Aug 13
Gratuitous kitten photos didn’t start with the internet. This image is from an August 20, 1942 advertisement and the photographer is famous enough to be mentioned in the copy. Ylla (pronunced “eela” was the nom de plume of Camilla Koffler. The Hungarian born photographer immigrated to America when World War II engulfed Europe. Her speciality …
Jan 17
One line stopped me cold as I was scanning the Crocker’s department store advertisement in the San Luis Obispo Tribune, July 1, 1890. Dog-Skin Derby Gloves, 5 button length….$1.25 Uh? Did they really skin dogs to make gloves? That’s got to be a euphemism, right? Apparently not. According to a British history website dog leather …
Jun 16
Elephant breath checker? Pachyderm dentist? Sometimes you run across a photo that asks more questions than it answers. Fortunately the story published August 13, 1977 answers some questions. The photo at top was the A-1 teaser photo that invited readers to read the B-1 features section of the then Telegram-Tribune. Turns out Michael Jackson wasn’t …
Jun 01
There is an old joke in the news business that dog bites man, not news. Man bites dog, now you have a story. This story breaks that rule, here is the unbylined story from February 8, 1969, photo by Michael Raphel. Prince is just a pup, a five-month-old German Sheperd. “He hasn’t even grown into …
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