Archive for the '30s' Category

Animation: A Swiss Trick

• September 14, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in 30s, Animation, Film, Fun, Video, Weirdness, Yodeling


Ella Fitzgerald: Gershwin’s Summertime

• June 25, 2009 • 1 Comment

Posted in 30s, 60s, Music, Video
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Illustrations from June 1932 American Magazine

• June 8, 2009 • 7 Comments

Posted in 30s, Advertising, Ephemera, Illustration, Magazines


The Memory Palace: These Words Forever

• June 1, 2009 • 1 Comment

Posted in 30s, Audio, History, Nature, Weirdness


Classic Bergen & McCarthy: The Eyes Have It

• April 30, 2009 • 4 Comments

Posted in 30s, Film, Fun, Puppets, Video


WPA Posters from the Library of Congress

• March 6, 2009 • 3 Comments

Posted in 30s, 40s, Advertising, Ephemera, Fun, Great Depression, History, Illustration
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Cab Calloway’s Hi-De-Ho

• March 3, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in 30s, Blues, Dance, Film, Fun, Great Depression, Music, Video
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Happy Valentine’s Day from Fred and Ginger

• February 14, 2009 • 1 Comment

Posted in 30s, Dance, Musicals, Video
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Don’t Mess With Finland

• January 27, 2009 • 3 Comments

Posted in 30s, 40s, Finnish, War


Anniversary of the End of Prohibition

• December 8, 2008 • 1 Comment

Posted in 20s, 30s, Fun, Great Depression, History, Politics, Video


Swing Swing Swing

• December 5, 2008 • Leave a Comment

Posted in 30s, Fun, Music, Video


Jimmie Rogers: Waiting for a Train

• November 20, 2008 • 1 Comment

Posted in 30s, Blues, Country music, Great Depression, Music, Video, Yodeling


Busby Berkeley: Don’t Say Goodnight

• October 22, 2008 • Leave a Comment

Posted in 30s, Dance, Fun, Great Depression, Music, Musicals, Video, Weirdness
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Banned Books Week

• September 30, 2008 • 2 Comments

Posted in 30s, Children's Books, Great Depression, History, Literature, Politics
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Vintage Knits: 1930s Featherdown Suit

• July 30, 2008 • 1 Comment

Posted in 30s, Ephemera, Knitting


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