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		How did they smooth ice rinks before the Zamboni machine? Here's how they did it in 1917 (shorpy.com)		37
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WTF Indeed		2012-06-22 10:05:35 AM

The Irish?

HenryFnord		2012-06-22 10:07:58 AM

So they used sharp knees?

strapp3r		2012-06-22 10:08:11 AM

sam's bone, eh?

AstroBoy62		2012-06-22 10:10:16 AM

Who the hell gave women permission to drive?

ChipNASA		2012-06-22 10:11:05 AM

OMG that is SO HAWT!!! Bare Mid-Calf!!!

SmackLT		2012-06-22 10:13:59 AM

Damn, I was hoping for the pic of the three guys in swimsuits from the beer commercial

Tumunga		2012-06-22 10:14:18 AM

1917?

/farbongo's time machine. I'm in it.

ChipNASA		2012-06-22 10:15:17 AM

Tumunga: 1917?

/farbongo's time machine. I'm in it.

"President" Ballrog, HUSSEIN, Sombrero, Fresh Prince of Bill Ayers, al-Chicago, B-Rock the Islamic Shock, Barky McTeleprompter, Wizard of Uhhs, Oblahbla, Saunas breach akimbo, Borborygmos Hammerhiem "Jace the Mindsculpter" Oyobi, Samurai Kebab Nachos, Fartbongo, II"

Bruxellensis		2012-06-22 10:15:55 AM

Hosers.

inner ted		2012-06-22 10:19:43 AM

want to ride the zamboni

userserve-ak.last.fm

oldfarthenry		2012-06-22 10:20:09 AM

Bruxellensis: Hosers.

With bladders full of Molsen & Labbatts .

`Why is this ice yellow?'

RexTalionis		2012-06-22 10:21:10 AM

In case you were wondering, here's a picture of Dorothy Klewer when she's not smoothing ice. (From the NY Public Library Archives).

cptrios		2012-06-22 10:22:32 AM

Dammit RexTalionis...came here to post that.

/She can smooth my ice, etc. etc.

sedric		2012-06-22 10:22:52 AM

and before that?? horse pulled scraper??

The Third Man		2012-06-22 10:22:55 AM

GIS for "Dorothy Klewer"

images.nypl.org

Hmmm. Unfortunate hairstyle, but that look of mischief in her eyes...I'm on the side of "do want", assuming I found the portal to 1917.

cgraves67		2012-06-22 10:23:50 AM

Ha. Look at the horn on that contraption.

oldfarthenry		2012-06-22 10:26:18 AM

RexTalionis: [images.nypl.org image 503x760]

In case you were wondering, here's a picture of Dorothy Klewer when she's not smoothing ice. (From the NY Public Library Archives).

Let me be the 15th to say `I'd smooth her ice!!'.

denbroc		2012-06-22 10:30:56 AM

/Preferred method
//Hot alright

Mega Steve		2012-06-22 10:30:58 AM

oldfarthenry: RexTalionis: [images.nypl.org image 503x760]

In case you were wondering, here's a picture of Dorothy Klewer when she's not smoothing ice. (From the NY Public Library Archives).

Let me be the 15th to say `I'd smooth her ice!!'.

I'd let her zam my boni!

Porous Horace		2012-06-22 10:32:12 AM

Specially trained octopi.
Hence the now-outdated adjective "octopus-smooth".

C0rf		2012-06-22 10:32:33 AM

ChipNASA: Samurai Kebab Nachos

I was doin' fine until I got to that.

/bwaaahahaha

improvius		2012-06-22 10:37:21 AM

Did it still involve the King of Spain?

RexTalionis		2012-06-22 10:39:09 AM

For my own personal amusement, I also found a picture of her in a 1917 Newspaper. She was a Zigfield Follies girl for the years of around 1917-1918, but disappeared off the map after that. The only other Dorothy Klewer I found was born in 1924, well after this Dorothy Klewer left the limelight.

jeffrey626		2012-06-22 10:45:16 AM

ChipNASA: "Jace the Mindsculpter"

really?

Balchinian		2012-06-22 10:49:22 AM

Two remarkable things about this photo:

1. She is driving with her skates on.

2. A Shorpy image appeared on Fark that was not the "O" of a photoshop thread.

BKITU		2012-06-22 11:18:08 AM

The Third Man: GIS for "Dorothy Klewer"

[images.nypl.org image 503x760]

Hmmm. Unfortunate hairstyle, but that look of mischief in her eyes...I'm on the side of "do want", assuming I found the portal to 1917.

cache.daylife.com

Dat ice!

purple kool-aid and a jigger of formaldehyde		2012-06-22 11:32:44 AM

devine		2012-06-22 11:44:55 AM

Balchinian: Two remarkable things about this photo:

1. She is driving with her skates on.

2. A Shorpy image appeared on Fark that was not the "O" of a photoshop thread.

Yeah, I was noticing the skates as well. I also think that "car" may have been electric.

zerkalo		2012-06-22 11:49:56 AM

Fact: everyone in this picture was dead of the Spanish Flu within two years

You can look it up

ciderczar		2012-06-22 11:52:05 AM

That's a very complicated means of dragging a tea bag.

titwrench		2012-06-22 11:55:51 AM

From the GIS pictures she has kind of a Robin Tunney (sp?) From The Mentalist etc. thing going on. She's cute.

Balchinian		2012-06-22 12:08:40 PM

devine: Balchinian: Two remarkable things about this photo:

1. She is driving with her skates on.

2. A Shorpy image appeared on Fark that was not the "O" of a photoshop thread.

Yeah, I was noticing the skates as well. I also think that "car" may have been electric.

Yes, definitely electric. You can see the conduit under the big black box. Indoor engines in 1917 would have been too loud and fumey. I love the strap-on studded tire gloves, too.

GreatGlavinsGhost		2012-06-22 12:18:53 PM

ChipNASA: Tumunga: 1917?

/farbongo's time machine. I'm in it.

"President" Ballrog, HUSSEIN, Sombrero, Fresh Prince of Bill Ayers, al-Chicago, B-Rock the Islamic Shock, Barky McTeleprompter, Wizard of Uhhs, Oblahbla, Saunas breach akimbo, Borborygmos Hammerhiem "Jace the Mindsculpter" Oyobi, Samurai Kebab Nachos, Fartbongo, II"

i1222.photobucket.com

/That's one helluva business card.

eddie van heinous		2012-06-22 12:27:01 PM

Balchinian: Two remarkable things about this photo:

1. She is driving with her skates on.

Probably not driving. More than likely they just had her jump on and they staged the shot.

She was super cute, and was on Broadway for a few years. I wonder what ever happened to her.