BAD HOUSEKEEPING

Who knew moving could make such a mess?

Last week we showed you our copy of Capt. Billy’s Whiz Bang and directed you to Darwnination because that website had the full issue already scanned. It seems a good time to point those of you interested in mid-century magazines toward Darwination again. It’s one of only a few sites on the internet that makes entire scans available for free. One day, when we’ve got some time, we may remodel Pulp Intl. a bit so that you can download full publications here, but for now we have too many other obligations, including earning money, building another website, painting our new place some color other than white, restoring the 150-year-old French desk underneath those magazines, getting our computer gear off the dining table and into the office where it belongs, and of course, giving all the attention we can to the eternally patient Pulp girls, who some days of the week might as well be widows. After a busy weekend, we don’t have anything really prepared for today, but we will get to scanning and posting everything you see above, plus exponentially more stuff that remains packed away, including a large supply of Japanese movie posters. Back to our regular schedule tomorrow.

Capt. Billy’s Whiz Bang, magazine art

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HISTORY REWIND

The headlines that mattered yesteryear.

December 1

1955—Rosa Parks Sparks Bus Boycott

In the U.S., in Montgomery, Alabama, seamstress Rosa Parks refuses to give her bus seat to a white man and is arrested for violating the city’s racial segregation laws, an incident which leads to the Montgomery Bus Boycott. The boycott resulted in a crippling financial deficit for the Montgomery public transit system, because the city’s African-American population were the bulk of the system’s ridership.

November 30

1936—Crystal Palace Gutted by Fire

In London, the landmark structure Crystal Palace, a 900,000 square foot glass and steel exhibition hall erected in 1851, is destroyed by fire. The Palace had been moved once and fallen into disrepair, and at the time of the fire was not in use. Two water towers survived the blaze, but these were later demolished, leaving no remnants of the original structure.

November 29

1963—Warren Commission Formed

U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson establishes the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. However the long report that is finally issued does little to settle questions about the assassination, and today surveys show that only a small minority of Americans agree with the Commission’s conclusions.

November 28

1942—Nightclub Fire Kills Hundreds

In Boston, Massachusetts, a fire in the fashionable Cocoanut Grove nightclub kills 492 people. Patrons were unable to escape when the fire began because the exits immediately became blocked with panicked people, and other possible exits were welded shut or boarded up. The fire led to a reform of fire codes and safety standards across the country, and the club’s owner, Barney Welansky, who had boasted of his ties to the Mafia and to Boston Mayor Maurice J. Tobin, was eventually found guilty of involuntary manslaughter.