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Gus Frederick
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Gus Frederick is a native Oregonian. He is by training a multimedia artist. Through his self-publishing organization "Liberal University Press," he continues to create visual books featuring different aspects of Oregon history.
From Corporate America in 1958, comes this educational clip on global warming. Directed by Frank "Mr. Smith Goes to Washinington" Capra.
June 26, 2026 at 12:01 AM
They're saving all the best chunks for the boys:
June 23, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Yesterday I posted this one to Facebook and they took it down with a posted virtual "hand slap!" Said it "Violates Community Standards..." :-)
January 22, 2025 at 6:52 PM
"Arbitration in a Strike" by Homer Davenport, 1899. From Davenport's second collection titled "The Dollar or the Man? The Question of To-Day" 1900. I sent you a copy of my annotate edition. Did you ever receive it?
January 4, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Guess who won that honor in 1938?
December 12, 2024 at 11:58 PM
A "Retrofitted" meme from Alex:
December 11, 2024 at 12:37 AM
"Buzz Windrip" is a literary analog from a 1935 novel...
December 11, 2024 at 12:35 AM
"Buzz Windrip" is a literary analog from 1935:
December 11, 2024 at 12:02 AM
FWIW, "Buzz Windrip" is a literary analog from 1935...
December 10, 2024 at 11:48 PM
Oregon cartoonist Homer Davenport (1867-1912) did this great cartoon in 1897 that pretty much explains the concept from the Guilded Age:

The Dingley Tariff Act of 1897, introduced by U.S. Representative Nelson Dingley, Jr., of Maine, (shown here as a shopkeeper raising the prices of his goods).
December 10, 2024 at 11:35 PM
Universal Mental Liberty:
December 10, 2024 at 7:57 PM
History through cartoons: From Homer Davenport's second book "The Dollar or the Man? The Question of Today," first published in 1900. This piece is titled "Arbitration in a Strike."
press.liberaluniversity.org/dotm00.php
December 6, 2024 at 12:36 AM
Yup...
December 5, 2024 at 11:24 PM
December 4, 2024 at 11:36 PM