Monday, July 26, 2021

Getcher Own Miniplanet Right Hyar, Folks!

From the Tulsa World of August 23, 1969:

Don't sneeze on the asteroid Geographos, they say.  You might catch your death!

See you next Monday!

 

Monday, July 19, 2021

You May Need a Napkin!

 ... According to this gag photo in the July 18, 1969 Tulsa World.

Of course, this was a modern-day riff on the 1902 Georges Méliès flick A Trip to the Moon.

See ya next Monday!

  

Monday, July 12, 2021

Plaque on the Moon!

From the July 14, 1969 Newsweek, we have a summary of the plaque attached to Apollo 11.

See you next Monday.
  



Monday, July 5, 2021

Cross the Country! (from ground level)

From the August 13, 1969 Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise:



I mean, they'd already crossed the country from space, over and over!

See you next Monday.