Part Two: The Surprising Stories Behind Foosball and Air Mail

 

Margaret continues her talk with Mangesh Hattikudur about the antifascist who invented table soccer and the socialist photographer who invented air mail.

Sources:

https://spainonthisday.com/alejandro-finisterre-the-inventor-of-table-football

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/feb/24/guardianobituaries.spain


https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alejandro_Finisterre

https://historia-hispanica.rah.es/biografias/50737-alejandro-campos-ramirez

https://raicesalaire.com/alejandro-finisterre/

https://www.revistadefrente.cl/el-poeta-anarquista-que-invento-el-taca-taca-para-la-ninez-victima-de-la-guerra-civil-espanola/

https://www.adiantegalicia.es/reportaxes/2019/09/08/alejandro-finisterre-la-historia-jamas-contada-del-genio-del-futbolin-en-el-ano-del-centenario-de-su-natalicio.html

https://www.lambiek.net/artists/n/nadar.htm

https://time.com/5289117/aerial-photography-drones-history/

https://www.thoughtco.com/the-first-impressionist-exhibition-183013

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