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  1. Fletch

    The Non Shorpy Web All Stars.

    Unidentified photobooth patron, ca. 1935.
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    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    Quinoa (KEEN-wah), a species of goosefoot (Chenopodium), is a grain-like crop grown primarily for its edible seeds. Edible? Sez who?
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    Show us their suits

    He was famous then Frank (Spike) Kelly, Chicago welterweight, with manager Harry Gilmore Jr., 1913. Photo by George Grantham Bain. Bain Collection, Library of Congress.
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    BRITISH Belt-Back Suits and Sports Jackets

    Do you suppose that, because of the piecing, they didn't wear as long so fewer survive?
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    Show us their suits

    These guys were the dot.com startup of their day. Makes me wish I was their age, working 100hr weeks and living on baked beans and coffee, so I could wear those insane sweaters without looking like a Norwegian hot air balloon. Not that you care, but 3 of these guys (Harman, Ising, Hamilton)...
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    Golden era mug shots - Newcastle.

    Yeah, the thing with glass-plate mugshots is that you can almost smell the subject.
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    XLNT 1950's Grey Wool Fleck Suit -- Low BIN

    I'm sorry folks...but when I see a vintage store with 28 different categories of clothing and then, AND THEN MIND YOU, "Men's Items"...:mad: :rage: :mad2: :frusty: :wacko:
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    Apparel Arts v1.3 Summer 1932

    I had no idea there was ever a Do X shirt! Named after the world hopping giant flying boat of course, which they didn't need to tell anyone in 1932. Unlike the real Do X, I guess the shirt didn't go much of anywhere.
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    Apparel Arts v1.3 Summer 1932

    I do it with the optimo because it gives me the "guy I saw in a photo from 1932 look," but yeah, I know what you mean. :)
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    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    OK. The filling was potato and coconut. The coating was chocolate. But what was the square? Wafer? Graham cracker? Zwieback? Gutta-percha? Beaverboard? Imaginary?
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    What are you listening to?

    Look Who's Here - Ted Weems & Orch. rollicking out the hotcha in high fidelity, 1932. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aTA2Z9HD_k
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    What are you listening to?

    Reginald Foresythe, pianist-composer and originator of a genre of music you might call Twee Moderne, led a band of 3 saxes, 2 clarinets, bassoon and rhythm. Here's their twee-tment of Tweet, er Sweet, Georgia Brown, 1935. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mwmKX1vRp8
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    Golden Era movies for material culture?

    This review nails it - or, I should say, quotes someone who nails it.
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    What gives you that vintage feeling?

    Using my old saxes, and playing in the Ballyhoos. Singing to the old records. Studying the history of my city. Visiting great old places - buildings, houses, theaters, hotels. ...careless noon, the houses lighted late, Harvest and holiday, the people's peace. - John A. Holmes, 1937
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    DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

    A message from the Armstrong family: "Honor his example of service, accomplishment and modesty, and the next time you walk outside on a clear night and see the moon smiling down at you, think of Neil Armstrong and give him a wink." Aboard the LEM just after the walk. Photo: Buzz Aldrin.
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    Golden Era movies for material culture?

    Without the middle class, which was just a thin sliver of society in the '30s. It existed mostly on the screen and mixed with the lower class, but never the upper.
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    Gentlemen, show us what you've made!

    Great work Si. I especially like the octagonal shape, rather than just a round 8-panel. How deep are your bills, btw? You might want to rethink the "reclaimed wool" tag. Technically that means it's recycled as fibers or yarns. What you have here is "repurposed fabric." You could bill it as...
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    What are you listening to?

    Two for None Special: It Looks Like Love Clyde McCoy, his trumpet & ork give a good stompin' to Arthur Freed's compazishun of 1931. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTULuXsFfLg&feature=plcp Abe Lyman's Ambassadors dial down the hot and add the lyric, by Harry (Five-Finger) Woods...
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    What are you listening to?

    Oh yeah. Best part is she doesn't cutesy it up at all. My fave of that tune is by Ambrose, but it doesn't turn up often, as his early records were not very popular.
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    A Few More 1930's-Early 1940's Ties

    Excellent taste Sir. I had my eye on those two (but fret not, I have more ties than I'll ever wear).

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