Decades Before Oprah, Della Reese was the First Black Woman to Host a Talk Show

New York's original Apple store, Freddie Mercury and cardists. | [View in your browser] Aug 23, 2016 [Image] [The Disappearance of the Della Reese Show] [Decades before Oprah, Della Reese was the first black woman to host her own talk show in the United States. But of the 197 episodes that aired between 1969 and 1970, not a single full recording of an episode can be found.] [Image] [The Folly Cove Guild] [These mesmerizing prints were produced by the Folly Cove Designers, a tight-knit group of mostly untrained women so sincere they voted themselves into obscurity.] [Image] [New York's Original Apple Store] [The Mac Museum at Tekserve, the computer sales and repair shop that served techies in New York City for 30 years, is about to go dark.Â] [Image] [Freddie Mercury's Former Home] [The letter-covered Garden Lodge Mansion in London was once the home of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury.Â] [Image] [The Strange Saga of Promobot] [Since Russia's infamous Promobot "escaped" in June, he's been up to other weird—and slightly suspicious—stuff.Â] [Image] [The Artistry of Cardistry] [These nimble-fingered mavericks manipulate an ordinary deck of playing cards into beautiful patterns.Â] [Image] SPONSORED OFFER [NOLA's Top Ten Burgers] [Find out which restaurants in New Orleans have perfected the art of the classic American burger.] [Image] Image of the day The [abandoned hexagonal building of Fort Jefferson on the Dry Tortugas islands] in Florida is one of America's most remote and least visited national parks. (Photo: [NPS Climate Change Response/Public Domain]) [Image] [Share a Discovery] [ADD A PLACE TO THE ATLAS] [Image] [Facebook] [YouTube] [Twitter] [Instagram] [Pinterest] [View in Browser] • [Forward to a Friend] [atlasobscura.com] • [info@atlasobscura.com] 61 Greenpoint Ave #622, Brooklyn, NY 11222 [Unsubscribe] [{EMAIL}] Â