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 […]
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Mussolini’s Popularity
In this article, famed journalist Anne O’Hare McCormick went to great lengths to explain why the Italian people were so
‘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,
One Year of War
“In the twelve months since Pearl Harbor the American family has begun to experience war on the home front… More
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,
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
Post-Repeal Fears
“The Eighteenth Amendment to the Federal Constitution made the criminal career pay – for the first time, perhaps, in the
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
British Officer’s Uniform Insignia
(Bovril Booklet, 1917)
Attached you will find five black and white drawings illustrating the British Army sleeve insignia worn throughout the First World War.
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.
W.W. I Clip Art: Male Faces
Eight assorted drawings pulled from various magazines and equipment catalogs dating between the years 1915 through 1919.
W.W. I Clip Art: German Figures
Five assorted figure drawings from the wartime pages of the German magazine, Die Welt Spiegel.
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.
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
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.
British Officer’s Full Dress Caps
(New York Times, 1915)
Color illustrations of six full dress British Army service caps. Pictured are the dark blue caps worn by those who held such ranks as Aide-de-Camp to the King, Equerry to the King, Staff Officer, British Army Pay Officer and Army Medical Officer.