Dirt Nap City - The Most Interesting Dead People In History
Dirt Nap City
128 episodes
3 days ago
Step back in time to an era when a massive, dog-eared book was the most important delivery of the year. This episode explores the incredible history of the Sears, Roebuck and Co. Catalog, an American institution that was the original "Everything Store," years before Amazon. From its humble beginnings selling watches in 1888, the Sears Catalog exploded into a colossal volume, serving as the central marketplace for millions of rural Americans. For those far from city stores, this catalog was a ...
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Step back in time to an era when a massive, dog-eared book was the most important delivery of the year. This episode explores the incredible history of the Sears, Roebuck and Co. Catalog, an American institution that was the original "Everything Store," years before Amazon. From its humble beginnings selling watches in 1888, the Sears Catalog exploded into a colossal volume, serving as the central marketplace for millions of rural Americans. For those far from city stores, this catalog was a ...
The Fax & The Furious - Transmitting Text Over Paper Was The Original DM
Dirt Nap City - The Most Interesting Dead People In History
18 minutes
2 months ago
The Fax & The Furious - Transmitting Text Over Paper Was The Original DM
The idea of a machine that transmits a piece of paper over a telephone line seems almost comically antiquated. But for decades, the fax machine was a technological titan—a ubiquitous and indispensable tool that revolutionized how we do business and communicate over long distances. Join us on this episode of "Dirt Nap City" as we unspool the fascinating history of the fax machine. We'll start in the mid-19th century with the almost-forgotten Scottish inventor Alexander Bain, whose "electric pr...
Dirt Nap City - The Most Interesting Dead People In History
Step back in time to an era when a massive, dog-eared book was the most important delivery of the year. This episode explores the incredible history of the Sears, Roebuck and Co. Catalog, an American institution that was the original "Everything Store," years before Amazon. From its humble beginnings selling watches in 1888, the Sears Catalog exploded into a colossal volume, serving as the central marketplace for millions of rural Americans. For those far from city stores, this catalog was a ...
