Ep#15: 1896 Timeline Twist & The Mystery Airship Sightings

3/6/2024: On today’s episode, Valerie presents the world’s first speeding fine, Burnette’s Cocoaine - for the hair, and Patriarchy Balls! Amy Jo covers Yellow Journalism and “The Yellow Kid(s)”, a cow abduction, and Edison’s jealous reaction to the puzzling Mystery Airship Sightings of 1896-1897.

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Cover Photo: Mr. Mystery airship observed from the dome of the California State Capitol as illustrated in the San Francisco Call, November 29, 1896

1. X-ray by Wilhelm Röntgen of Albert von Kölliker's hand

2. Henry Ford sits in his first automobile, the Ford Quadricycle, in 1896

3. A man with a Penny-farthing bicycle - Ladybank, Scotland c.1880

4. Edison's Greatest Marvel - The Vitascope - Restoration

5. Zodiac by Alphonse Mucha, 1896

6. Menu, First Assembly Ball, December 10, 1896

7. Advertisement in the January 1896 issue of McClure's Magazine for Burnett's Cocoaine... for the hair

8. Etching after the Sacramento Airship Sighting

9. Sacramento, View of California State Capitol from 10th Street

10. The Beercycle

11. William Randolph Hearst – American newspaper publisher (1863–1951)

12. The San Francisco Call and Post, 23 Nov 1896

13. The Yellow Kid

14. Curious George and the Man with the Yellow Hat
    

Sources/Photo Sources

Timeline Twist Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1896

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boston_Cooking-School_Cook_Book

https://www.petersen.org/blog/speedometer#:~:text=The%20world's%20first%20speeding%20ticket,%2C%20on%20January%2028%2C%201896.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Bridget_Driscoll

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1896_in_science

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1896_Summer_Olympics

https://blog.mcny.org/2013/12/17/festivities-of-the-gilded-age-season/

https://www.wikiart.org/en/alphonse-mucha/zodiac-1896

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_boh%C3%A8me

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1896_in_film

https://www.penn.museum/sites/expedition/the-turtles-of-philadelphias-culinary-past/

Timeline Twist Photo Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1896#/media/File:X-ray_by_Wilhelm_R%C3%B6ntgen_of_Albert_von_K%C3%B6lliker's_hand_-_18960123-02.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boston_Cooking-School_Cook_Book#/media/File:The_Boston_Cooking_School_magazine_of_culinary_science_and_domestic_economics_(1908)_(14580410059).jpg

https://mcnyblog.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/47_229_2.jpg

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/99149629268970334/

https://picryl.com/media/burnetts-cocaine-for-the-hair-advertisement-mcclures-1896-3ca720

https://www.wikiart.org/en/alphonse-mucha/zodiac-1896

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Quadricycle#/media/File:FordQuadricycle.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitascope#/media/File:Edison's_Greatest_Marvel-The_Vitascope_-_Restoration.jpg

The Mystery Airship Sightings Sources:

https://youtu.be/7o5bWaUqW9I?si=IG1uuJlP1NMLNvxH

https://youtu.be/SGplwRUSW5I?si=I-FI_IXLXbWHgHdi

https://youtu.be/yXxKZLg7nJk?si=hpX41ExMQ-XJkiSf

https://youtu.be/wfERhiyQ1zc?si=6-ygISuMTLfw7Fzz

https://youtu.be/yXxKZLg7nJk?si=oQOos_Jnnxd8P3-j

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/191-the-airships-of-1896/id643055307?i=1000372671432

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/case-13-california-airship-mystery-craze-of-1896-97/id1690250868?i=1000631118638

https://www.crystalinks.com/mysteryairships.html 

https://www.pbs.org/crucible/journalism.html

http://www.unmuseum.org/airship.htm

(https://www.newspapers.com/article/austin-american-statesman-edison-on-airs/108800020/

The Mystery Airship Sightings Photo Sources:

https://www.crystalinks.com/mysteryairships.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_airship#/media/File:Mystery_airship_SFCall_Nov_29_1896.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Yellow_Kid#/media/File:YellowKid.jpeg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_bike#/media/File:Beercycle_Christchurch_New_Zealand.jpg

https://attachmentparenting.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/images.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Randolph_Hearst#/media/File:HearstAbout1910.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_State_Capitol#/media/File:Sacramento,-California---State-Capitol.jpg

https://www.newspapers.com/image/77952429/?terms=%22Winged%20Ship%22&match=1