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- Tough Guys
- Lost in Toyland
- And without gloves
- If I were a blindfolded time traveler
- Smoke Consumer Also Cooks
- Oh that stove!
- Possibly still there?
- What?!?
- $100 Reward
- Freeze Frame
- Texas Flyer wanted
- Just a Year Too Soon
- WWII -- Replacing men with women at the railroad crossing.
- Yes, Icing
- You kids drive me nuts!
- NOT An Easy Job
- I wonder
- Just add window boxes
- Icing Platform?
- Indiana Harbor Belt abides
- Freezing haze
- Corrections (for those who care)
- C&NW at Nelson
- Fallen Flags
- A dangerous job made worse
- Water Stop
- Passenger trains have right of way over freights?
- Coal
- Never ceases to amaze me.
- Still chuggin' (in model form)
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Gamers: 1924
"Radio at Garfield Hospital, Washington, circa 1924." View full size. National Photo Company Collection glass negative, Library of Congress.
Get with the Program
I think they're listening to an early interactive radio program.
Host: Good afternoon and welcome to "How to Play Checkers." All right then, each player choose a color. Player one, move a piece. Player two, move a piece. Player one . . .
Tuned In
Yes, a crystal set. Very easy to make. Used right into the 40's too with soldiers cobbling them together during WWII with stuff lying about. Lots of instructions on the net if you look up "foxhole radio."
Multitasking
Are they listening to some show or ballgame while playing checkers or are the activities somehow connected?
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