A bored historian’s celebration of old newspapers and the people, stories and humor found therein.Tumblr (3.0; @yeoldenews)http://yeoldenews.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/10a69c1d89d8531a8c4e997c1d72f2e6/tumblr_mo52avhVGB1qbva5ao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I would pay untold amounts of money for the “You Make Me Tired” button.</p> <p>(source: Robert H. Ingersoll & Bros. Catalog, 1898.)</p>http://yeoldenews.tumblr.com/post/52561848831http://yeoldenews.tumblr.com/post/52561848831Sun, 09 Jun 2013 14:35:19 -0400victorian1890shistoryvintageturn of the century<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/0e504a323eff464e2ac0142fd1a9573a/tumblr_mo36o2yHEL1qbva5ao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Oh <a href="http://yeoldenews.tumblr.com/post/50121352289/personally-i-like-to-put-asbestos-on-all-the">asbestos</a>. Is there anything you can’t do?</p> <p>(source: Robert H. Ingersoll & Bros. Catalog, 1898.)</p>http://yeoldenews.tumblr.com/post/52476103936http://yeoldenews.tumblr.com/post/52476103936Sat, 08 Jun 2013 14:14:26 -0400historyasbestos1890svictorianbakingseemed like a good idea at the time<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6d3a64eb2397429146dfb107246f6fc9/tumblr_mnzhx4Y32I1qbva5ao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>That is the most dapper fake mustache I have ever seen.</p> <p>(source: Robert H. Ingersoll & Bros. Catalog, 1898.)</p>http://yeoldenews.tumblr.com/post/52314043933http://yeoldenews.tumblr.com/post/52314043933Thu, 06 Jun 2013 14:27:04 -0400historyvictorian1890smustachesfacial hair<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/447d42b7132c1c73a6fd20fe795fecca/tumblr_mns75nnVB01qbva5ao1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/64662e650218674fd9f9f97755c2f490/tumblr_mns75nnVB01qbva5ao2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ec15fe12fff7790fbf8af915beb9ed70/tumblr_mns75nnVB01qbva5ao3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f28fe0f3275361621574605d5932ff8f/tumblr_mns75nnVB01qbva5ao4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/36725408ab54e73a90b72294f48e7b37/tumblr_mns75nnVB01qbva5ao5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Between <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/copyranter/the-world-has-not-changed-much-in-101-years">BuzzFeed</a> and the <a href="http://yeoldenews.tumblr.com/post/51192532650/a-tv-schedule-listing-for-the-first-episode-of">Star Trek</a> listing I have gained a fairly ridiculous number of followers in the last two weeks. So I just wanted to take a minute to welcome everybody! </p> <p>Hi! I’m Sam(antha). If anybody has any questions/comments/requests feel free to <a href="http://yeoldenews.tumblr.com/ask">drop me a line</a>! I’d love to hear from you :)</p>http://yeoldenews.tumblr.com/post/51993652022http://yeoldenews.tumblr.com/post/51993652022Sun, 02 Jun 2013 15:51:23 -0400welcome!new followersnon-news post<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f10f39a2076220a2a6b1920a15ad6422/tumblr_mnqboeyAfn1qbva5ao1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>So apparently fans of the local Hannibal, Missouri baseball team were known as the “Hannibal fandom” in the 1910s.</p> <p>(source: The Moberly Daily Monitor, March 2, 1911.)</p>http://yeoldenews.tumblr.com/post/51904126186http://yeoldenews.tumblr.com/post/51904126186Sat, 01 Jun 2013 15:33:50 -0400hannibalfannibalsfandombaseballcracker jacks is peopleI don't even know<p>Looks like <a href="http://backtothefiveanddime.tumblr.com/">Back to the Five &amp; Dime</a> may have found an explanation for our <a href="http://yeoldenews.tumblr.com/post/51754336548/if-anyone-could-explain-what-is-happening-here-i">love-sick lobster!</a></p> <div class="message"> <blockquote><span>This may or may not solve your lobster mystery! <a href="http://postcardcollector.org/forum/index.php?p=/discussion/comment/11955"><a href="http://postcardcollector.org/forum/index.php?p=/discussion/comment/11955">http://postcardcollector.org/forum/index.php?p=/discussion/comment/11955</a></a></span> <div>— <a href="http://backtothefiveanddime.tumblr.com/">backtothefiveanddime</a></div> </blockquote> </div>http://yeoldenews.tumblr.com/post/51762036642http://yeoldenews.tumblr.com/post/51762036642Thu, 30 May 2013 20:03:00 -0400thank you!answers to questions<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/318b9d770ba1b261e3e3b44b18a4d6b6/tumblr_mnmu00aMir1qbva5ao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>If anyone could explain what is happening here, I would be forever grateful.</p> <p>(source: Puck magazine, June 20, 1914.)</p>http://yeoldenews.tumblr.com/post/51754336548http://yeoldenews.tumblr.com/post/51754336548Thu, 30 May 2013 18:19:12 -04001910shistoryI don't even knowbathing suitswwilobstersyou woo your lady love little lobsterwoo away<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4acbdb77c824f8a25adf87385a7afe74/tumblr_mnkpr9ki7Q1qbva5ao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Are you telling me that “flying what-nots” lost out to “UFOs”?</p> <p>I am very disappointed in you 1947.</p> <p>(source: The Sheboygan Press, July 9, 1947. [<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maury_Island_incident">Right at the height of</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Arnold_UFO_sighting"> the 1947 flying </a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roswell_UFO_incident">saucer sightings</a>.])</p>http://yeoldenews.tumblr.com/post/51658144436http://yeoldenews.tumblr.com/post/51658144436Wed, 29 May 2013 14:52:00 -04001940sufosalienshistoryflying saucerswhat could have been<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/781bbbd744fd6505de5806c59017a2a1/tumblr_mnbkph2DUa1qbva5ao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Who <em>doesn’t</em> need a Fonz bean bag chair?</p> <p>(source: The Sears Catalog, Spring-Summer 1977.)</p>http://yeoldenews.tumblr.com/post/51246217817http://yeoldenews.tumblr.com/post/51246217817Fri, 24 May 2013 16:24:53 -04001970sthe Fonzretrovintagestar trek<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/0123cb3e0376dc99ed65b8f36498a3b7/tumblr_mna4nyMGN01qbva5ao1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>A TV schedule listing for the first episode of Star Trek.</p> <p>(source: The Bridgeport Post, September 8, 1966.)</p>http://yeoldenews.tumblr.com/post/51192532650http://yeoldenews.tumblr.com/post/51192532650Thu, 23 May 2013 21:40:46 -0400star trekstar trek toshistory1960stelevisionnormal-eared William Shatnersci fipop culture<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c48e130d091ddf95bc15a07400a1b999/tumblr_mmwugwXgwB1qbva5ao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I’ve been laughing at this picture for like fifteen minutes and I’m not sure why.</p> <p>(source: The Sears Catalog, Spring-Summer 1903.)</p>http://yeoldenews.tumblr.com/post/50602040854http://yeoldenews.tumblr.com/post/50602040854Thu, 16 May 2013 17:31:00 -0400historyturn of the centuryfashionI don't even knowvintagehats<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/ec7fc930a3f792af5b6abf4c52c6eefe/tumblr_mmusptqgy31qbva5ao1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Ads for weight loss, bust enlargement, hair removal electrolysis and whiskey.</p> <p>Times may change, people don’t.</p> <p>(source: The Washington Post, April 14, 1912 (one day before the Titanic sank).)</p>http://yeoldenews.tumblr.com/post/50510921301http://yeoldenews.tumblr.com/post/50510921301Wed, 15 May 2013 14:58:00 -0400history1910sadvertisingpeoplesocietyweight lossalcoholfashionnot so different<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3861ab3a7be27e668b1dd108f741334f/tumblr_mmlvf6hiAS1qbva5ao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Personally, I like to put asbestos on all the surfaces my food touches!</p> <p>(source: The Sears Catalog, Spring-Summer 1915.)</p>http://yeoldenews.tumblr.com/post/50121352289http://yeoldenews.tumblr.com/post/50121352289Fri, 10 May 2013 19:18:42 -0400sears catalogasbestosseemed like a good idea at the timehistory1910s<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a4e9c11d947ded772613770d6aa401ad/tumblr_mlvoclkbRU1qbva5ao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Prohibition era Wisconsin is one of my very favorite things.</p> <p>(source: The Sheboygan Press, January 6, 1932.)</p>http://yeoldenews.tumblr.com/post/48947066716http://yeoldenews.tumblr.com/post/48947066716Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:48:21 -04001930sprohibitionwisconsinhistorynot a single fuck was given that day<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/5c544c61646d1c48b999696105762f31/tumblr_ml5ndobUtQ1qbva5ao1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3181884b3bd41e4f259dc4e5417ebd30/tumblr_ml5ndobUtQ1qbva5ao3_500.png"/><br/> <br/><p>Sometimes I forget the majority of the Apollo program took place in the groovy 70s.</p> <p>Then Alan Shepard opens his mouth.</p>http://yeoldenews.tumblr.com/post/47794816267http://yeoldenews.tumblr.com/post/47794816267Fri, 12 Apr 2013 14:29:48 -04001970shistoryNASAApollo 14groovyAlan Shepard<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/7a2fccd8bd27521d95a070cea364179a/tumblr_mky74frELy1qbva5ao1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>I love the Apollo 11 crew so much.</p> <p>(source: <a href="http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/history/mission_trans/apollo11.htm">Apollo 11 mission transcripts</a>.)</p>http://yeoldenews.tumblr.com/post/47468139647http://yeoldenews.tumblr.com/post/47468139647Mon, 08 Apr 2013 13:55:27 -0400apollo 11spacehistoryfunnyNASA<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f136e809fb6e95c377b9a42245210569/tumblr_mkwl03xziC1qbva5ao1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>(source: <a href="http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/history/mission_trans/apollo11.htm">Apollo 11 mission transcripts</a>.)</p>http://yeoldenews.tumblr.com/post/47397562648http://yeoldenews.tumblr.com/post/47397562648Sun, 07 Apr 2013 17:00:00 -0400space travelNASAhistoryApollo 11funnyBuzz Aldrin<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/898e2349d6c37b6944786ebaee8d08af/tumblr_mkumc3EOkk1qbva5ao1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2375fed4aef77e8df3639768cc8dfe07/tumblr_mkumc3EOkk1qbva5ao2_500.png"/><br/> <br/><p>If you read through the <a href="http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/history/mission_trans/apollo11.htm">Apollo 11 mission transcripts</a> the fact that they actually made it to the moon and back becomes more and more amazing.</p>http://yeoldenews.tumblr.com/post/47298242764http://yeoldenews.tumblr.com/post/47298242764Sat, 06 Apr 2013 15:33:39 -0400historyApollo 11space travelNASAfunny<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/97636d60a7d29bc1e43aa8ba0867af44/tumblr_mk4nifqSiU1qbva5ao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(source: Found shoved in the back of a Victorian photo album at work.)</p>http://yeoldenews.tumblr.com/post/46092093913http://yeoldenews.tumblr.com/post/46092093913Sat, 23 Mar 2013 15:01:00 -0400victorian1880s1890shistorybusiness cards<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4a22449dbf33fd3aabe5593bfb72889c/tumblr_mj3pqjUxCI1qbva5ao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The harsh realities of early 20th century crime in Alaska.</p> <p>(source: Records of Prisoners Received, McNeil Island Penitentiary, 1917.)</p>http://yeoldenews.tumblr.com/post/44480036639http://yeoldenews.tumblr.com/post/44480036639Sun, 03 Mar 2013 15:18:19 -0500historyalaskareindeercrime1910swwiyes I am aware that this was the equivalent of cattle rustling and therefore a serious crimebut it caught me off guard and made me laugh so I'm posting it