kids and adults could pan for g...
Tuesday, October 11, 2022

The First Pay-TV Service in the World was "Phonevision" by Zenith, aired in 1931 on Chicago's KS2XBS (Channel 2).

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Phonevision was a project by Zenith Radio Company to create the world's first pay television system. It was developed and first launche...
Monday, September 19, 2022

The History of Funks Grove Pure Maple Sirup Farm in Funks Grove, Illinois.

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The benefits of maple trees growing in this native timber area were likely enjoyed long before the Funk family settled in 1824. History has ...
Tuesday, August 2, 2022

The Fabulous Story of Bunny Bread in Anna, Illinois.

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The Lewis Brothers Bakery (Lewis Bros.) was  established on February 1, 1925,  in Anna, Illinois. Brothers Amos, Arnold and Jack Lewis mortg...
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Sunday, April 3, 2022

The History of Green River Soft Drink.

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Green River pop (a midwestern term for soda, soda-pop, or soft drink) was introduced to Midwesterners in 1919, just as Congress passed the 1...
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