1937 – Page 7 – Old Magazine Articles

The Interior Design of the Hindenburg’ (Creative Art Magazine, 1937)

This article from a 1937 issue of The Magazine of Art addressed the over-all aesthetic appeal of the Hindenburg’ . Written by Blanche Naylor, no stranger to all matters involving industrial design of the Thirties and Forties, the article goes into some detail as to the color scheme, upholstery, paintings and the names of the assorted German designers responsible for the beauty of the air-ship. The article is accompanied by seven photographs and one diagram of the public rooms accessible to the Hindenburg’ passenger’s.

Colorful Menswear (Literary Digest, 1937)

This 1937 fashion report let it be known that men’s fashions were getting more colorful; items that we associate with the Fifties such as plaid cummerbunds made their appearance first in 1937. The first clothing item to cross the color line was, in all probability, the Hawaiian shirt – which came into vogue some five years earlier.

Click here to read a related article from 1919.

Hitler Was At Chateau Thierry? (Pathfinder Magazine, 1937)

Having read a Hitler article that appeared in Pathfinder Magazine during the winter of 1937, a previously unknown German immigrant in New Jersey wrote to the editors and revealed that he had served with Hitler during the Battle of Chateau Thierry (May 31 – July 18, 1918). Perhaps the writer, Hans W. Thielborn, suffered some memory loss as a result of a head wound during the battle – but records show that the fight had been over for some ten days by the time the two interacted.

The Interior Design of the Hindenburg’ (Creative Art Magazine, 1937)

Colorful Menswear (Literary Digest, 1937)

Hitler Was At Chateau Thierry? (Pathfinder Magazine, 1937)

Stalin Puts Trotsky ”On Trial” (Pathfinder Magazine, 1937)

Gahndi and American Movies (Photoplay Magazine, 1937)

Gahndi and American Movies (Photoplay Magazine, 1937)

Gahndi and American Movies (Photoplay Magazine, 1937)

Gahndi and American Movies (Photoplay Magazine, 1937)

Gahndi and American Movies (Photoplay Magazine, 1937)

Gahndi and American Movies (Photoplay Magazine, 1937)