Archive for the 'Great Depression' Category

Cab Calloway and the Nicholas Brothers: Jumpin’ Jive

• January 2, 2012 • 2 Comments

Posted in 30s, Dance, Film, Fun, Great Depression, Music, Musicals, Video


Rudolf Koivu Christmas Illustrations

• December 13, 2011 • 1 Comment

Posted in 30s, Art, Children's Books, Ephemera, Finland, Finnish, Fun, Great Depression, Helsinki, History, Illustration
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First Sentence Friday

• February 25, 2011 • 5 Comments

Posted in 30s, 40s, Great Depression, History, Literature, Politics, War


Doctors vs. Health, 1939

• February 17, 2011 • 1 Comment

Posted in 30s, Ephemera, Great Depression, History, Magazines, Politics


Seeing Afresh: Color Photos of the Great Depression

• August 13, 2010 • 1 Comment

Posted in 30s, 40s, Ephemera, Great Depression, History, Photos


Bill Bojangles Robinson and Shirley Temple

• May 12, 2010 • 3 Comments

Posted in 30s, Dance, Fun, Great Depression, Video


José Clemente Orozco’s Social Realist Paintings

• May 5, 2010 • 6 Comments

Posted in 20s, 30s, Art, Great Depression, History, Politics


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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Anniversary of the End of Prohibition

• December 8, 2008 • 1 Comment

Posted in 20s, 30s, Fun, Great Depression, History, Politics, Video
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Jimmie Rodgers: Waiting for a Train

• November 20, 2008 • 1 Comment

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

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Gustave Baumann’s Woodblock Prints

• August 18, 2008 • 1 Comment

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Father Coughlin

• July 22, 2008 • 3 Comments

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