December 3, 2008

Lately, like a lot of people, I've been thinking more about the 1930's than I have since Junior High School. It seems like there are articles everywhere dissecting the ways that people held onto their lives through bad economic times, which industries fared better than others, what had to happen to get out of it...reading about the depression is, um, depressing.

I did a search of depression era art, hoping to cheer myself up a bit, but only found photos of dust-bowl victims or bad drawings. Changing the search to 30's art, though, yielded a totally different and much more encouraging list of results.

One gem I found was Gatochy's Flickr Stream, which has a great collection of fashion photos from several eras, including the '30s. Here is an image from her Art Deco Blog, a 1932 "Wanderer" brochure:

And another - the text is unbelievable, but the appliances are divine. I really want a toaster like that...

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By Linx on September 3, 2011 1:29 AM

A rlolnig stone is worth two in the bush, thanks to this article.

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