
[Inspiration h/t Pam M. via FB.]

[Inspiration h/t Pam M. via FB.]

The DeMoulin Bros. Co. supplied hazing equipment for fraternal organization initiations in the early 1900s. Some of the gaffes were truly bizarre.
Apparently the company is out of the fraternity prank business and has moved onto other products: scary marching band uniforms.

[Top image from here; tiled images from .pdf found here; more info here.]
Bonus: Here’s a restored “Fuzzy Wonder” (and a “Spanker”).

[Found here.]

[Found here.]

“In this era of rampant Fake News, Smudge has called out BS time and time again, ususally in response to something said by a volatile blond woman.”
Chinaman Blues, Erskine Tate’s Vendome Orchestra (1923) OkehThe band played live music during and between silent films in movie theaters, and featured a young Louis Armstrong.
Ave Maria. Or not…
The First Follower is important.
The Saga of Taylor and Smudge.
Tracked by a Pirate, or the Adventures of a Young Sponge-Hunter.
[Top image from here.]
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago.

[Found here.]