Monthly Archives: March 2011

All Hail the Preakness Manimal “Kegasus”!

Posted on March 30, 2011 by atomictv

Jockey Club hopes Preakness 2011 will ‘Be Legendary’ By Matt Vensel (The Baltimore Sun, 3/29/2011) A year after the Maryland Jockey Club encouraged Baltimore to get its “Preak” on with a feather-ruffling advertising campaign for last year’s Preakness party, event … Continue reading →

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Police X-Ray Snake Dance; Diagnosis: Acute Indecency

Posted on March 30, 2011 by atomictv

(The Baltimore Sun, 5/14/1951) Greek mythology was set back to the tune of $40 in the classic interior of Central Police Court yesterday where an East Baltimore street snake dancer was dressed down by the law for writhing ungarbed in … Continue reading →

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Police Divorce Zorita And Snake (1951)

Posted on March 30, 2011 by atomictv

(The Baltimore Sun, 5/13/1951) A tender moment between a semi-clad dancer and a black, bull snake was shattered last night by the strident voice of the law, and the dancer, torn from her snake, was booked by police for performing … Continue reading →

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Carnival Scene at Monument and Haven Street, 1948

Posted on March 30, 2011 by atomictv

Thrill to the sights of Frieda Pushnik, Living Armless and Legless Girl; Bohemian Glass-Blowers; Mo-Lay, Master of Manipulation; Johann Petersson, Tallest Man on Earth from Finland; Long-Haired Beauty Hannah Kelter; Skeets Hubbard, The Human Pin Cushion; and Puppeteer Sid Krofft. … Continue reading →

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