As a response to the drastic increase in French and British tank production, German industry manufactured a powerful (if cumbersome) anti-tank rifle in early 1918. The weapon fired a 13mm armor-piercing bullet but it’s heavy recoil made the weapon difficult to operate. The Abris Museum in Albert, France has one of these currently on display.
The German Anti-Tank Rifle (Almanach Hechette, 1919) Read More »
This article listed the skills required to survive as a sniper in W.W. I France:
One extremely important rule was that he should swab the muzzle of his rifle after every shot, to make sure that no moisture had collected there. One tiny drop of water would, upon the rifle’s discharge, send up a puff of steam that would reveal him to his carefully watching enemies.
To see a diagram of the American W.W. I sniper rifle, click here.
American Snipers in France (Literary Digest, 1919) Read More »
Eight assorted drawings pulled from various magazines and equipment catalogs dating between the years 1915 through 1919.
W.W. I Clip Art: Male Faces Read More »
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.
W.W. I Clip Art: Doughboys Read More »
An enthusiastic review of the Hollywood silent film, The Tiger Woman
Theda Bara: 1920s Sex Symbol (Atlanta Georgian, 1917) Read More »
Attached you will find a small illustrated notice from the shameless gossips at PHOTOPLAY MAGAZINE reporting on the surprise 1941 wedding that took place between Lucile Ball and Desi Arnaz.
PHOTOPLAY acknowledged the nay-saying Hollywood romance prophets who predicted doom for the union of these two Rhumba Stars – but in the end, they were right: Lucy and Desi divorced in May of 1961.
Celebrity Wedding: Lucile Ball and Desi Arnaz (Photoplay Magazine, 1941) Read More »
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)
A Humane Act at Gettysburg’s Bloody Angle (Literary Digest, 1913) Read More »
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.
World War One Clip Art: Otto Dix Read More »
This is the new suburban America… It has developed since the Second World War. It is within hollering distance of a big city but has a definite will of its own. Its people are youngish and their numbers growing. To find out what goes on in such a community, PAGEANT MAGAZINE made a study of one typical postwar suburb: Levittown, Long Island. It has 82,000 people, fairly young; the town is 12 years old and still growing fast. What happens there [each year] is typical of the new American ‘normal’:
• Average Income: $6,100.00
• Deaths: 304
• Births: 2,760
• Divorces: 101
• HS Graduates: 285
• College-Bound Graduates: 60
• Auto Accidents: 355
Living the Life (Pageant Magazine, 1957) Read More »
Attached you will find a small illustrated notice from the shameless gossips at PHOTOPLAY MAGAZINE reporting on the surprise 1941 wedding that took place between Lucile Ball and Desi Arnaz.
PHOTOPLAY acknowledged the nay-saying Hollywood romance prophets who predicted doom for the union of these two Rhumba Stars – but in the end, they were right: Lucy and Desi divorced in May of 1961.
Celebrity Wedding: Lucile Ball and Desi Arnaz (Photoplay Magazine, 1941) Read More »
