United States National Cribbage Doubles Champions, 1941
A few weeks ago I made a trip to the Minnesota Historical Society for an evening of 15-2 research. I had no idea what I’d find, except I anticipated that somewhere in the past 100 years of history in the land of 10,000 lakes cribbage would be mentioned/highlighted/featured in local newspapers and other media. I wasn’t disappointed. Continue reading
For constipation relief, seek out naked ladies near mountains
I heard from a gentleman named Steve Ketcham who collects all manner of “early American bottles, advertising, Red Wing stoneware, breweriana, country store and drug store memorabilia.” Much of his wonderful collection can be seen at his website. He provided more information about an old cribbage board from the Lash’s drug company; if I hadn’t met Peter Leach a few weeks ago I wouldn’t have seen it before, but it’s a wonderful relic from a time when the Food and Drug Administration was whatever your parents said you could and couldn’t eat…or made you eat. Continue reading
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The New Hampshire, early 19th century
Just off the coast of Manchester, Massachusetts, lies a historic American battleship. About 30 feet under the water, not far from the shore, the USS New Hampshire invites divers and historians alike. One local diver, however, has made the New Hampshire his own. “I hit a lot of other wrecks,” Norman “Dugie” Russell tells me. “Some I never found out what they were, others I knew what they were. This one I just had a love affair with, and after a time–unless somebody came up with something cool–I spent all my time on the New Hampshire.” Just wait ’til you see what he’s found, what he’s made, and what it almost cost him. Continue reading
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