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[Egg Scrambled Over Skillet by Slingshot John Milligan]

Description: Photograph of Slingshot John Milligan scrambling an egg dropped over a skillet. In the image a lady on the left is holding a skillet under an egg that Milligan has shot through with a slingshot while it was in mid-air. John Milligan, a machinist in Detroit, Michigan who was also the “country’s greatest slingshot expert. “He won local fame by shooting the marks out of playing cards, hitting objects in mid air and bagging game in the field.” Joe took John national with his photos documenting his … more
Date: January 17, 1961
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[John Milligan prepares to scramble and egg with his Slingshot]

Description: Narrative by Junebug Clark: Additional photos and information can be found in the pdf document "Joe Clark HBSS LIFE Magazine Photos" starting page 313. “February 03, 1961. Life Magazine pages 80-83. Slingshot Milligan. Messy Omelet - Deadeye Slinger.” Photograph of an unidentified female waitress and John Milligan preparing for a difficult and dangerous shot. The goal, to scramble an egg as it is released from the fingers of the waitress and falls toward the frying pan. In the image the woman i… more
Date: January 17, 1961
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Egg Scrambled Over Skillet by Slingshot John Milligan (2)]

Description: Photograph of John Milligan shooting an egg that was being dropped over a skillet. In the image a waitress on the left is holding a skillet under an egg that Milligan has shot through with a slingshot while it was in mid-air. John Milligan, a machinist in Detroit, Michigan who was also the “country’s greatest slingshot expert. “He won local fame by shooting the marks out of playing cards, hitting objects in mid air and bagging game in the field.” Joe took John national with his photos documenti… more
Date: January 17, 1961
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Skillet

Description: Three-legged cast iron skillet with rimmed lid and handle; "12" on handle; sometimes referred to as a "spider" from the logo on Griswold cookware
Date: unknown
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

[Skillets]

Description: Photograph of three skillets on a table. The skillets originally belonged to Mrs. Isidra Magallanez. They were used in her restaurant, Isidra's, in Marfa, Texas.
Date: unknown
Partner: Marfa Public Library

Portable Oven.

Description: Patent for outdoor use of the Dutch oven and skillet converting the cover of the Dutch oven as a way to suspend frying pan or gridiron over coals to heat, including illustration.
Date: July 12, 1859
Creator: Morrel, Z. N.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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