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Monthly Archives: September 2021
Meat, Manliness, and Marketing: The National Live Stock and Meat Board
“Beef. It’s what’s for dinner.” So, Sam Elliot in his deep, husky drawl immortalized one of the most famous meat slogans in recent memory. The National Live Stock and Meat Board invented this piece of Americana and linked meat-eating to … Continue reading
Posted in Agricultural history, Cattle industry, Foodservice industry, Meat industry and trade, Uncategorized
Tagged Advertising Campaigns, Alan Ladd, Beef, Beef promotion, cattle industry, Food Advertising, Meat Consumption, Meat Industry, Meat Promotion, Meat Slogans, National Live Stock and Meat Board, World War II
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Comic Books: A Continuing Work in Progress
Although comic books depict the exploits of characters who possess “powers and abilities far beyond those of ordinary mortals” the medium itself stems from very humble beginnings. Comics as a print medium have existed in the United States since the … Continue reading
Posted in Artists, Comic book history, Fantasy, Pop Culture, popular culture, Uncategorized
Tagged Aquaman, Comics Code Authority, Golden Age of Comics, Green Arrow, Johnny Quick, Marvel Comics, Mort Weisinger, Silver Age of Comics, Spider-Man, Stan Lee, Superman, The Fantastic Four, The Hulk
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Laramie’s Latin American Club
September 15 through October 15 is National Hispanic Heritage Month. Wyoming has a historically significant Hispanic and Manito population, some of whom came and went for work while others made Wyoming their home. Spanish-speaking people from northern New Mexico, called … Continue reading
Posted in Immigration, Laramie, Local history, Manitos, Mexican-American history, Uncategorized, Under-documented communities, Wyoming history
Tagged Comision Honorifica, Latin American Federation, MEChA, National Hispanic Heritage Month, National Latin American Federation, Wyoming Federation of Latin American Groups
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Time Warp: The Back to the Future Film Trilogy
Time travel behind the wheel of a nuclear-powered DeLorean is the premise of the 1985 hit movie Back to the Future. The film follows the comedic adventures of Marty McFly, a high school student who is accidentally transported back thirty … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy, Hollywood history, Motion picture actors and actresses, motion picture history, Pop Culture, popular culture, science fiction, Uncategorized
Tagged Bob Gale, Christopher Lloyd, Doc Emmett Brown, Marty McFly, Michael J. Fox, movie, movie history, Robert Zemeckis, Steven Spielberg
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