1930s
Artwork Khrushchev Probably Would Not Have Liked 5
"Lazy, nihilist capitalist tulip cannot stand up straight and proud like honest, hardworking Soviet tulip!"
André Kertész,"Melancholic Tulip," 1939
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jul 16, 2017 -
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Category: Art, Nature, 1930s, Russia
Streamlined ice cream tricycle
Streamlined for speed? Also, nice hairdo.
Posted By: Alex - Fri Jul 14, 2017 -
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Category: Bicycles and Other Human-powered Vehicles, 1930s
Myrtle Reinhart, trade show model
As a model at Chicago's Merchandise Mart in the late 1930s, Myrtle Reinhart got to dress up in things like lampshades, curtains, and streamlined underwear beneath a coverall of cellophane.Could this be her obituary from July 2007? The city (Chicago) and age seems about right.
"You've heard women say they haven't anything to wear. Well, next time they say it, men, look around the house a bit and see what you can find. Miss Myrtle Reinhart at the Chicago Merchandise Mart's home furnishing show produced this lampshade outfit." (continued below)
Pittsburgh Press - July 18, 1937
"Golfing Outfit: At least it would draw attention away from those dubbed shots. It wasn't really designed for the links, however, but to demonstrate the new streamlined underwear. Myrtle Reinhart and Don Fristy do a bit of golfing on the roof of Chicago's great Merchandise Mart with the above-mentioned streamlined undies and a coverall of cellophane for appearance's sake."
Star Tribune - July 17, 1938
Greenfield Daily Reporter - Oct 14, 1937
Posted By: Alex - Thu Jul 13, 2017 -
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Category: Fashion, 1930s
Bugs for Dolls
From the Pittsburgh Press - Oct 23, 1938:Dead Crickets Are Toys in China
In China, where life is hard and patience strong, the toy man is a favorite of old and young. On the streets of Peiping he displays his wares and children flock to see — and if they have pennies — to buy. A set of his most fascinating wares are fashioned from skins of dead crickets, dressed up to satirize the many street vendors in the ancient city.
"This cricket has been mounted to represent a vendor of flowers and plants."
"These crickets represent a barber shaving a customer."
"Barbers bring their trade to the customer in China. They carry their 'shops' on long poles which they balance on one shoulder. Above is a Chinese cricket-barber carrying his tools along the street, offering to shave the head of any he meets."
"Bicycles fill the streets of Peiping. Hence the toy-man's set would be incomplete without a cricket astride a wheel."
Posted By: Alex - Mon Jul 10, 2017 -
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Category: Toys, 1930s
Land of Islam
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jul 10, 2017 -
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Category: Foreign Customs, 1930s, Africa, Middle East
Follies of the Madmen #319
We've all heard of talking with your hands...
From Radio Mirror magazine, December 1937.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jul 02, 2017 -
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Category: Anthropomorphism, Body, Business, Advertising, Products, Surrealism, 1930s
Kenneth Strickfaden
Wikipedia page.
Article from 1935.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jun 25, 2017 -
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Category: Special Effects, 1930s
Art Pays Off!
Original story here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jun 19, 2017 -
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Category: Art, Crime, 1930s
Underworld Lingo
Source: page 51 of this magazine.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jun 12, 2017 -
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Category: Crime, Languages, 1930s
Chicago’s War on Syphilis
Imagine the uproar if this were attempted today.
Full article here.
Chicago's War on Syphilis: 1937-1940
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jun 10, 2017 -
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Category: Education, Civic Duties, Teenagers, 1930s, Diseases
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