Category Archives: Internet Archive

October is Adopt-A-Dog Month

Posted on October 16, 2011 by Elizabeth Thomsen

My Favorite Quotation About Dogs: “Very, very early a dog learns that life is not as simple a matter to his master as it is to himself. There are times when he reads trouble, that he cannot help or understand, … Continue reading →

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It’s Motoramic!

Posted on August 14, 2011 by Elizabeth Thomsen

I took this photograph of a 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air on display at the Festival Italia in Wakefield, Massachusetts, yesterday. You can see the distinctive roofline of the Lucius Beebe Memorial Library reflected in the hood. I wish I had … Continue reading →

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Worcester History Images from the Internet Archive

Posted on December 13, 2009 by Elizabeth Thomsen

I love roaming around through the amazing collection of public domain books on the Internet Archive, but there’s no good way to search just the illustrations within the books. I have been copying some of the images and posting them … Continue reading →

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On the Air

Posted on October 18, 2009 by Elizabeth Thomsen

On the Air is a 1937 educational film about radio broadcasting from the Jam Handy Organization. It opens with a studio radio performance by celebrated violinist David Rubinoff and his orchestra, all dressed in formal attire, showing the musicians but … Continue reading →

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Caught Mapping

Posted on August 11, 2009 by Elizabeth Thomsen

Caught Mapping — I’ve always loved maps, so I was happy to run across this short educational film from 1940 on the Internet Archive. It’s about how road maps were kept updated. Information was gathered by pairs of men driving … Continue reading →

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RIP Gale Storm

Posted on July 7, 2009 by Elizabeth Thomsen

Gale Storm, best-remembered from her 1950′s program “My Little Margie,” died on June 27 at the age of 87. Born Josephine Cottle, her career began in 1940 when she won a national talent contest called Gateway to Hollywood. The official … Continue reading →

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Back of the Mike

Posted on January 31, 2009 by Elizabeth Thomsen

Back of the Mike (1938) shows a young boy listening to the latest episode in an adventure radio program. Old Pete Belden and his niece Betty are driving the Flying B payroll across the desert when they are attacked by … Continue reading →

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