Colleen Moore’s Fairy Castle

Still on display at the Chicago Museum of Science & Industry. Lots of great pix at this link.




Source of article below.

Posted By: Paul - Tue Nov 23, 2021 - Comments (3)
Category: Architecture, Charities and Philanthropy, Enlargements, Miniatures, and Other Matters of Scale, Hollywood, Museums, 1930s

Continue Typing, No Matter What!

Source.

Posted By: Paul - Fri Nov 19, 2021 - Comments (6)
Category: Business, Death, 1930s, Courage, Bravery, Heroism and Valor

Do you have auto legs?

Beauty advice from The Pittsburgh Press (Feb 20, 1938):

Posted By: Alex - Wed Nov 17, 2021 - Comments (1)
Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, 1930s, Legs, Cars

The Blonde Brigade

Apr 1938: Actress Jean Colwell came up with a sure-fire way to end all wars. Her idea was that if a group of beautiful, blonde women stood in between the two opposing armies, in the "no man's land," then the soldiers on each side would refuse to attack because "No soldier will shoot at a good-looking blonde." Peace would be achieved!

To make her vision a reality, Colwell placed an ad in a New York newspaper:


The response was enthusiastic, and within a month she had enough volunteers to form a "blonde brigade," all wiling to risk their lives for peace.

Wisconsin State Journal - Mar 29, 1938

Los Angeles Times - Apr 27, 1938

Owensboro Messenger - Apr 2, 1938

Women of other hair colors didn't want to be left out. So there was soon also a "red-headed regiment" and a "brunette battalion."

San Bernardino County Sun - Apr 30, 1938

Of course, none of these women were ever shipped to the front line to serve as a human shield. Colwell herself spent the war in Forth Worth, Texas performing in plays. After the war she moved to Japan as a civil service worker. When she died in 1986, she was back in Fort Worth. I haven't found any info on what she did between 1946 and 1986.

Posted By: Alex - Sun Nov 14, 2021 - Comments (4)
Category: War, 1930s, Women, Hair and Hairstyling

Crazy People

Could be the WU theme song.



Info from wikipedia:

Posted By: Alex - Sat Nov 13, 2021 - Comments (1)
Category: Music, 1930s

“How can explosion touch me?”

The sentence used in the title of this post belongs with Alex's "Strictly feminine is the woman devoid of superfluous hair" in terms of arcane impenetrability the more you repeat it.

Is separate explosion insurance for homeowners still a thing?

Ad source.

Posted By: Paul - Sun Nov 07, 2021 - Comments (4)
Category: Destruction, Domestic, Codes, Cryptography, Puzzles, Riddles, Rebuses and Other Language Alterations, Insurance, 1930s

Strictly feminine is the woman devoid of superfluous hair

The more often I say that sentence, the stranger it sounds.

Pittsburgh Press - July 30, 1939

Posted By: Alex - Fri Nov 05, 2021 - Comments (4)
Category: Advertising, 1930s, Hair and Hairstyling

The Scarecrow of Tomorrow

Miss Penelope Shoo. A scarecrow with style. On display by the Wonder Bakery exhibit at the 1939 New York World's Fair.

Pittsburgh Press - July 2, 1939

source: The 1939-1940 New York World's Fair, by Bill Cotter

Posted By: Alex - Sat Oct 30, 2021 - Comments (1)
Category: Fashion, 1930s, Halloween, Yesterday’s Tomorrows

Follies of the Madmen #518

Source.

Posted By: Paul - Wed Oct 27, 2021 - Comments (0)
Category: Business, Advertising, Hygiene, 1930s, Skin and Skin Conditions

The Girl of the Far Future

This dress wouldn't have been out of place at an awards show in the '80s, or even today. So I'll give Ralph Moni credit for an accurate prediction.

New York Daily News - Mar 10, 1939

Posted By: Alex - Mon Oct 25, 2021 - Comments (1)
Category: Fashion, 1930s, Yesterday’s Tomorrows