[78-L] ^ Diamond Disc Collection - Wrapped in 1944 Newspaper

[David Lennick]

Didn't the fad really take off around 1925?

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On 7/17/2014 12:23 PM, Malcolm Rockwell wrote:
>
> Not to go too far afield, but I'd like to see the crossword puzzle(s).
> Since they began being published and started becoming popular roughly
> right around the same time the phonograph was invented (very roughly),
> the English language has morphed as it absorbed and rejected local and
> idiomatic variations. So words, phrases and brand names that are popular
> today were not necessarily so at the turn of the 20th century.
> Doing early puzzles, even after they were introduced in newsprint c.
> 1917 in the Boston Globe, is challenging and requires some research
> today. Ours will no doubt be similar for someone doing a 2010 crossword
> in 2080.
> Even humorous references change from era to era, but, fortunately, puns
> go on forever.
> Malcolm
>
> *******
>
>
> On 7/17/2014 4:04 AM, Don Cox wrote:
>> On 16/07/2014, Mike Harkin wrote:
>>
>>> I should think the newspapers would make as interesting
>>> reading as the discs do listening!  Would love to see the
>>> Sunday funnies, if nothing else....  I remember sitting on
>>> my grandma's lap as she read them to me around that time
>>> --  many of them long gone from the scene....
>>>
>> Many of the classic strips have been reprinted in book
>> form, especially by the Library of American Comics and by Fantagraphics..
>>
>> http://www.libraryofamericancomics.com/
>> http://www.fantagraphics.com/
>>
>> Naturally it is not the same as following a strip in the paper day by
>> day and week by week.
>>
>> Regards
>
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