Trapped by extreme blizzard conditions, Dr Leonid Rogozov was forced to operate on himself by taking his appendix out.
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Jean was an international tennis player and ranked in the world top ten in 1947 and 1948. (1940 – Photo Courtesy of National Archives Britain)
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Richard Corbitt (February 15, 1873 – May 16, 1961) was a successful North Carolina tobacco merchant during the 1890s. Forced out of business by a large trust, Corbitt set up the Corbitt Buggy Company in 1899 in Henderson, North Carolina.
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Photographer Lewis Hine photographed American Red Cross relief work in Europe in 1917. While in Europe, he photographed the conditions in post-war and the relief efforts of the American Red Cross.
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Directed by Ray Smallwood, photographic silent film prints from the 1921 screen adaption based on the Wizard of Oz. Photos courtesy of Tom Crossman.
An issue of Film Daily noted that work was about to start on a series of twelve one-reel novelty films based on the Frank J. Baum’s children’s classic. The films would be produced by silent film cameraman-turned-director Ray Smallwood, directed by Ethel Meglin and featuring Meglin’s “Wonder Kiddies.” Former students of Meglin included Shirley Temple, Jane Withers, Mickey Rooney, and Judy Garland.
The first episode would be called The Scarecrow Loses His Throne inspired by Baum’s 1904 book The Land of Oz. The film officially premiered in 1933 but was not released nationally as originally intended. The film could not compete with the big flashy musical shows that were currently being viewed at that time.
Mary Ruth Boone, a renowned acrobat, was cast as Dorothy. The films’ production was completed by 1931 but the release was delayed by more than a year, by which time it was clear no further Meglin-Oz films were to be made.
By Hope Thompson
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Folklife: The little wartime pamphlet that sold over 3 million copies in 1943
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Richard Petty and North Carolina’s Last NASCAR Dirt Track Race
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Johnny Carson and the Great Toilet Paper Shortage of 1973
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Folklife: The Forgotten Custom of Women Proposing to Men During Leap Year
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Appalachian Legend: The Wild West Stagecoach Bandit Who Couldn’t Ride a Horse
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Photo Stories: Physician takes out his own appendix!
Trapped by extreme blizzard conditions, Dr Leonid Rogozov was forced to operate on himself by taking his appendix out.
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Photo Stories: Jean Addie Bissett Bostock playing tennis on ice skates!
Jean was an international tennis player and ranked in the world top ten in 1947 and 1948. (1940 – Photo… Read more
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The Slanderous Tombstone That Changed A North Carolina Law
Many pages of history have been recorded from old epitaphs of tombstones which frequently reveal not only a person’s death… Read more
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Bloody Christmas of 1929: The Lawson Family Massacre
The story of the Lawson massacre shakes me every time. I heard about this story a couple of months back… Read more
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Vintage Christmas: Remembering the Sears Christmas Wish Book
The arrival of the Sears Christmas Wish Book began the start of the holiday season in our household. As a… Read more
Continue reading “History in Photos: Hemp Farming in Kentucky”Kentucky was the greatest producer of hemp in the United States during the 19th and 20th centuries.