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  1. DecoDame

    Cincinnati Union Station

    Wanted to share some pics of our Sunday at the 1940s Weekend event. I didn’t take a lot of photos – too busy soaking it in – but here are a few… They had the fountains in front going, which I’d never seen before (I believe any time I had been there before was “off season”). That was a real...
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    DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

    Just a handful of Golden Age actors left. That period just inches further out of reach. I know it's the natural order of things to pass, but it's still a very melancholy thing to hear. But man, what a good run, Ms. Bacall had. And a good dame. (What if Luise Ranier outlives us all?)
  3. DecoDame

    Cincinnati Union Station

    I believe it's an annual thing, so you'll have to plan on next year, Scotrace. If I'm organized (ie: I remember to take the damned camera), I may take some pics to share here, for vicarious attendance. ;)
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    Cincinnati Union Station

    Just discovered that the old Cincinnati Union Terminal which is now housing the Cincinnati Museum (and one of THE best examples of art deco architecture in the whole country and my absolute personal favorite), is hosting a 1940s Weekend event this weekend August 9 & 10. They have a lot of...
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    Motorcycle girls

    I just came in from riding our newly purchased motor scooter around the neighborhood on errands. It's just a modest Suzuki '81 "rascal", but is fun. And 100 miles to the gallon. So there's that. That's a great pic, Frk.W !
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    A Day in the Life

    Lizzie, I can't say that the aesthetics aren't important in my attraction to the Golden Age. I'm calling myself "DecoDame" after all. As an artist, I have a deep appreciation of the look and art and design of the era. Otherwise, I might have latched on to a late 50s/mid 60s interest that better...
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    A Day in the Life

    Then maybe I just have a tummy ache, not the bends. ;) Marketing makes it relentless, technology make it inescapable, both contribute to speed and shallowness and noise - and I can't handle it. Or don't want to. And don't relate to it. There. A very shortened version at last! It's just having...
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    A Day in the Life

    :nod: Yes, as I first posted, I too feel what was framed as the expectations of our lives changed dramatically. But I think that and my later rant about technology and pace and Sheeplady's other comment are really all related: Because I don't think that it's "self-created" as much as we've...
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    A Day in the Life

    I hear you, Sheeplady. And I actually agree. I did have in the back of my mind the more enormous arc of change since the Industrial Revolution, but was focused on the mini lurches of change within that span (like my personal experience of change mid 60s to say, mid 90s). It just seemed that for...
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    A Day in the Life

    I've realized recently that as a child, I was "trained" and prepared for a world that doesn't actually exist. Many of the lessons I learned when young in the mid 60s, about how the world works, how you do things, what's expected, what an adult behaves like, how to dress, just how to navigate and...
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    Have women... in the West at least... "Flipped the Script?"

    Yes, Sheeplady. Good post. And thanks, Lizzie, for mentioning Stephanie Coontz again. I remember you're bringing up "The Way We Never Were" before, but hadn't looked further into it. I just watched this speech of hers, and I like her historical context and perspective on what "traditional...
  14. DecoDame

    Vintage Theaters

    That's a great old theater, scotrace. Is this recent unveiling part of a larger effort to totally rehab and preserve the building? What will it be used for now?
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    Show us your vintage-vintage inspired Engagement Ring!

    Congrats!! :D Your appreciation of "flaws" reminds me of Wabi Sabi ("Wabi-sabi is the quintessential Japanese aesthetic. It is a beauty of things imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete."). And I have to agree. Imperfections tend to lend more soul to an object, for lack of a better word.
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    Golden Era Woman of the Week

    Hope no one minds me adding a notable woman to this thread. Links of this post are floating around the Net, which I happened across. It's about Bessie Stringfield, an "African American motorcycling pioneer". Just a bit of the text from that link: In the 1930s and 1940s, Bessie took eight...
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    girls in guy's garb

    Thanks for the link, FFF - The complicated sub-culture of the "African Dandy Man" that is mentioned is something that I wasn't familiar with...Reading up on that...
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    girls in guy's garb

    Ms. Weaver has the stature, that's for sure. But then I think she can handle most looks anyway. :) Flat Foot Floey, that modern (?) color photo is gorgeous. What's the source, do you know?
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    Ladies, what are you doing this evening?

    Lizzie, you've gotta tell your house it's in its own best interest to cooperate.
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    Ladies, what are you doing this evening?

    Is this the girl that got slipped a drug, and didn't recognize anyone afterwards? That's great that she is well now. Sounded pretty dire.
  22. DecoDame

    Ladies, what are you doing this evening?

    I'm working through my stash of mulberries that I scored off the many ignored trees in our neighborhood. No one seems to know they're edible. ;)
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    Ideas for kitchen?

    St. Louis, I highly recommend a book called "Bungalow Kitchens" by Jane Powell. The title is a little misleading; sounds like a more Arts and Crafts style, but in fact it's a very illuminating work on the history of the modern kitchen 1900-1950s, with lots of pictures and tips how to recreate...

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