Tag: prank

The Biddeford Dozen, 1982

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City Hall in Downtown Biddeford, Maine The Biddeford Dozen On a brisk April Fools morning in 1982, locals in the picturesque town of Biddeford, Maine woke up to a stoner mystery that has been left unsolved to this day! The Read More …

Halloween’s Hemp Seed Sow, 1850

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Some merry friendly country folks Together did convene, To burn their nits upon their stocks, An hold their Halloween. – Robert Burns, 1855   Tam O’Shanter and the Witches, illustration by John Faed to the poem of Robert Burns 1855 Read More …

Something Going On, 1930

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In the Clutches of the Gang (1914) Movie   Something In Brooklyn, a vague person telephoned police headquarters. “There is something going on here,” he said. Six plain-clothes detectives and four patrolmen went to investigate. Presently the vague person again Read More …

Revenge of the Hashishin’s, 1910

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Et le soleil se coucha sur l’Adriatique (Sunset over the Adriatic)- And a name for the artist? Joachim-Raphael Boronali aka Aliboron aka Lolo the Donkey   Revenge of the Hashishin’s Although the original Hashishin hangout the ‘Cabaret des Assassins’ in Read More …

Surrender Dorothy, 1974

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  A 1986 photo shows the Beltway overpass, Mormon Temple in Kensington in the background     Surrender Dorothy Since its dedication in 1974, silhouetting the D.C. Landscape with a emerald city esq vision, the Mormon Temple in Kensington has Read More …

Hollyweed, 1976

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“I want people to be able to see it from Wilshire.” -Harry Chandler, describing his vision of the Hollywoodland sign   A publicity photo for the Hollywoodland subdivision’s groundbreaking includes a plow, mule and surveyors. 1923 Hollyweed In 1923, wanting Read More …