“Hair today, gone tomorrow”
During the early 1950’s, all American men were required to register for the draft, and many were called to serve. Elvis was no exception. Inducted into the Army in...
A question from tomorrow's voters
In 1956 Walt Disney wrote Vice President Richard Nixon and asked for an interview for a television program.
Actor Anthony Quinn
Mexican-born Antonio Rudolfo Quinn petitioned for naturalization at the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles in 1946. A painter and writer, he was best known as actor...
Banned from Flight
Jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, an international singing sensation, faced discrimination when on tour. En route to a concert from Honolulu to Australia, Ella Fitzgerald...
Bell patents the telephone
After years of experiments, Alexander Graham Bell finally found a way to transmit speech. Bell’s attorney filed this patent application for the telephone on...
Bob Hope’s first curtain call
Look on line 13 of this ship passenger list for Leslie Hope, who would change his name in 1928 to Bob Hope. His age is incorrectly recorded as two. He was actually...
Buffalo Bill's reports
Annual reports of Colonel W.F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody were exhibits in the copyright infringement case W. F. Cody, et al. v. The Colonial Amusement Co., et al. This...