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Here are some fantastically fun bicycle designs in Chicago from 1939. Watch people ride around on them in the middle of traffic, sans helmet. The footage shows a double-decker bike, a super tall bike, a two-story bike with a sewing table in the mid...
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The best 1930s fonts encapsulate the ups and downs of this tumultuous decade. With any of these fonts, you can capture this era perfectly.
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This wonderful electronic music was created using an optical synthesizer called a Variophone, which was invented in the 1930s. Variophones were photoelectric instruments. These instruments use sound waves that have been cut onto cardboard disks. Bo...
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In "Ha Ha Ha" (1934), a classic episode of the Fleischer Brothers' Betty Boop cartoon series, we learn about the joys of laughing gas. When Koko the Clown gets a cavity from eating too many sweets, Betty must put on her dentist hat and give him t...
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Put on your warmest Nordic turtleneck, whip yourself up a hot buttered rum, and warm your feet by the fire—you’ve had a long day on the slopes and the lodge’s evening festivities are about to begin!Read more...
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See here, we’ve got a pretty young woman in a swimsuit we’d like to display to her best advantage. What’ll we do? Oh, obviously—we’ll perch her on the diving board.Read more...
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Beginning in the mid 1930s, government-funded photographers fanned out across the country to document America. And now, thanks to a spiffy new database, you can browse these frankly amazing photos county by county. Look up your hometown! Read more...