{"id":30994,"date":"2018-02-26T07:06:30","date_gmt":"2018-02-26T11:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=30994"},"modified":"2018-02-26T07:06:30","modified_gmt":"2018-02-26T11:06:30","slug":"this-sharp-eyed-boy-is-one-of-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/this-sharp-eyed-boy-is-one-of-us\/","title":{"rendered":"This “sharp-eyed boy” is one of us"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Al Capone’s Cell (Photo By Thesab via Wikimedia Commons)<\/p><\/div>\n

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Aaron Kuhn<\/a>, who shared the following story from CBS News:<\/p>\n

Recreated Al Capone cell inaccurate — and teen notices<\/strong><\/p>\n

PHILADELPHIA — A sharp-eyed boy who noticed that the vintage radio inside gangster Al Capone’s recreated Philadelphia prison cell wasn’t historically accurate has delivered a replacement.<\/p>\n

Thirteen-year-old Joey Warchal — who collects antique radios — took a tour of Eastern State Penitentiary and noticed that the radio in Capone’s cell was wrong.<\/p>\n

The Prohibition-era mobster spent time at Eastern State in 1929 and 1930. The radio was made in 1942.<\/p>\n

The seventh-grader found a Philco Lowboy 64 from 1929 online for $300.<\/p>\n

CBS Philadelphia reports the radios were swapped. The teen was given the 1940s radio as a token of appreciation by Eastern State. The replacement is pictured below, in the video.[…]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Click here to watch the video and read the full story at CBS News online.<\/a><\/p>\n

Aaron noted, “One of us. One of us.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Indeed, he is one of us!\u00a0 Thanks for the tip, Aaron!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Aaron Kuhn, who shared the following story from CBS News: Recreated Al Capone cell inaccurate — and teen notices PHILADELPHIA — A sharp-eyed boy who noticed that the vintage radio inside gangster Al Capone’s recreated Philadelphia prison cell wasn’t historically accurate has delivered a replacement. Thirteen-year-old Joey Warchal — […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,288],"tags":[6867,6868,4094,4091],"class_list":["post-30994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-radio-history","tag-al-capone","tag-joey-warchal","tag-nostalgia","tag-radio-history"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-83U","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":22804,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/december-15-and-16-amelia-earhart-research-broadcast\/","url_meta":{"origin":30994,"position":0},"title":"December 15 and 16: Amelia Earhart research broadcast","author":"Thomas","date":"December 14, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"I've been sent this message from a number of sources. 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