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1953, Elizabeth II Articles, Gentry Magazine

The Coronation Jewels
(Gentry Magazine, 1953)

By editor / July 29, 2015

The attached photograph of Queen Elizabeth in her Coronation attire is accompanied by a few select words concerning the Koh-I-Nor diamond and a few other pretty baubles worn on the occasion of her 1953 coronation:

Elizabeth II wearing the diamond-and-pearl circlet of Queen Victoria. The design incorporates the Tudor rose, Scotch thistle, and Irish shamrock. The diamond necklace was a wedding gift from the Nizam of Hyderabad.

1919, The Stars and Stripes, U.S. Army Uniforms of World War One

Puttees In–Leggings Out
(The Stars and Stripes, 1919)

By editor / July 29, 2015

Shortly after training in France began it was discovered that the leggings of the American Army were no match for the moisture of the French countryside and so puttees were issued for the whole A.E.F. – the attached notice ordered the entire U.S. Army to wear them in place of canvas leggings.

1953, Gentry Magazine, Modigliani Articles

The Psycho-Sexual Struggle within Amedeo Modigliani
(Gentry Magazine, 1953)

By editor / July 29, 2015

Modigliani’s art reflects the psychological secret of his personality as a man, which in turn determines, the characteristics of his art. This longing for intellectual and spiritual self-discipline was constantly struggling with the demands of his overflowing sensual nature; his dreams of physical and sexual vigor were at odds with the failings of his body, his ailments, and his psycho-sexual infantilism; his desire for glory rebelled against the frustrations and poverty of reality.

Men's Fashions for the Summer of 1932 (Magazine Advertisement)

1930s Fashion, 1933, The Delineator Magazine

Linen and Cotton and the Summer of 1933
(Delineator Magazine, 1933)

By editor / July 29, 2015

Attached is printable fashion editorial by a lifer in the world of 20th Century American fashion, Marian Corey who stood firm on her belief that the Summer of ’33 would stand out as the first season in which the swankiest threads in fashion’s offering would be linen and cotton rather than silk:

Cotton and linen have gone chic on us. Yes we know that you’ve heard this before. Every year for the last three, stylists have become very sentimental, along about March first, on this subject and each year practically everyone has gone right on wearing silk and more silk, just the same. This time, however, things will be different; this is the summer to believe the stylists.

The article is illustrated by six photographs picturing various assorted well-fed loafers of the Palm Beach set.

Learn about the color trends in men’s 1930 suits…

1945, Foreign Opinions About America, Yank Magazine

Americans Observed…(Yank Magazine, 1945)

By editor / July 29, 2015

While in the process of drawing up the charter for the United Nations, several foreign dignitaries took time out to look around at the citizens of San Francisco and share their candid observations with the editors of YANK MAGAZINE as to what an American is.

During the summer of 1938 the Nazis allowed one of their photo journalists out of the Fatherland to wander the highways and byways of the United States. This is what he saw…

1930, Pathfinder Magazine, Talkies 1930

The Inter-Sound System
(Pathfinder Magazine, 1930)

By editor / July 29, 2015

How the United Nations Works
(Yank Magazine, 1945)

By editor / July 29, 2015

Here is an instructional cartoon for students illustrating how the United Nations was intended to function during a crises.

The cartoonist clearly indicated the step-by-step protocol that was designed to eradicate world wars with a diplomatic process beginning jointly in both the U.N. General Assembly as well as the U.N. Security Council, proceeding on to three other possible U.N. committees (such as the Trusteeship Council, the Military Staff Committee or the International Courts) before the general body would be able to deploy any international force on it’s behalf.

1944, World War Two, Yank Magazine

1944 Army Statistcs
(Yank Magazine, 1944)

By editor / July 29, 2015

A printable list of figures regarding U.S. Army and Navy strength as tabulated for the year 1944:

The latest figures, released last week, show that the total strength of the armed forces now comes to about 11,417,000. The House Military Affairs Committee, to which Selective Service gave this information, released it to the public without comment, but several committee members were reported to have said privately that it confirmed their suspicions that some 2,000,000 more men have been inducted than necessary.

Click here to read another article about U.S. casualties up to the year 1944.

1914, Fashion (WWI), Vanity Fair Magazine

Summer Mode for an Era’s End
(Vanity Fair Magazine, 1914)

By editor / July 29, 2015

The Paris fashion world that thrived during the August of 1914 was rightfully intrigued by the chic creations conjured up by the House of Worth, Drécoll, and Mme Paquin.

1918, Armistice

‘The Horrors of Peace”
(The Better Days, 1918)

By editor / July 29, 2015

A Salute to Susan B. Anthony
(Pathfinder Magazine, 1920)

By editor / July 29, 2015

Five and a half months before the 19th Amendment was ratified, granting all female citizens over the age of 21 the right to vote, the editors of THE PATHFINDER MAGAZINE saw fit to pay tribute to Susan B. Anthony (1820 – 1906) – the woman who got the ball rolling so long ago:

She drafted the pending amendment to the constitution in 1875.

1938, Hollywood History, Ken Magazine

A Screenwriter’s Progress
(Ken Magazine, 1938)

By editor / July 29, 2015

Yardley, a cartoonist from KEN MAGAZINE, made this four panel yuk-yuk about Depression era screenwriters and the shoe being on the other foot. Truth be told, the story it tells is as fitting in our own time as it was in the Thirties. Nicely rendered, too.

Click here to read about feminine conversations overheard in the best New York ladies rooms of 1937.

1916, Motion Picture Magazine, Silent Movie History

Scenario Writers and Plagiarism
(Motion Picture Magazine, 1916)

By editor / July 29, 2015

The attached is one from a series of articles that appeared in MOTION PICTURE MAGAZINE penned by a Hollywood insider during the high-fashion days of silent film. The reader will be alarmed to read that even as early as 1916, plot-stealing and other forms of Hollywood plagiarism were in full swing.

A few weeks earlier, a California Representative had introduced an anti-plagiarism bill to Congress.

Click here to read about the Hollywood plagiarism game of 1935.

1922, Civil Behavior, Confederate Veteran Magazine

The Battle of Kenesaw and the Goodness of Colonel Martin
(Confederate Veteran, 1922)

By editor / July 29, 2015

Here is a segment from a longer article found on this site that recalled the history of boys who had enlisted in the Confederate cause – this short paragraph tells the story of a Rebel colonel, W.H. Martin of the 1st Arkansas Regiment, who called out to his opposite number in the Federal ranks during a lull in the fighting for Kenesaw Mountain and allowed for a truce so that the immobilized wounded of the Northern infantry would be rescued from a fire that was spreading in no-mans-land.

1915, Silent Movie History, Vanity Fair Hall of Fame

Etiquette in the Movies
(Vanity Fair, 1915)

By editor / July 29, 2015

No doubt, this is one of the funniest pieces you are likely to find on the topic of acting and costuming in silent movies. It was written by Frederick Lewis Allen (1890 – 1954) and Frank Tuttle (1892-1963); both men approached the movies with the low expectations that were probably all too typical of theater lovers at that time. Frederick Lewis Allen is best remembered today as one of the better chroniclers of the Twenties and author of Only Yesterday (1931) while Frank Tuttle would find himself, in a few short years, directing movies in Hollywood. Tuttle was one of the few Directors who successfully made the jump from silent films to sound and continued working; at this writing, he was an Assistant Editor at Vanity Fair.

1918, Fashion, Harper's Bazaar Magazine

Paris Hats by Marie Louise, Lucie Hamar and Lanvin
(Harper’s Bazaar, 1918)

By editor / July 29, 2015

Six fashion illustrations concerning the autumn hats of 1918:

Paris is exceedingly critical in regard to hats even in wartime, and the new ones are most interesting. Black velvet of course is rampant, and Marie Louise especially is using much much black panne velvet…

1918, Golf History, Vanity Fair Magazine

Men’s Summer Golf Apparel
(Vanity Fair Magazine, 1918)

By editor / July 29, 2015

Attached you will find some kind words promoting brown linen as the preferred fabric for summer golf, yet what is most striking is the accompanying photo of a young rake in his period golf apparel sporting a pair of putees for his time upon the links. It is rare that one finds a photograph of a golfer in putees and one might get the sense that the look never really caught on.

1916, Golf History, Vanity Fair Magazine

The Action-Back Jacket for the Golfing Man
(Vanity Fair Magazine, 1916)

By editor / July 29, 2015

Those young bucks who golfed and participated in other field and blood-sports during the early Twentieth Century were the lads who benefited most from the tailor’s craft. Pictured here are details of the pivot-sleeve (later to be called the ‘action-back’): a four button, deep-vented, self-belted, pleated golf jacket with matching knickers.

Also featured is a terribly natty English cheviot golf hat.

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