History in the Raw (The bare facts of history that you don't get to read very often)

My name is Jack Stanley, I have studied history for many years. This blog is about history in a more raw view, not over done. I often use original materials to bring a historic event or story to life or an interview I may have done with the person mentioned. If you cook a vegetable too long it loses much. The same can be said of many histories. They are the history of the history written before it. Over done history. THIS IS HISTORY IN THE RAW. Comments send to phonograph78@hotmail.com

Thursday, December 13, 2012

Self proclaimed to be one of the most interesting and novel inventions at the St. Louis World's Fair of 1904. And they were.

This device would take a photograph, develop it, and produce a picture in a minute. All for a nickel. It was a big hit at the fair. I am sure they continued to be so at places like Coney Island and other places of amusement in the early part of the 20th century. This Ad came from Billboard magazine dated April 16, 1904. So their self proclaimed success was a fact in 1904.