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- Great Old Songs - 1930's The 1930's were a troubled times, the stock market crash that lead to the "Great Depression", Hitler was causing chaos in Europe, people felt like there was...
- 1930s Pop Culture in Review Do you remember the 1930s either from personal experience or from your studies in school? If so, you may agree that pop culture in the 1930s was an interesting...
- John Dillinger John Dillinger's story is ironic. Legend has it he robbed banks under the guise of shooting a movie and analyzed bank security systems by saying he was loca...
- What Was Life Like in the 1930s? In working with my mother to self-publish her memories of growing up in the 1930s, I became fascinated by the Great Depression and its impact on people's li...
- 20 Cool Retro and Vintage Style Radios and Turntables Who woulda thunk it-- that in an era where mp3 is king, there would be renewed interest in vinyl records? But it's true! Due to a number of factors, vinyl has...
- Gangster John Dillinger Dead at the age of 31, John Dillinger truly lived life hard and died young. Some considered J. D. to be a dangerous criminal, while others viewed him as a Robin...
- Art Deco Clip Art Art Deco is a style that describes a design from the mid-1920s through the mid-1940s that features linear design and symmetry. The popularity of this lovely...
- Upstairs Downstairs -- The New TV Miniseries Upstairs Downstairs was one of the great British period dramas created by the BBC and aired during the 1970s. In 2010, Upstairs Downstairs returned to British...
- Feedsack Dresses My 85 year old mom tells about wearing dresses made from feed sack material in the 1930s. People think that sounds terribly quaint, but it was quite common during...
- WPA Posters WPA posters were used to spread the word in the 1930s about FDR's Works Progress Administration, which was part of his New Deal program. Today we can enjoy these...
- Empire State Building - how they built the tallest building in NYC in 1929 Somewhat unexpectedly, I came across a collection of wonderful photos, showing how the Empire State Building was built. They made such an impression on me that...
- 20 Awesome Retro and Vintage Phones for Your Home Introduction Just what is it that-- in spite of our current world of fancy technology and gadgets-- has us frequently looking back to an older time? Well, let's...
- Kit Kittredge an American Girl Kit is one of the Historical Characters from American Girl. The doll of 1934. I was very excited when my daughter chose this doll because my grandmother grew...
- A Tribute to My Mother for Mother's Day In loving memory of my Mother, I want to tell you her story - this page is all about my Mother My mother died five years ago and her birthday and, for me, Mother's...
- D. Gottlieb & Co. Pinball D. Gottlieb & Co. was a pinball game manufacturer established by David Gottlieb in 1927. The company was based in Chicago Illinois, initially producing pinb...
- An Old-Fashioned Halloween Halloween was a lot more fun in the Good Old Days when we didn't have to worry about booby-trapped candy and sexual predators. Families shared wholesome activities...
- Hedy Lamarr, Movie Star Inventor "Any girl can be glamorous," Hedy Lamarr famously said. "All she has to do is stand still and look stupid." Lamarr was certainly glamorous -- even in the "Golden...
- Coco Chanel ~ Cutting Edge Chic Gabrielle Bonheur "Coco" Chanel (19 August 1883 - 10 January 1971) was a pioneering French fashion designer and entrepreneur whose modernist philosophy, menswear-inspired...
- Jean Harlow Who is/was Jean Harlow? Jean Harlow surely set the stage for blondes as a sex symbol. Harlow was a bit of a trailblazer in the debate that blondes are sexier...
- The Winter Ghosts After reading Kate Mosse's other books, this one came as a surprise, the first being that it's a very slim volume. The story itself took only 239 pages in m...
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