British and Commonwealth Insignia
(Bovril Booklet, 1917)
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The Winter Trench Coat
(Thresher and Glenny Catalog, 1918)
Illustrated pages from the Thresher and Glenny catalog showing how a blanket lining could be added to the trench coat in order to make the garment more suitable for winter campaigns. Also included in the advertisement were three glowing testimonials written by British officers who were simply bubbling over with excitement for their Thresher and Glenny trench coats.
Twentieth Century WritersW.B. Yeats Gripes About the Theater-Going Bourgeoisie
W.B. Yeats Gripes About the Theater-Going Bourgeoisie
(Theatre Arts, 1919)
Poet and playwright W.B. Yeats (1865 – 1939) had his say on the matter of theater-subscriber-book-of-the-month-club types who are more likely to attend performances because they feel they should, rather than attending for their own reasons of personal enjoyment:
And the worst of it is that I could not pay my players, or the seamstresses, or the owner of the building, unless I could draw to my plays those who prefer light amusement, or who have no ear for verse and literature, and fortunately they are all very polite.
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W.W. I Clip Art: Male Figures
Six line drawings pulled from various magazines dating between the years 1915 through 1919. More are available upon request.
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W.W. I Clip Art: German Figures
Five assorted figure drawings from the wartime pages of the German magazine, Die Welt Spiegel.
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W.W. I Clip Art: Doughboys
Four drawings of American Doughboys that originally appeared in a 1918 Leslie’s Weekly.The drawings were made by Cyrus Leroy Baldridge (1889 – 1977).
Click here to read some statistical data about the American Doughboys of the First World War.
Down With Christian Dior and His New Look!
(Rob Wagner’s Script, 1947)
This West-coast fashion critic believed that the fashions of Christian Dior stood firmly in opposition to the optimistic, Twentieth Century casual elegance of Claire McCardell (1905 – 1958) and Adrian (1903 – 1959), preferring instead to spin
the feminine figure in the unconventional manner, trying to make her look good where she ain’t. He seeks the ballet dancer illusion – natural, rounded shoulders, too weak to support a struggling world…Her waist is pinched in an exaggerated indentation, the better to emphasize her padded hips…There are butterfly sleeves, box pockets, belled jackets, and barreled skirts, suggesting something like a Gibson girl, or whatever grandmother should have worn.
Click here to read more 1940s articles about Christian Dior and his New Look.
Theda Bara: 1920s Sex Symbol
(Atlanta Georgian, 1917)
An enthusiastic review of the Hollywood silent film, The Tiger Woman
Night Patrol
(Stars and Stripes, 1918)
Mr. Junius B. Wood, correspondent of the CHICAGO DAILY NEWS with the A.E.F. recently spent a week in the sector held by the American Army Northwest of Toul. He lived the life of a Doughboy, slept a little and saw a lot. He spent his days in and near the front line and some of his nights in No Man’s Land. Here is the second and concluding installment of his story, depicting life at the front as it actually is…
The WASPs of W.W. II
The WASP program, for as such the Women Airforces Service Pilots became known, was begun in August, 1943. In addition to providing women fliers who could take over certain jobs and thereby release their brothers for front-line duty, the program was designed to see if women could serve as military pilots and, if so, to serve as a nucleus of an organization that could be rapidly expanded…The women who took part in the pilot program proved of great value to their country, flying almost every type of airplane used by the AAF, from the Thunderbolt fighter, to the C-54 transport, they flew enough miles to reach around the world 2,500 times at the Equator.
The WASPs were fortunate enough to have pioneering aviatrix Jacqueline Cochran (1906 – 1980) serve at their helm.
The Crew Fifteen Years Later
This is a 1960 magazine interview that served to profile eleven of the top American military celebrities to emerge from
A Humane Act at Gettysburg’s Bloody Angle
(Literary Digest, 1913)
During the 1913 Battle of Gettysburg’s fiftieth anniversary commemoration, a surviving member of Picket’s Charge encountered the Federal soldier who had saved his life at the Bloody Angle; this is the moving story of their encounter.
(Due to the broken title link above, you must Click here to read the article)
DesignA Design Crit by Frank Lloyd Wright
A Design Crit by Frank Lloyd Wright
(Rob Wagner’s Script Magazine, 1947)
When the architectural community howled in protest upon hearing that the firm of Wallace Harrison (1895 – 1981) was commissioned to design the United Nations Center in 1947, the editors of SCRIPT MAGAZINE dashed-off to ask Frank Lloyd Wright to pick up his quill and ink-up his arguments against the project.
Wright, a bitter foe of skyscrapers and cities, voiced his disapproval in the attached article. Those who are familiar with the high esteem in which Frank Lloyd Wright held himself will not be surprised that he referred to himself entirely in third person throughout this entire article!
World War One Clip Art: Otto Dix
Attached you will find assorted German Army figures by German Expressionist and World War I infantry veteran Otto Dix
(Wilhelm Heinrich Otto Dix 1891 – 1969). He served as a machine gunner for much of the war.