Cases of the Spanish Flu appeared in San Francisco during the fall of 1918. By mid-October, the city had over 2,000 cases. The city’s Board of Health enacted various measures to curb the disease, such as banning gatherings, closing schools and theatres, and warning citizens to avoid crowds. Professions that served customers […]
Month: August 2020
Revisiting the Buffalo Soldiers
The Buffalo Soldiers originally were members of the all black 10th Calvary Regiment of the United States Army. They were called Buffalo Soldiers out of respect from the Native Americans. The Native Americans called them this because of their fierce fighting style, the color of their skin, and mainly because of the way their hair […]
Freedom House Ambulance Service v. The City of Pittsburgh
Before the mid-1960’s, ambulance service in the U.S. was typically provided by either the fire department, the police, or a local funeral home. In police-operated ambulances, the ambulance crew would typically load the patient into the back of of a police van, while the police ambulance crew rode in the front. In Pittsburgh, the […]
Circuit City’s DIVX Experiment
Digital Video Express (DIVX) was a video rental format variation, in which a customer would buy a DIVX disc (similar to a DVD) for approximately US $4.50. The disk would be watchable for up to 48 hours after its initial viewing. After 48 hours, the disc could be viewed by paying a continuation fee […]
Ishtar- The lessons we can learn from the 80s movie flop
Ishtar was written and directed by Elaine May and Starred Academy Award-winning duo Warren Beatty and Dustin Hoffman as Rogers and Clarke, two untalented lounge singers who travel to Morocco hoping to find a gig. The film had an ultimate budget cost of $55 million but only earned $14 million at the North American box […]
