Monday, August 28, 2017

A Travelogue Through Historic New Jersey

I've had several requests to post more of the "slide show narration" tapes that I've come across. I will have to do more searching to find the remaining ones that I own, as I don't always remember to label things well, but just by chance I came across this extensively researched, fairly professional sounding narration of a slide show, one which is largely focused on historic locations found in New Jersey.

I am dating this to some time in the 1950's or very early 1960's, as the remainder of the tape has poorly recorded segments of someone called Long John on WOR in New York, a position that host (who sounds very interesting) left in 1962. I can share those recordings, too, if anyone is interested.

I hope you can picture the images in your head while the narrator takes you on tour!

Download: Unknown - A New Jersey Travelogue
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6 comments:

  1. Oh, BOB! Please do share any & all radio related tapes.......... MY FAVOURITE!!!

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  2. It says "FILE NOT AVAILABLE" When I attempt to download......

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  3. Oh, wait, now it's w0rking...........

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  4. I love this! Thanks for posting it!

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  5. Thanks, Bob. I love background history, and I even found a much larger version of the map you included.
    Website dedicated to Revolutionary War battles fought in NJ:
    http://www.hiddennj.com/2014/10/hallowed-ground-new-jerseys.html

    Gigantic map linky:
    http://mapmaker.rutgers.edu/HISTORICALMAPS/REVOLUTIONARYWAR/RevolutionaryBattles.gif

    Bob, is it too late to ask for more history recordings, or even Long John's radio shows?

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  6. Long John Nebel; a New York radio legend.

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