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- Coal and Gravel Delivery
- RE: Two ears, etc.
- A little quieter these days
- 1100 2nd Street SW
- Shedshrinkflation
- The Long Shed ...
- Trestle
- Pass to the right
- Who's on Second?
- 2nd story story
- Did they get to eat it?
- Two ears, etc.
- I Miss The Smell
- What is that?
- Sauced
- Whose?
- Mrs. Landis
- The location today
- Not the marrying kind
- No kisses in Lititz
- That plate at the near end of the table --
- Poor kid
- Freedom from Want
- Did Mrs. Landis
- Wait. a. minute. here --
- Mrs. Landis
- Shades of Belushi
- Cranberry ... the condiment and the color
- The old man
- Plumbing?
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Election Screen: 1920
November 1920. Washington, D.C. "Washington Herald election screen." The screen being white sheets hung from this frame on election night, with wire-service voting results projected onto them from a stereopticon -- a practice dating back at least to the 1890s in cities across the United States, and which gradually died out with the advent of broadcast radio. Mold-flecked 4x5 inch glass negative from the National Photo Company Collection. View full size.
Baker Electric
I believe the car on the right is a Baker Electric. Bakers used nickel-iron batteries. If I'm right, this is the same model owned by Thomas Edison.
[It's a Ford Model T Coupe. An electric wouldn't have hood louvers or a radiator cap. - Dave]
VOTELESS District of Columbia
The Kaufman ad in Dave's post below has it right: in 1920, residents of the District of Columbia could not vote in presidential elections, and had no representation in the Senate or the House of Representatives.
A century later, DC has three electoral votes, based on population, but with the stipulation that it can never have more votes than the smallest state. DC has no Senator; it has an elected representative in the House, who cannot vote there. It elects "Shadow Senators" and a "Shadow Representative", who are not recognized by those bodies and whose duties seem mainly to lobby for recognition.
More than that: Although the District of Columbia has "home rule", with an elected Mayor and Council, they can be removed by Congress, which has overturned local legislation as recently as 2023.
Twofers
The Herald merged with the Times - not connected with the current "Washington Times" - in 1939; together they folded into the Post in 1954.
The merger of election returns with "Lots of Comedy" -- some might argue farce -- has been more recent.
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