Events involving this person
Harry Webb patents a collapsible dress box seen in vision
Description
A violinist friend, Harry Webb, saw a collapsible dress box in a vision, cut an accurate model of it, patented it and sold the patent for $10,000 while the manufacturer made millions.
Persons
Authored by
Anonymous (not verified)
Date (happened)
- before 1968 (possible)
- before 13 October 1968 (doubtful)
- before 6 October 1959
Told
13 October 1968(refuted)- 6 October 1959
Sources
- Source: That Which Already Has Been ¶26 (A friend of mine, a violinist, cut an accurate model of something he had seen in his mind. It was a collapsible box such as now used by department stores to hold dresses and such.)
Harry Webb recounts Bob Hope's frugal vaudeville days
Description
He tells what he knows of Bob Hope's early days from his friend Harry Webb, a bandleader who played vaudeville with Hope: Hope borrowed money from Webb every week to keep a fixed sum in his bank account, repaid it the next week, and carried home all the leftover bread and rolls from restaurants.
Persons
Authored by
Anonymous (not verified)
Date (happened)
- before 1972 (possible)
- before 25 May 1972
Told
25 May 1972
Sources
- Source: God And I Are One ¶40 (I know the background of the man. A friend of mine who has now gone from this world, played in vaudeville with him. And he would borrow from my friend every week, a sum of money because he had to go to that post office and buy a postal money order and se…)