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1. 1930's Fashion Fashion of the 1930's features classic old Hollywood styles. This lens features 30's fashion history, mens and womens vintage clothing from the era Featuring 1930's wedding dresses and more! Have A Website, Blog, Store or Squidoo Page You Want To Promo...
2. Claire McCardell American Look Fashion Designer Claire McCardell has been identified as the first truly American Fashion designer.  One of America's leading fashion designers in the 40's and 50's, McCardell is the originator of the "American Look".  She is known for her wrap-ar...
3. Nancy Cunard Nancy Clare Cunard (March 10, 1896 - March 17, 1965) was an English writer, editor and publisher, political activist, anarchist and poet. She was born into the British upper class but strongly rejected her family's values, devoting much of her life t...
4. The Jazz Age The Jazz Age describes the period from 1918-1929, the years between the end of World War I and the start of the Roaring Twenties; ending with the rise of the Great Depression, the traditional values of this age saw great decline while the American st...
5. Ode to Pauline Trigere  "Building a wardrobe is like collecting paintings, Your choices should be careful and personal and should reflect your taste, not just for a season, but for years to come."           &n...
6. The Flappers! flap*per n. 1. A broad flexible part, such as a flipper. 2. A young woman, especially one in the 1920s with disdain for conventional dress and behavior. [Sense 2, British Slang, very young female prostitute, flapper, possibly from flapper, fledgling...
7. Out Of The Dust This great book, by Karen Hesse, is the story of how a girl overcame extremely difficult adversities during the dust bowl. It is quick read, as it is in free verse poetry, but for so few words, it can truly paint a mental picture. Out of The Dust was...
8. Whispering Jack Smith Jack Smith (31 May 1898 in New York City - 13 May 1950 in New York City) was known as "Whispering" Jack Smith and was a popular baritone singer in the 1920s and 1930s. He was a popular radio and recording artist who occasionally appeared i...
9. The Artistry of Adrian Adrian Adolph Greenberg, (March 3, 1903 – September 13, 1959), known mostly as Adrian, was a Hollywood costume designer whose most famous costumes were for The Wizard of Oz and other Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films of the 1930s and 1940s. During his...
10. Ms Betty Boop It has been nearly 80 years since Betty Boop, America's first animated sex symbol, made her film debut. The Betty we know and love today started out as a curvy canine cabaret singer in Max Fleischer's short film Dizzy Dishes. It was released...
11. Shirley Temple Shirley Temple the curly top child star of the 1930's!
12. Ethel Waters Background information: Born October 31, 1896(1896-10-31) Chester, Pennsylvania, USA Died September 1, 1977 (aged 80) Chatsworth, California, USA Genre(s): Jazz Occupation(s): Actress, singer Instrument(s): Vocals Years active: 1925-1977 Associated acts: Be...
13. Sophie Tucker Birth name Sonia Kalish Born January 13, 1884 Origin Czarist Russia Died February 9, 1966 Genre(s) Jazz vaudeville Occupation(s) Singer/Comedian   Sophie Tucker (January 13, 1884–February 9, 1966) was a singer and comedian, one of th...
14. SURREALISM WHAT *IS* SURREALISM? sur·re·al·ism [suh- ree-uh-liz-uhm]–noun (sometimes initial capital letter) 1927, from Fr. surréalisme (from sur- "beyond" réalisme "realism"), coined c.1917 by G...
15. Mr. Bojangles Bill "Bojangles" Robinson (1878-1949), U.S. tap dancer. Born Luther Robinson in Richmond, Va., Robinson became the vaudeville dancer called the King of Tapology. He danced in films and on Broadway and earned a reputation as the greatest tap dancer of...
16. Smith Ballew Date of Birth: 21 January 1902, Palestine, Texas Date of Death: 2 May 1984, Longview, Texas One of the finest singers of the Crooner era, Smith Ballew was nicknamed theTexas Troubadour. Born in Palestine, Texas, Ballew made his way to New York City a...
17. Ruth Etting                   Ruth Etting on the cover of Radio Mirror magazine, June 1932.   Ruth Etting (November 23, 1896 – September 24, 1978) was an American singing star of the 1930s, who had over sixty hit recor...
18. New York Movies - (1930's - 1950's) #1 Lens in Our Series on New York There are probably a few people like me out there, who get homesick, and need to see a great movie set in New York City. There's some kind of magic about New York, and it even transpires onto film. If you need to get...
19. Bing Crosby Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Born on May 3, 1903, was an American popular singer and actor whose career lasted until his death on October 14, 1977. Background information Birth name: Harry Lillis Crosby Born: May 3, 1903(1903-05-03) Tacoma, WA, USA D...
20. Mound City Blue Blowers The Mound City Blowers were an unlikely success. Originally comprised of Red McKenzie on comb and tissue paper (which sounded like a kazoo), Dick Slevin on an actual kazoo, and Jack Bland on banjo, the unique band's initial recording in 1924 ("Arkans...