A barber who is at the same time a justice of the peace; a boy genius with his miniature gasoline engine; a man who has made valuable collection of salt cellars; an auto ferry on cables over the Colorado River; and other curiosa..
Henry Clay Bate
United States
If you have nine minutes to spare and love dusty, weird history, yes, this is absolutely worth your time. History nerds who collect useless trivia will love it, but anyone expecting a real story with, you know, actors and a plot will probably turn it off in thirty seconds. It is basically a 1930s version of a TikTok f...
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Charles E. Ford
Vernon Stallings
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"If you have nine minutes to spare and love dusty, weird history, yes, this is absolutely worth your time. History nerds who collect useless trivia will love it, but anyone expecting a real story with, you know, actors and a plot will probably turn it off in thirty seconds. It is basically a 1930s version of a TikTok feed. Just a bunch of random people doing odd things in front of a camera while a guy talks really fast over them. The Salt Shaker King First of all, the guy with the salt cellars ..."
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