Retrocast 41 - Podcast #256
Summary
Host Steve Solderman explores the history of the Linotype machine and its unique keyboard layout. He recounts a 1909 story of a boy sent home from school for heroically saving a drowning girl. The episode details a 1956 racial attack on Nat King Cole in Birmingham, Alabama. Finally, Solderman shares five quirky historical anecdotes from the 1920s to 1960s and answers a question about double Carnegie Medal recipients.
Topics discussed
Intro, sponsor ads, and host welcome
The Linotype machine and the phrase ETAOINSHRD
Boy sent home for saving a drowning girl
Nat King Cole attacked on stage in Birmingham
Vintage Cocoa Malt ad and Joe Penner
Five footnotes to history from 1920s-1960s
Answer: Six people won Carnegie Medal twice
Upcoming live events and closing remarks
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