#9 oct.

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Office of the system operator of New York Edison Co., which distributed all the power generated by the Edison and Allied Companies, October 9, 1928. It looks like old Hollywood's idea of a computer, but the reality was much lower tech. In case of a storm, the operator rang a bell from the storm detector on the roof and ordered the stations to increase their capacity. He knew the capacity, the numbers of feeders in operation, and the voltage generated by looking at the control pilot board, shown above.

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Headline of the Daily News, October 9, 1957: "DODGERS GO TO LA NEXT YEAR Move Ends NL Ball in N.Y." Below, it reads: "That wasn't rain that pitter-pattered on your window and overflowed the banks of the Gowanus. It was Brooklyn tears, shed over the loss of their beloved Bums. The move was made official when Arthur (Red) Patterson, Dodger publicist, released communiques to reporters (left) at World Series headquarters at the Waldorf. Earlier, Los Angeles Mayor Norris Poulson and Councilwoman Rosalind Wyman whooped it up (above) after Council okayed site for Brooks."

Photo: NY Daily News via Getty Images

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Meatless Fridays: a waiter explains to patrons of a restaurant about the first "meatless" day observed here in 24 years, October 9, 1942. Only fish and vegetable plates were on the menu, designed to help cut the consumption of meat by 21 per cent as requested by the government in order to make rationing unnecessary. It didn't work. Meat was rationed in January 1943.

FN: Apparently, people were no better with apostrophes during the Golden Age than they are today.

Photo: Associated Press

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A star is born: twenty-three year old John Wayne arrives fully costumed aboard the Twentieth Century for a brief publicity appearance in New York, October 9, 1930.

Photo: Eddie Jackson for the NY Daily News via Getty Images/Fine Art America