Adorable Cat Takes A Baby Out For A Buggy Ride
A 1938 Popular Mechanics article tried to prove that cats could make excellent nannies.
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20 Famous Movie Lines That You Have Been Saying Wrong
You and I have been constantly misquoting them our entire lives.
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10 Trippy Photos Edited Before Photoshop
The National Gallery of Art’s, Faking It: Manipulated Photography before Photoshop exhibit, is a fascinating look at manipulated photography before the digital age.
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15 Surprising Facts About Prohibition
Prohibition gave us both booze cruises and Boardwalk Empire. Also, the KKK was a big fan.
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Monday, Laundry Day, New York City
15 Photos from the 1930s. Enter the time machine.
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11 Oddly Creepy Robots From The ’20s And ’30s
They weren’t created to destroy us, just pose with us.
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Miss "Lovely Eyes" Contest
Looks more like Miss “Swimsuit Cannibal.” Early 1930s, Florida. (via retronaut.co)
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’30s Kids Were Awesome Problem Solvers
These depression-era kids didn’t let their problems keep them down.
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5 Racy Jantzen Swimwear Ads
Harmless-looking now but at the time, they were definitely boundary-pushing. Illustrated by legendary pin-up artist George Petty.
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30 Delightful Cat Photos From The ’30s
It’s hard to have any great depression when there are cats to hug and to hold.
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30 Cute Dog Photos From The ’30s
In doing research for this post, I have come to the important conclusion that dogs reached the height of their cuteness in the 1930s. Really, like a fourth of these dogs are wearing little hats.
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The Original Singing Dog Video
Circa 1934.
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Rural African American Life In The 1930s-40s
These remarkable color photographs were taken for the Farm Security Administration between 1939 and 1941. They depict African American tenant farmers and their families living in the rural South during World War II. Despite the efforts of the Southern Tenant Farmers Union (STFU), living conditions were often deplorable.
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40 Gorgeous Vintage Japanese Matchbox Designs
The bold shapes and colors in these 1920s-40s matchbox covers are fantastic examples of Art Deco in Japan. Some of them look like they came straight out of a Paris jazz club but, you know, with more octopus. (via maraid.co.uk)
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Clothing Of The Future
Back in the ’30s, some fashion designers imagined what women’s apparel in the year 2000 would look like. Their ideas were both hilarious and surprisingly accurate in some cases.
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1930s Futuristic Fashion Predictions
Designers of the 1930s predict the styles of the new millennium with charmingly 1930s results. Ooh, swish!
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Vintage Robot From 1934
Even the robot overlords have embarrassing ancestors. It seems fear of robotic takeover has been ingrained for decades. When this 6’4” metal monstrosity was created in Britain, tales of it blinking to life and shooting its creator ran rampant. Watch Video ›
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Parkour from 1930
Imagine how good he’d be with Nikes! And Gatorade! And steroids. Watch Video ›
