Ike’s Boys
When this article appeared in print the war in Europe had been over for three and a half months. Nonetheless, […]
1923, The New York Times, Twentieth Century Writers, Uncategorized
Paris: Literary Capital of America
This article lists a surprising number of American authors who had all found high levels of productivity in the city
1923, Benito Mussolini, Uncategorized
Mussolini’s Popularity
In this article, famed journalist Anne O’Hare McCormick went to great lengths to explain why the Italian people were so
1938, Women Pilots
The Triumphs of Pilot Jacqueline Cochran
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1942, America Magazine, German Home Front
More Letters from the German Home Front
“The information in letters found on the German dead, intimate and personal as it is, leads to some striking deductions.
1947, It's A Wonderful Life, Photoplay Magazine, Uncategorized
‘Its a Wonderful Life’ – the Synopsis
Lovingly ripped from the binding of a 1947 issue of Photoplay Magazine was the attached thumbnail Its a Wonderful Life,
World War Two/Home Front
Opinions on the Early Home Front
“The pre-Pearl Harbor issue has been liquidated, not because of an act of national will power. It had faded before
One Year of War
“In the twelve months since Pearl Harbor the American family has begun to experience war on the home front… More
Prejudice on the Home Front
As the Allied Armies were nearing Berlin and Tokyo, U.S. magazines began running articles concerning the nation’s problems that had
1940s Fashion, 1944, Coronet Magazine, Uncategorized
Stockings for Movie Stars
$2,500.00 stockings, anyone? (in today’s currency, that would be $41,519.00) This is the story of Hollywood’s go-to-guy for outrageously priced,
1940s Fashion, 1942, Uncategorized
Pants for Women Become a Thing
The battle over pants for women had been going on long before this article came to press. Keeping in mind
1933, Prohibition History, Uncategorized
Post-Repeal Fears
“The Eighteenth Amendment to the Federal Constitution made the criminal career pay – for the first time, perhaps, in the
1963, The Kennedys, The United States News, Uncategorized
Spotlight on the Secret Service
“The chief responsibility of the U.S. Secret Service is to guard the life of the President… In Dallas, on November
1943, Child Labor
Child Labor During W.W. II
“Throughout the land, child labor is making a comeback as already inadequate laws buckle under pressure of fraudulent appeals to
Uncategorized
The Mad Plaid of 1940
Fashion writer Henry Jackson had a few words to say concerning the importance of Glen Plaid in men’s fashions during
1945, World War Two
American Leviathan
“It is the purpose of this article to show how in three years we have broken the shackles of all