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Betsy Golden Kellem

Betsy Golden Kellem is an entertainment scholar, regional Emmy-winning public historian and author of Jumping Through Hoops: Performing Gender in the Nineteenth Century Circus.

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Northridge location of Chuck E. Cheese is soon going to be the last remaining pizza center to house an animatronic band

Arts & Entertainment

The Oddball Era of Animatronic Stage Shows

When singing rats and bears became beloved mascots of ’80s and '90s childhoods.

Civil War

Salisbury Steak's Surprising Civil War Origins

This comfort food classic began as a battlefield remedy.

Inventions & Science

Did a Steam-Powered Robot Really Walk Down the Street in 1868?

When Zadock Dederick unveiled a mechanical man, the press called him a 'new Frankenstein.'

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World History

Eras & Ages

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Betsy Golden Kellem

Latest from this author

The Oddball Era of Animatronic Stage Shows

Salisbury Steak's Surprising Civil War Origins

Did a Steam-Powered Robot Really Walk Down the Street in 1868?