1930s
Futurist Cuisine
The Italian Futurist movement, like the Surrealists, was fond of taking the piss out of traditional things. In 1930, they decided to overturn normal cooking and eating, publishing a MANIFESTO OF FUTURIST COOKING.Read about it at THE NEW YORKER.
And here.
And here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jul 07, 2023 -
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Category: Food, Cookbooks, Surrealism, 1930s, Europe
Miss America 1886 (Contest of 1936)
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jun 30, 2023 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Elderly and Seniors, 1930s, Nineteenth Century
Hitler’s Peace Pudding
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jun 23, 2023 -
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Category: Dictators, Tyrants and Other Harsh Rulers, Food, War, Cartoons, 1930s
Applause for Stalin
In his book Koba the Dread Martin Amis told the anecdote of "a gramophone record of one of Stalin's longer speeches" which "ran to eight sides, or rather seven, because the eighth consisted entirely of applause."Amis offered no more details than this. However, the Nizhny Tagil Museum of Regional History has some more info. It seems that what Amis was referring to was a recording of a speech Stalin gave on Nov 25, 1936 at the Extraordinary VIII All-Union Congress of Soviets. The full speech was reproduced in a 21-record set. According to the museum (with translation help from Google):
So the first side of the first disc is completely occupied by the applause of the hall, as a true confirmation of universal approval! Just imagine how in the labor collective they put a record on the gramophone and listen to pure ovations for three minutes! And the second side of the last disc - post-speech ovations and the performance of the Internationale by the participants of the Congress, which at that time played the role of the anthem of the USSR.
via Skeptics StackExchange
Posted By: Alex - Mon May 29, 2023 -
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Category: Vinyl Albums and Other Media Recordings, 1930s, Russia
Linoleumville
The Wikipedia page gives the history of the name:In 1873, the American Linoleum Company acquired 300 acres in the area to build the nation's first linoleum factory. The inventor of Linoleum, Frederick Walton, spent two years in Travis setting up the factory.[3] Many skilled English immigrants arrived to work in the factory in its early days, and the area being was named Linoleumville. By the early 20th century, 700 workers were employed, comprising half the local population. Many of these were Polish immigrants, and Linoleumville had become a Polish enclave.[4][5] The plant closed in 1931 and residents overwhelmingly chose to rename the community Travis.[1]
The name change vote prompted journalistic joshing at the time. But the second piece--by the later-famous historian Bruce Catton--stuck up for the name.
Posted By: Paul - Wed May 17, 2023 -
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Category: Odd Names, Regionalism, 1930s
Lying Start
I've never seen a race start like this. I'm assuming the "lying start" must no longer be practiced.
Posted By: Alex - Wed May 10, 2023 -
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Category: Sports, 1930s
Wearable Canopy
Stylish rain gear.More info: Patent No. 1,888,909
Posted By: Alex - Sun Apr 30, 2023 -
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Category: Fashion, Patents, 1930s, Weather
The boxer who knocked himself out
According to boxing lore, back in the 1930s C.D. "Bigboy" Blalock of Louisiana State University managed to accidentally knock himself out, with his own punch.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram - Feb 12, 1973
I've managed to confirm that C.D. Blalock was, in fact, a boxer on the LSU team (see clipping below). Apparently he was the heavyweight champion of the southeastern conference in 1934. But I can't find any contemporary coverage of his self-knockout. Which seems odd. I would have thought the press would have given something like that plenty of coverage.
Alexandria Daily Town Talk - Apr 2, 1932
Posted By: Alex - Wed Apr 26, 2023 -
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Category: Sports, 1930s
Lifesavers
If I'm reading this correctly, she really likes a guy who's short and scrawny, but feels that she's not supposed to. Lifesavers will help her conform to social expectations and find a more conventional partner.
The Old Line Magazine (University of Maryland) - Dec 1937
Posted By: Alex - Wed Apr 19, 2023 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Advertising, 1930s
The Dynasphere
Invented by Dr. John Purves in the early 1930s. The driver in the pictures and video is his son.
image source: rarehistoricalphotos.com
Many have noted the limitations of the Dynasphere. For instance, this is from Joe Rhatigan's Inventions That Could Have Changed The World But Didn't (2015):
It seems to me like these are all problems that computer-aided technology could overcome. So, given that the Dynasphere looks like it would be fun to drive, I'm surprised that a version of it isn't in production somewhere.
More info: wikipedia
Posted By: Alex - Mon Mar 27, 2023 -
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Category: 1930s, Cars
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