Forum: The Golden Era

I think this is the right forum for this - not really a hat or a film question. We've all seen reporters with PRESS cards in their hatbands... in...

I've been heavily thinking about getting an old Underwood typewriter lately, and the topic came up in an unrelated thread, so I decided to start this...

Does anyone know how and why these were removed from a heritage building? ...

New York's World of Tomorrow featured many unusualities. One was an early example of what the Internet decades later knows as Kitlers - cats that...

Hmmm.... The Bogie furniture thread got me thinking. In an ideal world, say you had carte blanche to lay out your very own office in whatever...

This is a history question. From around the 1920s to the 1950s in America and Europe, how did the average couple tend to dress for their weddings?...

OK, when I was younger my mother used to make this up and, wow!, was it great. She would make up a butter icing and use it to ice graham cracker...

Michigan Central Station 1944. A timeless photo.

In most of the Golden Era photos of homes or offices, the lights emit a yellow hue. I know that gaslight does this, but besides a yellow shade or an...

So today I finished a major horrible project that nearly did me in, for which I will get no recognition (at least not unless I toot my own horn,...

One of my favorite things to do is see historic places around town (or when I am traveling). As I was eating lunch today, I got to thinking that...

This is a history related question I have. I've been wondering out of curiosity, how often the average man during the 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, maybe even...

Hey folks. I'm currently writing something in my blog, about the history of television. And I wanted to confirm or deny a rumor/myth that I've...

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I have a very nice painting frame with a beautiful mat. The painting is not valuable and would like to remove it and use the frame. What I would like...

I attended a 1940's-era birthday party at this venue earlier this year. Had a great time. The 1940 Air Terminal Museum is housed in the original...

In the 30s and 40s, these two were arguably Hollywood's biggest male stars. Both are legends in their own right, for different reasons. Who do YOU...

Here is a video from youtube of a woman from Amsterdam who lives a 1930s lifestyle 24/7/365. Enjoy! Chandra ...

I'm still on the hunt for a replacement of my cheap particle board desk and would appreciate some loungers thoughts on which of the following seem...

I apologise for the wordy title, but try as I might, I wasn't able to fit everything that I wanted to say into just a couple of words. In recent...