December 31, 2006


Believe It or Else

“The Wizard of Oz’s tin man costume was largely destroyed” onstage at a Long Beach war rally in 1942. As burly longshoremen crushed the tin torso, midgets unfurled a banner encouraging citizens to contribute to scrap metal drives.

posted by Sheila Ryan in Uncategorized 

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4 Responses to “Believe It or Else”

  1. Andrew Simone on December 31st, 2006 at 10:57 am

    Of course the midgets would do the ‘unfurling,’ I suppose the longshoremen found such duties beneath them.

  2. Sheila Ryan on December 31st, 2006 at 11:06 am

    “Beneath them.”

    Yes.

    I’m still working on that one!

  3. Daryl Scroggins on December 31st, 2006 at 12:05 pm

    Who was the straw boss for that operation?

  4. Sheila Ryan on December 31st, 2006 at 12:13 pm

    Daryl: Some fellow out of one of those Great Plains states, I think.