A century ago, glow-in-the-dark watches were an irresistible novelty. The dials, covered in a special luminous paint, shone all the time and didn’t require charging in sunlight. It looked like magic.
Kate Moore's new book digs into the short, painful lives of the Radium Girls, who worked painting luminous dials on watches and clocks — and... Dark Lives Of 'The Radium Girls' Left A Bright Legacy ...
In the 1920s, working-class women were hired to paint radium onto glowing watch dials — and told to sharpen the brush with their lips. Dozens... Mae Keane, One Of The Last 'Radium Girls,' Dies At 107 ...
They painted glow-in-the-dark watch dials at the U.S. Radium factory in Orange. Then their teeth began to fall out. The 1920s story of the “Radium Girls" of New Jersey is coming to the big screen in ...
Tom Reimann is a writer and comedian and somehow Senior Editor of Features at Collider. He has written for Cracked.com, Mad Magazine, BunnyEars.com, and Some More News, and is the co-founder of the ...
WHAT -- Just in time for Halloween, the Fort Smith Regional Art Museum and Barker Realty Team are partnering up with the Miss Laura's Brothel Museum to host an evening of painting, adult beverages and ...