THROWBACK THURSDAY!

Last year I shared a photo of Orville Appel riding on a float in the Worthington Fourth of July parade promoting his water ski show on Lake Okabena.

Here's a related image,taken from a slide, of the crowd gathered at Centennial Beach July 4th, 1963, to watch Appel's water skiing prowess on the lake.

Do you remember watching Orville do jumps and tricks out on the water? ... See more

NCHS ANNUAL MEETING

Due to Covid-19 precautions, the Nobles County Historical Society will have its 2020 Annual Meeting as part of its regularly scheduled July Board meeting.

This meeting will be at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 15, 2020, in the Big Barn at Pioneer Village, 1600 Stower Drive, Worthington MN. Included on the agenda will be the election of officers for the coming year.

The public may attend. ... See more

WHAT IS IT? -- THE REVEAL!

Today's mystery item is a tire vulcanizer!

This model was patented by Adamson Manufacturing of East Palestine, Ohio, April 1, 1913. This was the most recent such device to be patented by Mr. C.P. Adamson for the repair of tires. Here's a description from its predecessor patented in 1912:

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙞𝙣𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙫𝙪𝙡𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙯𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙙𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙖𝙞𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙚𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙪𝙗𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙨 𝙤𝙧 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙫𝙚𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙡𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙚𝙡, 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙣𝙛𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙧 𝙣𝙤𝙩, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙨 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙨 𝙖𝙣 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙖𝙞𝙧 𝙫𝙪𝙡𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙯𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙪𝙗𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮, 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙇𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙋𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙛𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝙢𝙚 𝙊𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙗𝙚𝙧 25, 1911, 𝙎𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙉𝙤. 656,604.

I had to look up what exactly a tire vulcanizer does. So from howstuffworks.com comes this explanation:

A standard tire is comprised of several parts, such as the body plies, steel belts and bead bundle. ... The heat that this process generates also serves to fuse the tire's various components together. This is what's known as vulcanizing. ... See more