'1930s' yielded 23 matches.

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1. Bonnie and Clyde You've read the story of Jesse James- Of how he lived and died; If you're still in need Of something to read Here's the story of Bonnie and Clyde.
2. Jean Harlow Why this lens?  Well, I've written other lenses on blonde "sex symbols" such as Jayne Mansfield, Mamie Van Doren, Joey Heatherton, and Carroll Baker [who played in the Harlow movie about her life].  But, you can't talk about the b...
3. 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 up during the 1930s and I would be able to get a sense of what it was like for her as a chil...
4. Kitschy Christmas Kitsch Kitsch--something of tawdry design, appearance, or content created to appeal to popular or undiscriminating taste. Who knew, back in the 1940's and 1950's that popular trends then would be today's kitsch. So many of the popular phenomenon...
5. A Quilt Story: Voices from the Great Depression When I run my hands over the warm quilt, I'm greeted by a flood of memories. Memories of my dad's 80th birthday. Memories of my parents, who are both gone now. And memories of Spring of 2000, when my mom arrived with a special request. My parents...
6. Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer Carl Dean "Alfalfa" Switzer, who was born in Paris, Illinois, on August 7, 1927, is best remembered as "Alfalfa" on The Little Rascals (originally known as Our Gang)--Spanky's skinny, freckle-faced sidekick...
7. Vintage Postcards Vintage Postcards Vintage and Antique Postcards for Sale. Vintage and Antique Postcard Price Guides and Information. 1930's and 1940's and all Years. Collectable Vintage Postcards. Photo - Message on the front of a 1905 'undivided back' post ca...
8. Karens Variety Craft Patterns Store         Welcome to Karens Variety Enjoy shopping in my store where you will find a large selection of patterns and pattern books, both new and vintage. Choose patterns which are mailed to you or patterns which are downloaded instantly...
9. Vintage Fashion Books There are so many aspects of the vintage fashion industry. If you are a collector of vintage, seller, plain old curious about how to identify a 1920's art deco necklace or all of the above this lens is for you. This lens plans on becoming a comprehen...
10. John Dillinger John Dillinger's story is an ironic one. Legend has it that he used to conduct bank robberies under the guise of shooting a movie, also analyzing bank security systems by saying he was location scouting for films. He used to enjoy going to the pictur...
11. Octogenarian Self-Publishes Memoirs Gail Lee Martin taught family memory writing classes for a number of years. During that time, she started writing down her own memories of the 1930s. Some were published in magazines like Kanhistique that covered Kansas history and antiques. Now thes...
12. 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...
13. Janet Klein and her Parlor Boys With her sleek bob haircut (usually with a flower or two placed just so), vintage dresses, strikingly beautiful looks, and artfully customized ukulele, Janet Klein might seem at first to be a simple novelty act, a Generation X hipster ironically recr...
14. Asta This page is about Asta the famous movie dog of the 1930s and 1940s.  Originally born under the name "Skippy," the cut wire-haired terrier shot to fame with the huge success of the "Thin Man" series of movies as the...
15. Myrna Loy what a beauty Its official, I just fell in love with Myrna Loy watching Libeled Lady starring Myrna Loy, William Powell, Jean Harlow and Spencer Tracy. It is Myrna Loy day on TCM and I am nursing a bad back. What is it about her? That assured tone in her voice, d...
16. Some Like it Vintage - Vintage Clothing Vintage by default is eco-friendly. Vintage is not new - (please excuse the pun), but it is used clothing. Committed to our environment, we stress the importance of recycling by using little or no energy resources. We also use bio-degradable products...
17. The Nostalgic Nugget Neato Keen Things From The Past What is Nostalgia? Nostalgic = n.1. "A bittersweet longing for things,persons, or situations of the past." Our passion is searching, finding, and selectively hand picking authentic, old cool stuff to pass along to those that love the past. We have...
18. 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 the Great Depression. People bought chicken feed or flour in large bags of 50 to 100 po...
19. Clarice Cliff - Art Deco Ceramics The famous ceramics designer Clarice Cliff was born in 1899. Clarice's unique work came to be known in the late 1920's when she was given permission to decorate blank earthenware discarded by the managers at the Wilkinson Pottery. Taking blank vases...
20. Movie Star Style Icons: Mae West, Bette Davis & Greta Garbo As an cinema buff (another word for "nut"), I am in a unique position to know, when reading a listing for womens' vintage clothing, whether or not the movie star used as a keyword would have actually chosen it to wear it, or even be alive to wear it....