Alyssa Dyksterhouse, Chicago tour guide, history lover and research extraordinaire, walks her friends through her favorite well-known and lesser-known moments in Chicago’s quirky past while exploring each story's parallels to current affairs.
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Alyssa Dyksterhouse, Chicago tour guide, history lover and research extraordinaire, walks her friends through her favorite well-known and lesser-known moments in Chicago’s quirky past while exploring each story's parallels to current affairs.
Wingfoot Air Express: Why Chicago is not Blimpoplis
Oh, Malort!
1 hour 8 minutes
1 month ago
Wingfoot Air Express: Why Chicago is not Blimpoplis
Alyssa is joined by Risen. We talk about the first blimp which fell out of the sky.
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Show Notes:
Society For American Baseball Research:July 21, 1919: Horrified White Sox fans witness Wingfoot Express blimp disaster in Chicago
NYT: 11 KILLED, 27 HURT IN BLAZING BLIMP'S FALL IN CHICAGO
Chicago Sun-Times: This week in history: Goodyear blimp catches fire in Loop
Wingfoot Air Express
Chicagology: The Red July of 1919
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Oh, Malort!
Alyssa Dyksterhouse, Chicago tour guide, history lover and research extraordinaire, walks her friends through her favorite well-known and lesser-known moments in Chicago’s quirky past while exploring each story's parallels to current affairs.
