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The Well-Born Officer
(Vanity Fair, 1918)

By editor / July 29, 2015

For it’s October issue, the editors of VANITY FAIR magazine stepped up to the plate and did their bit with this splendid review of all the finest uniform apparel that New York City offered it’s silk stocking officers. The article is nicely illustrated with photographs of a double-breasted mackinaw coat, two officer blouses (one of a wool-silk blend), a classic silk knit service tie as well as a very fine trench boot.

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How American Soldiers Viewed Their Military Experience

1944, Hollywood History, Pic Magazine

Preston Sturgis, Director
(Pic Magazine, 1944)

By editor / July 29, 2015

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1922, Confederate Veteran Magazine, Miscellaneous

Civil War Reunion Clothing
(Confederate Veteran Magazine, 1922)

By editor / July 29, 2015

What did the smart, re-constructed Confederate soldier wear to the reunions, you ask? Why an eight buttoned sack coat with matching trousers composed of Dixie Gray wool, of course! It was all the rage among the apple-sauce crowd of 1922 – and by clicking the link below you will see a black and white ad from Confederate Veteran Magazine which pictured the togs.

1915, Golf History, Vanity Fair Magazine

A Covered Golf Caddy Bag
(Vanity Fair, 1915)

By editor / July 29, 2015

A few words, accompanied by a photograph, concerning the ‘traveler’s covered caddy bag‘ — another attempt at thwarting the efforts of ‘the golf thief’ as well as just plain lousy whether.

1916, Modern Art, Recent Articles, Vanity Fair Magazine

Paul Thevenaz: Rhythmatist Painter
(Vanity Fair, 1916)

By editor / July 29, 2015

A one page article regarding Swiss-born painter Paul Thevenaz (1891 – 1921) and his thoughts on the relationship between dance and modern painting. The article is accompanied by four of his portraits; the sitters were Jean Cocteau, Igor Stravinsky, the Comtesse E. De Beaumont and Comtesse Mathieu De Noailles.The profile was written by the novelist Marie Louise Van Saanen.

Read a 1937 article about another gay artist: Paul Cadmus.

1918, The Stars and Stripes, U.S. Army Uniforms of World War One

Over-Seas Chevrons
(Stars and Stripes, 1918)

By editor / July 29, 2015

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1912, Cars, Current Literature Magazine, Recent Articles

Advance of the Low-Priced Automobile
(Current Literature, 1912)

By editor / July 29, 2015

In answer to the cry for more affordable cars that can easily be purchased by working families, the French automobile industry of 1912 produced a line of long, narrow, boat-like cars, mounted on four wire wheels, carrying it’s passengers in tandem fashion. The production of these one and two cylinder air-cooled motors was based more upon the production lines of motorcycles rather than cars.

Golf History

A Look for the Autumn Golfer
(Magazine Ad, 1915)

By editor / July 29, 2015

A fine look for the golfing man, not likely to be seen on the green any time soon: a two piece, tweed golf suit with leather buttons, tweed cap, knit tie and wool knee socks.

1929, Old New York History, Recent Articles, The Literary Digest

A Census of Skyscrapers
(Literary Digest, 1929)

By editor / July 29, 2015

Egged on by the 1929 completion of the Chrysler building, the curious souls who ran the New York offices of THE LITERARY DIGEST were moved to learn more about skyscrapers, both in New York as well as other parts of the U.S. and We were surprised to learn that as of 1929

50 percent of the buildings in New York from 10 to 20 stories and 60 percent of those over 20 stories are located between 14th and 59th streets.

This article also presents statistical data concerning the number of tall buildings that could be found throughout the 1920s United States.

1922, Tennis History, Vanity Fair Magazine

British Tennis Stars Rally for 1922
(Vanity Fair Magazine,1922)

By editor / July 29, 2015

Having seen the international pantry shelf sadly depleted in the way of cups during the stirring campaign of 1921, extended preparations now underway beneath the Union Jack, indicate a counter attack of no slight proportions this coming summer.

1916, Fashion, Strauss Magazine

New York Fashions for Spring
(Strauss Magazine Theatre Program, 1916)

By editor / July 29, 2015

Before it was called Playbill it was called the Strauss Magazine Theatre Program and Cora Moore was their fashion critic. During the early spring of 1916 Mrs. Moore took a serious look at the fashion parade on Fifth Avenue and recognized that much of it had been seen before. She offered no thoughts as to why so much from the past was being borrowed but she liked it just fine nonetheless.

1949, Holiday Magazine, Old New York History, Recent Articles

New York’s Contributions to English
(Holiday, 1949)

By editor / July 29, 2015

New York City’s contributions to the American language go considerably further than the pronunciation of ‘avenyeh’ for avenue or ‘erl’ for lubricant. Peter Stuyvesant’s village has made rich entries into our spoken and written tongue. A handful, culled from Dr. Mitford M. Matthew’s A Dictionary of Americanisms
follows.

Click here to read more articles about American English.

1916, Fashion, Strauss Magazine

New York Fashions for Spring
(Strauss Magazine Theatre Program, 1916)

By editor / July 29, 2015

1927, China - Twentieth Century, The Nation Magazine

Chaos in Nanking
(The Nation, 1927)

By editor / July 29, 2015

An excerpt from a longer article written by an eyewitness concerning the atrocities that took place in 1927 Nanking as the victorious Nationalists forces entered the city. Reference is made to the bombarding of that city by both British and American gunboats.

Click here to read about the 1937 sacking of Nanking.

1912, Life Magazine, Recent Articles, Women's Suffrage

The Pankhursts
(Life Magazine, 1912)

By editor / July 29, 2015

In the digital age, we are able to recognize civil disobedience and call it by name, but this was certainly not the case for this Old Boy writing in 1912; he read about the criminal past-times of Mrs. Pankhurst (Emmeline Pankhurst, 1850 – 1928) and her two daughters (Christobel Pankhurst, 1880 – 1960; Estelle Sylvia Pankhurst, 1882 – 1960), and thought that no good could possibly come of such rabble-rousing.

1917, Inventions and Weapons, Trench Warfare

The Mills Bomb
(Trench Warfare, 1917)

By editor / July 29, 2015

A black and white mechanical drawing illustrating the most famous of British hand grenades that was ever used by British and Commonwealth forces during the course of World War One.

1917, Recent Articles, The Atlanta Georgian, World War One

President Wilson Exonerates Mexico & Japan
(The Atlanta Georgian, 1917)

By editor / July 29, 2015

When the diplomatic leadership in Washington began to unravel the plot that was revealed behind the Zimmerman telegram, the Wilson administration wisely concluded that the governments of Japan and Mexico were not complicit in the scheme that had been cooked-up by the Germans.

1944, Recent Articles, World War Two, Yank Magazine

World War II in the Jungles of Burma
(Yank Magazine, 1944)

By editor / July 29, 2015

Written by correspondent Dave Richardson (1916 – 2005) behind Japanese lines in Northern Burma, this article was characterized as odds and ends from a battered diary of a footsore YANK correspondent after his first 500 miles of marching and Jap-hunting with Merrill’s Marauders.

One of the most highly decorated war correspondents of World War II, Richardson is remembered as the fearless reporter who tramped across 1,000 miles of Asian jungle in order to document the U.S. Army’s four-month campaign against entrenched Japanese forces – armed only with a camera, a typewriter and an M-1 carbine.

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