[Spridgets] Old Life Magazines & LBC's

Brad Fornal tequila.brad at gmail.com
Sat Jan 23 15:29:02 MST 2010


Are you sure it wasn't quoted "pivots ON a cat?"
LOL

On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 10:28 AM, Tim Collins <thcollin at mtu.edu> wrote:

> Lin,
> I use the "advanced search" option to enter the keywords and to select the
> date range (no sense searching for Spridgets in the 1930"s). Then I can
> narrow my search to certain magazines or books, but I usually choose not to
> do that - I want to see them all. When the results comes back most will say
> that the reference only provides a "snippet" but others  like LIFE and
> Popular Mechanics/Science usually give the whole article. For those that
> only provide a "snippet" you may be able to get the whole article from your
> local library or through Inter Library Loan services. Try a college or
> university library if available if your local neighborhood library is small.
> I'm not sure if Hot Rod magazines are included in the database. You will
> find odd sources of info. I was surprised to find Spridget info in
> "Kiplingers" You can kill alot of time looking at the articles! I like the
> advertisement from LIFE, June 6, 1961, that describes a Sprite as; "It's a
> frisky, audacious little rascal that roars like a lion and pivots like a
> cat!" This must be where the connection to cats on this list comes from. LOL
>
>
> At 10:07 AM 1/23/2010, Linda Grunthaner wrote:
>
>> Tim how do you search for articles in magazines? I tried to do a search on
>> that site for hot rod magazine and other car magazines but only got books :
>> (
>> Lin
>>
>
> Tim Collins
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