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A nostalgic journey back to the day when the automobile was not yet crowned king and people rode the rails, the rails of Street and trolley cars ... so, come on along (and leave the SUV in the drive) and take a Trolley Ride.
Film Clips -
American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
Edison Manufacturing Company
Library of Congress Archives
Music
The Trolley Somg (MGM's Meet Me In St. Louis)
written by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane
Performed by
Judy Garland
Dave Brubeck
conceived and produced by
Dale Caruso
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Judy
Garland
Dave
Burbeck
1890s
Turn
of
the
Century
Trolley
Cars
Street
Added: 25th September 2008
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Posted By: dalecaruso |
 
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Marcie Blane sings Bobby's Girl--a hit from October 1962 that was still on the charts in 1963!
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Marcie
Blane
Bobbys
Girl
Added: 6th August 2009
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Posted By: Lava1964 |
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On March 13, 1996, unemployed former shopkeeper and former Scout leader Thomas Watt Hamilton committed one of the most dastardly crimes in the history of Great Britain. That morning Hamilton walked into the Dunblane Primary School in Dunblane, Scotland. Although Great Britain has strict gun control laws, Hamilton was armed with two 9-mm Browning HP pistols and two Smith & Wesson .357 Magnum revolvers--all legally held. He was carrying 743 cartridges, and fired his weapons 109 times.
After gaining entry to the school, Hamilton made his way to the gymnasium and opened fire on Gwen Mayor's class of five- and six-year-olds (shown in the photo), killing or wounding all but one person. Fifteen children died together with Mayor who was killed trying to protect them. Hamilton then left the gymnasium through the emergency exit. From the playground he began shooting into a mobile classroom. No one was injured there because an alert teacher had warned her class to take cover under their desks. Hamilton also fired at a group of children walking in a corridor, injuring one teacher. Hamilton returned into the gym and killed himself with a bullet to the head. A further 11 children and three adults were rushed to the hospital as soon as the emergency services arrived. One of these children was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital. The motive for the shooting is unknown, but Hamilton was well known in Dunblane for being odd and creepy. He had been stripped of his scout leader credentials and his private sports clubs had been shut down by local officials because of Hamilton's alleged paedophilic tendencies toward young boys. Among the uninjured pupils at the school was eight-year-old future tennis star Andy Murray who seldom discusses that day's tragic events.
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Scotland
mass
murder
Dunblane
Added: 29th January 2011
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Posted By: Lava1964 |
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