Today, on Episode 54, I’ll read the reports of death from the December 30, 1897 edition of the Connecticut Western News, Canaan, Connecticut.

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Levi Pinnock died suddenly 133 years ago, at the age of 34.  Obviously, there is no one alive today who remembers him, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t a personal connection.

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From 1926 through the 1940s, there was a very successful photographer in New York City. He photographed stars of Broadway, not to mention some of the most well-known and beloved celebrities of the time like Bob Hope, Josephine Baker, Betty Grable, and Jackie Gleason. Not only that, He was also the photographer of the famous and rich of New York society.  Anyone who was anyone wanted this man to take their picture. Over the course of his career he took nearly 475,000 photographs.

One would assume that this man is well known and fondly remembered today, but he’s not. In fact, by the time he died in 1961 he had already slipped into oblivion. And in the time since his death, the man and his stunning work are almost completely forgotten.

A big THANK YOU to co-authors Clyde Adams and Maureen McCabe for bringing the story of Murray Korman to my attention, and for sharing their new book Vintage Babes of Broadway: Through the 20th Century Lens of Murray Korman.

Learn more about Murray Korman, view his work, and order Vintage Babes of Broadway at

www.vintagebabesofbroadway.com or
www.murraykorman.com

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Episode 45: The Evening Gazette - Cedar Rapids, Iowa June 9, 1921

For people who died over 100 years ago, there is no one alive today who remembers them. And when there is no one left who remembers them, it’s hard to imagine they ever existed at all.

But they did. 

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Episode 43: Automobiles, Trains, and An Unfortunate Beard - The Philadelphia Inquirer, December 31, 1922.

Too many people were getting hit by trains at the end of 1922.

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Episode 42: Spanish Influenza In Canada Part 3: 1920

This is the third and final episode of our Spanish Influenza in Canada mini series, with a focus on the year 1920. The Spanish Flu Pandemic of 1918 and 1919 stretched into 1920, just as the COVID-19 Pandemic has stretched from 2020 and 21 into 2022.  Approximately 50,000 people in Canada died from Spanish Influenza and Pneumonia caused by the flu, and between 20 and 100 million worldwide.

Today, there is no one alive to remember them. 

So if I can read some of their names out loud, and share some of the stories printed in newspapers at the time, then maybe somewhere in the universe, their lights will shine again, if only for a moment. 

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Episode 41: Spanish Influenza In Canada Part 2: 1919 (Note: I goofed in the closing and called this episode 40. My bad.)

As we head into a third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, I wanted to offer a perspective from just over 100 years ago. The Spanish Flu Pandemic of 1918 and 1919 was still going on, though perhaps to a lesser degree, in 1920. Approximately 50,000 people in Canada died, and between 20 and 100 million worldwide. This is Part 2 of 3. Part 1: 1918 is available now, and Part 3: 1920 will arrive soon.

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Episode 40: Spanish Influenza In Canada Part 1: 1918

As we head into a third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, I wanted to offer a perspective from just over 100 years ago. The Spanish Flu Pandemic of 1918 and 1919 was still going on, though perhaps to a lesser degree, in 1920. Approximately 50,000 people in Canada died, and between 20 and 100 million worldwide. This is Part 1 of 3. Part 2: 1919 and Part 3: 1920 will arrive soon.

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Episode 39: A Policeman Brutally Murdered, Other Tragedies, & Deaths

Lloyd’s Weekly London Newspaper
April 23, 1893

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The holiday season can be a wonderful and magical time of year for many people, and yet, for many still, the season is a grim reminder of the loss of a loved one.

On Episode 38: Season’s Grievings, I’ll read the death announcements from The Indiana Weekly Messenger, Wednesday December 30, 1908, Indiana, Pennsylvania.

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