1930s
Joe Magarac
The steel mill equivalent of Paul Bunyan? Who knew?
Original comic strip here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jan 10, 2013 -
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Category: Regionalism, Industry, Factories and Manufacturing, Myths and Fairytales, Superheroes, 1930s, 1950s, North America
Johnson Smith Catalog Item #28
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jan 08, 2013 -
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Category: Johnson Smith Catalog, 1930s, Weapons
1930’s SWAT Team
Fascinating look at at the Minute-Men Cops.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Dec 29, 2012 -
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Category: Cops, 1930s
The Little Boy That Santa Claus Forgot
What!?! A bummer Christmas song with no happy ending?!? "Last year's broken toys..." Pathetic!
Posted By: Paul - Fri Dec 21, 2012 -
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Category: Holidays, Tragedy and Pathos, Children, 1930s, Fictional Monsters, Sadness
Betty Boop Crossovers
Proving that crossovers between fictional universes is not a new thing.
Betty was so alluring, all the men wanted to visit her!
And even some contemporary women.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Dec 09, 2012 -
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Category: Comics, Crossovers and Mashups, Cartoons, 1930s
Johnson Smith Catalog Item #27
This steampunk-style item, the "Rolmonica," is from the 1930s catalog. Blow and crank your way to musical bliss!
Available song rolls after the jump.
More in extended >>
Posted By: Paul - Fri Nov 23, 2012 -
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Category: Johnson Smith Catalog, Music, Technology, 1930s
Cecil Dill, the Hand-Farting Farmer
Internet Archive, which hosts this video, explains:The guy is a natural in front of the camera. [via Neatorama]
Posted By: Alex - Wed Oct 17, 2012 -
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Category: Music, 1930s
Gus Mager and Un-Natural History
Cartoonist Gus Mager is well-respected for his pioneering newspaper strips. But he seems to have let his fertile and fanciful brain trespass into his supposedly scientific feature for Popular Science. Some of the "facts" given in his column appear somewhat dubious, to say the least. The business about the grapefruit was all settled well before Gus was working in the 1930s.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Oct 13, 2012 -
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Category: Animals, Comics, 1930s, Natural Wonders
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