Special Feature Archive Index

In the past few years we've had some really great special features, most of which you can find here!

If you would like The Fedora Chronicles to host a special page for your travels or to commemorate something you've done that you know fellow retros would want to read about, send us an email or contact us via your forum

 

Click for a larger color version .Where Is The Fedora Bar?

Vintage Aficionado "Wild Root" found this picture on-line, and many theories on where “The Fedora Bar” actually is.

For many years, none of us knew where it was or what kind of establishment it was until Doug Palumbo discovered it's location. Finding The Fedora Bar - "During Prohibition, the restaurant (known as Charlie’s Garden) was run as a law-abiding operation. However, as was the case with many “legitimate” businesses during that time, they also ran a speakeasy in the back of the building, complete with passwords and a hidden door."

 This looks like a great place to visit! Have you been there? If so, drop us a line at info@thefedorachronicles.com

 

Carolina Quirk And The Treasure Of The Lost Time Capsule: December 17th, 2007

Recently my grandmother (on my mother’s side), a wonderful woman passed away peacefully at the age of 97. Our family had been planning to visit her at her home in St. Louis over Christmas since this summer, and we decided that we would go to her home as planned and help with finalizing matters and to have a memorial service.

Among all this, my mother told me and my brother that in the late 1950s or early 1960s her father and next door neighbor had buried a time capsule in their backyard under their brick barbeque. It was my grandmother’s wish that after she passed that the capsule be dug up. The barbeque has long since fallen into disuse and is very overgrown, so it should be a bit of a challenge. Adding to this is the fact that no one is quite sure if it was buried directly under, or to the side of the structure.

So with a spirit of suburban adventure I will don my gear and head out to the backyard in a week with my brother to find and unearth the time capsule. I will fully document it and what (if anything) we recover. Our family had been planning to visit her at her home in St. Louis over Christmas since this summer, and we decided that we would go to her home as planned and help with finalizing matters and to have a memorial service. [Click for the rest of the story.]

 

"Meeting Steven Speilberg," By: Elodie Cinquanta - (AKA: Elodie Jones) "On Wednesday June 27, 2007, three international fans (Elodie Jones from Switzerland, her friend Fred China from France, and Aaron Wilkinson from New Zealand) left for New Haven, CT. to fulfill their biggest dream. This dream was to see Indiana Jones IV in production at Yale University and to meet the director of the film, Steven Spielberg. - On Monday June 2, that dream became a reality!

New: "The Excesses of Prohibition Chicago"  by Aaron Sharp ("Paden" on our forum...) with Photos By Jonathan Pokay
Raymond Chu (Ghos7A55assin) Shares with us pictures of his visit to New Zealand and Australia of Bags-End... Where the scenes were filmed for Peter Jackson's "Lord O The Rings" Hobbit Village.
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The Fedora Chronicles: Gettysburg Summit 2002Gettysburg Summit 2002 - This web page chronicles the Gettysburg Summit held March 22, 2002 in Gettysburg Pennsylvania. Big thanks to Pennsylvania Dan [A.K.A. Neosmatrix] who pulled this thing together.

Ottawa Summit - June 5th, 2005: A few members of “Club Obi-Wan,” vintage movie and fedora aficionados  and fans of the Harrison Ford classic met for a few days in Ottawa, and have submitted an album for FC readers to enjoy.

Around The WorldAround The World - April 15th, 2005: This is the story of an adventure. A journey around the world. A journey of the mind, the heart, and me: Craig Whitton.

Michael French's history of "IndyGear", a website and organization that's partly responsible for bringing fedora's and the Spirit of Adventure back into the Mainstream of Popular Culture, inspired by the Indiana Jones movies...

The South Beach Florida Art Deco Scene - Timothy J. Steiner shares with us pictures and commentary about the area after one of his trips...

Boston Crew aka Joe's Stock 2004 - Eric Renderking Fisk writes: "Here's another tribute page, more then 2 1/2 years in the making! Just as I didn't have access to my old computer that had the Gettysburg Summit photos, I was unable to find and post the pictures that were taken on the night of "Joe's Stock 2004" - finally I'm able to create this page, with the hopes that we can do this again sometime...

Back in January of 2004, our good friend Dalexs (Screen name of a moderator and great member of IndyGear) started the thread "Boston Crew aka Joe's Stock," coming up with a great idea of all of us in the area meeting for one night to put some names to some faces..."

The Fedora Chronicles -LettersBefore we had The Forum (which opened on January 13th, 2006,0 we had the letters box. This was a special invitation for readers to share with us their thoughts on The Fedora Chronicles and have an opportunity to contribute to the site in a limited fashion.

You are still welcome to post a letter - but we also encourage you to join and participate in The Fedora Chronicles Forum. If you have any problems signing up - please send us a letter to our Information Box.

 

Columns - The Fedora Chronicles
“How Will The Election Affect Me” – By Dale Greene. Before the Election, Local writer Dale Greene writes about how and why voting was important to her…
 
"Freedom Is Worth It," By Lucinda Sutherland.  In this guest article, Lucinda Sutherland writes about her memories about being taught about World War II, and how those lessons have to be taught to students today.
 
“A Marines Christmas Poem Writer Unknown.” From one of our readers, Roger: "I got this poem out of a local newspaper. This poem was written by a Marine, he requested that it be passed on to as many people as possible. May God bless and keep our military, and protect our loved ones that are willingly defending our freedoms and our country. Remember Christmas morning that you are home with your family and loved ones only because they were willing to go in our place. They are all heroes in my book."
 
"The Silent Generation who didn't wear fedoras," Robert T. West. In response to the book "Hatless Jack: The President, the Fedora, and the History of American Style" Robert T. West gives us his own perspective on why fedoras lost popularity and why they were no longer worn by most men in the second half of the 20th Century.
Reader Profile: Brian Woods, founder of “The New England Conservatives" Yahoo! Group.
Part of the Solution: Preventing Vandalism and Theft of Prehistoric Rock Art,” By John "Mojave Jack" Hale.

 

War Of The Worlds

For what we hope to be an annual tradition, we invited a few members and readers of The Fedora Chronicles to put their own spin on the novel and motion picture, we've also included the original novel for inspiration, provided by The Gutenberg Project...

 

Heroes
Heroes - The Fedora Chronicles is dedicating a page to the Men and Women who are serving the Allied Forces in The Middle East. We want to do for them what we’re doing for the Veterans of World War II and so much more… Here's our special tribute page, and we invite those who want their stories to tell to send us what ever they wish... and everything will be posted the next day.

 

Eternity Road: Space Exploration and Astronomy
Our First Look at Titan - The Fedora Chronicles hosts pictures taken of another world in orbit around the Gas Giant, Saturn.

Opinion - Harsh Criticism for NASA, The Current State Of The Space Program and it Goals.” By Sean...

Opinion: The Space Program and Cure for Cancer," by Joel McClain (June 17th, 2005)

The Essay's of Brian K. Scott

June 18th, 2005: Spectators Get Glimpse Of New Russian Space Vehicle.

June 21st, 2005:  NASA Mission: Deep Impact Update.

June 29th, 2005: Hubble Captures Image Of An Eruption On Tempel 1

July 5th, 2005: "Deep Impact: A Smashing Success!"

July 26, 2005: "Launch Of The Space Shuttle Discovery”

June 29th, 2005 Hubble Captures Image Of An Eruption On Tempel 1

September 11th, 2005 - "A Huge Solar Flare” By Bryan K. Scott

 

Vintage and Classic Vehicles

 

1950 Plymouth Special Deluxe 4 Door Sedan - Mark Michaelson Cross

Moderator and Mentor on IndyGear.com's "Club Obi-Wan" forum Mark "Michealson" Cross shares with us pictures of his Vintage Plymouth and his experience driving it daily.
 

Robert Smith - 1946 Plymouth Special Deluxe Four Door.

Robert Smith shares with The Fedora Chronicles Readers his own Pride and Joy - Plymouth Special Deluxe Four door.
 

Classic Motor Cars, by Robert M. Gator - 1927 Dodge Tourer

 

 
 
 

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