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French Women and American Soldiers During WW I | French Women and American Men During WW I

1919, The Spiker, World War One

French Women and American Soldiers
(The Spiker, 1919)

By editor / April 7, 2019

At the end of the First World War, the young women of France were asked the question:

Who would you choose for a husband, a Frenchman or an American? And what are the qualities and faults which justify your preference?

Some of the answers were pretty funny (especially the responses made by the irate Frenchmen returning from the Front). After all the votes were tallied, it was discovered that, regardless of their gold teeth, big tortoise shell glasses and shaved faces, the Doughboys were able to charm as much as a quarter of the women asked (which was a good deal better than they thought they would do) Some women, however, were not very impressed.

Click here to read an article about social diseases within the A.E.F..

Click here if would like to read about British Women and American G.I.s during the Second World War…

1960, Hollywood History, Pageant Magazine

Jane Fonda
(Pageant Magazine, 1960)

By editor / April 5, 2019

When this article went to press in 1960, Jane Fonda (b. 1937) was all of 22.
She had recently dropped out of Vassar to pursue modeling in Manhattan (unlike most college drop-out who quit campus to pursue modeling, Fonda’s smiling mug was placed on two VOGUE covers that year) and to study method acting with Lee Strasberg (1901 – 1982). She had her first taste of Broadway in a short-lived production titled There was a Little Girl and had not, as yet, taken up her interest in totalitarian communism.

Click here to read about Henry Fonda.

1942 Japanese-Americans Held at Santa Anita Racetrack | California Nisei Experiences 1942

1942, Japanese-American Internment, Rob Wagner's Script Magazine

Los Angeles Nisei at Santa Anita Racetrack
(Rob Wagner’s Script, 1942)

By editor / April 5, 2019

Attached is a eye-witness account of the Los Angeles Issie and Nisei populations after having been removed from their homes and detained at Santa Anita racetrack prior to their transfer and subsequent incarceration at Manzanar, California.

There are more than 6,000 Japanese housed in the stables which once accommodated 2,000 horses…Each stall has had a room built on in front with doors and windows and the floors have been covered with a layer of asphaltum which seems to have killed the odors.

This article, laced throughout with subtle undertones of condemnation, was written by a Hollywood screenwriter named Alfred Cohn (1880 – 1951) who is largely remembered today for having written the adaptation for the Al Jolson movie The Jazz Singer (1929).

1942, Click Magazine, Home Front

Paulette Goddard in Uniform
(Click Magazine, 1942)

By editor / April 3, 2019

Paulette Goddard (1910 – 1990) is pictured in color wearing an all-purpose uniform designed by the Hollywood stylist Irene (Irene Lentz, 1900 – 1962). The actress was a sporadic volunteer, having appeared in four films throughout 1942.

Politicians and Teleprompters | Impact of Television on American Politics

1951, Early Television, Pathfinder Magazine

Television: God’s Gift To Politicians
(Pathfinder Magazine, 1951)

By editor / April 2, 2019

Placing a teleprompter or cue cards below a camera lens seems like old-hat to us – but our grandparents thought that it rendered an amazing affect for televised addresses:

The new technique for speeches on TV – reading from larlge cards with lettering two inches high placed just under the camera lens – makes it possible for the speaker to look directly into the camera lens, giving the appearance of talking directly to the viewer.

1946, Miscellaneous, Pathfinder Magazine

Red Saskatchewan
(Pathfinder Magazine, 1946)

By editor / April 1, 2019

When the our neighbors to the North first dipped their toe into the tepid waters of socialism, they they chose to do so with car insurance:

A law compelling automobile operators and public schools to buy insurance from a state-owned company.

1922, Charlie Chaplin Articles, Life Magazine

A Review of Shoulder Arms
(Life Magazine, 1922)

By editor / March 30, 2019

Attached you will be able to print the film review for Charlie Chaplin‘s movie, Shoulder Arms (1918). Printed in a popular humor magazine from the time, the flick (which had been re-released) was hailed by this one critic as the greatest comedy in movie history.

1941, Diana Barrymore, The American Magazine

Her Arrival
(American Magazine, 1941)

By editor / March 28, 2019

An article that celebrated the well-received performance of Diana Barrymore in her stage debut in the New York play, The Romantic Mr. Dickens:

The critics marshaled such adjectives as ‘vibrant,’ ‘vivid,’ ‘beautiful’, and ‘confident’ to describe the ‘best Barrymore debut in years.’

1919, Siberian Expedition, The American Legion Weekly

American Soldiers Remember Siberia
(American Legion Weekly, 1919)

By editor / March 27, 2019

The Doughboys of the the U.S. Twenty-Seventh Infantry remember the bad old days in Vladivostok guarding the trans-Siberian railway line:

The Czar’s old government used to send its enemies to Siberia, to exile; Uncle Sam’s government sent its own men there to guard a railroad. Whose railroad it was and what it was there for and why Americans should be taken away from a perfectly good war in France and stationed up there to take care of it — surely you can answer all these questions. If you can’t, don’t go to any of the veterans of the Siberian Expeditionary Force, because they won’t give you very coherent answers. They think the whole trip was a post-season special, staged especially for their benefit.

1942, Collier's Magazine, Diana Barrymore

The Barrymore Girl
(Collier’s Magazine, 1942)

By editor / March 21, 2019

When LIFE MAGAZINE ran a cheese cake picture of Diana Barrymore (1921 – 1960) on the cover of their July 31, 1939 issue, the quick-witted editors at COLLIER’S were not to be outdone, so they ran this interview three years later. A color photo of the actress is provided in which she sports that remarkable Barrymore chin.

1917, Miscellaneous, The Atlanta Georgian

A Wedding Vow Anecdote
(The Atlanta Georgian, 1917)

By editor / March 20, 2019

The exclusion of the word obey from the traditional wedding vow has been happening for a good while, and it seems to have pre-dated the 1960s; however in the following case, the presiding official at one wedding would only do so for a fee.

1922, Ku Klux Klan, The Literary Digest

The Klan as a National Problem
(The Literary Digest, 1922)

By editor / March 20, 2019

A two page article reporting on the growth of the KKK throughout the United States in the early Twenties, it’s general rise in popularity and the resolve of elected officials at both the state and Federal levels to contain the Invisible Empire.

Interesting comments can be read by a reformed Klansman named H.P. Fry, who authored a cautionary memoir titled, The Modern Ku Klux Klan.

1944, Home Front, Yank Magazine

Interview with a Home Front War Worker
(Yank Magazine, 1944)

By editor / March 18, 2019

It would seem that a good many World War II servicemen believed that they were missing out on all that home front glamour that had kicked-in as a result of the full-employment and booming economic prosperity of wartime America; and so Yank correspondent Al Hine was quickly dispatched to Turtle Creek, Pa. to pen this small article about Frank Hanly, an average guy in a average war plant. He works hard, rests and plays like we used to and he isn’t getting rich.

The truth is this army reporter was instructed to report on the blander side of home front living – the facts were far brighter; there was money to be made and fun to be had and you can click here to read about it…

1920s Hip-flask Legislation | 1920s Hip Flask Popularity

1927, Prohibition History, The Literary Digest

Congress Adresses the Problem of the Hip-Flask
(Literary Digest, 1927)

By editor / March 15, 2019

Seven years after wine and spirits were banished from the land, the government in Washington felt pressured to discipline all those restaurateurs who failed to defenestrate their patrons who brought illicit drink into their establishments. This is an article about how an attempt was made to get restaurant owners to police their customers.

1922, Miscellaneous, The Literary Digest

The Costliness of Mesopotamia
(Literary Digest, 1922)

By editor / March 15, 2019

The attached article from LITERARY DIGEST will give you a clear understanding of all that Britain went through in order to govern Iraq in the early Twenties; Britain’s treaties with the Turkish and Angoran Governments in regards to the oil-rich region of Mosul, the selection of an Arab King and the suppression of various Iraqi revolts.

The Mesopotamian Adventure required a tremendous amount of treasure and yielded very little excitement for either party:

At the end of the war we found Iraq upon our hands, and our Government agreed to accept a mandate for the administration for this inhospitable territory.

Click here to see a Punch Magazine cartoon about the British adventure in Iraq.

1930, Animation History, Photoplay Magazine

Afternoon at Terry-Toon Studios
(Photoplay Magazine, 1930)

By editor / March 15, 2019

PHOTOPLAY’s Frances Kish spent some time with the animators at Terry-Toon studios and filed this report detailing all the efforts that go into the production of just one Terry-Toon film:

The major animator begins begins the work. The thin white paper he uses for his drawings has holes punched at the top, like pages for a loose-leaf note book…The figures are about three inches high…

1916, Prohibition History

A Look at at What the Prohibition Amendment Might Look Like
(The Outlook, 1916)

By editor / March 14, 2019

Two years before the Prohibition Amendment would be passed, the New York State Superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League, William H. Anderson (1874 – 1959), wrote this piece defending a draft of the amendment that was, at that time, sitting before Congress.

1950, Quick Magazine, Radio History

This was Jack Benney
(Quick Magazine, 1950)

By editor / March 14, 2019

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