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 reptiles. Show all posts

Showing posts with label reptiles. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

A Rattlesnake Story

1910 In "Life and Sport on the Pacific Coast" Horace A. Vachell relates one of his narrow escapes from a friend's bullet. ...

Saturday, July 28, 2007

This Monster Does Exist

1917 The dingonek is a huge, unclassified aquatic monster. It resembles in many of its characteristics the extinct dinosaur, a huge reptile ...

Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Czarina the Peevish Python Force-Fed

1910 Star Monster Made to Devour Two Eight-Pound Roosters New York — The regal or reticulated python Czarina, measuring 24 feet in length, w...

Thursday, May 24, 2007

Dine With Serpents "Adorning" the Table

1920 "Queen of Snake Charmers" Is Guest of Honor NEW YORK, N.Y., Feb. 26. — With golden dragons as wall decorations, real, varicol...

Friday, May 4, 2007

Snake Charmers Have Variety of Reptiles

1916 Kansas Boys Have Produced New Sensation In Vicinity of Home. Salina, Kan.—Two small boys, Willie and Robert Shorl, the elder of whom is...

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