Antique Clippings

Antique humor and clippings, randomly discovered ephemera and interesting things! A lot of the things here are from before 1950, maybe way before. There will be things not politically correct today, ethnic humor, and enemies called names. The past is very messy.

Showing posts with label locomotives. Show all posts

Showing posts with label locomotives. Show all posts

Saturday, June 23, 2007

A Woman's Odd Victory

1896 At a country fair held near Dedham, Maine, the prize offered for unhitching and hitching up again in the shortest time was won by a wom...

Friday, June 1, 2007

Has Cow with Wooden Leg

1914 New York, Jan. 2. — James M. I. Galloway, veterinary surgeon of Kirkintilloch, Scotland, arrived yesterday from Glasgow with photograph...

Monday, May 14, 2007

Racing With a Locomotive — The Day a Horse Beat a Train

1899 Racing with a Locomotive At the time when England was ridiculing its early efforts at railroad travel America was laughing over a race ...

Thursday, May 10, 2007

Their Long Span of Life -- "Same Razor Everyday, 53 Years"

1922 London — Setting forth a compilation of the longevity of many of the common-place things in life — things which though soon every day a...

Friday, April 20, 2007

Locomotives Date Only From 1829

Article from 1916 newspaper FIRST AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVE THEN HAD INITIAL RUN On Tracks Entirely of Wood It Attained a Speed of Ten Miles an Ho...

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