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    The house that time forgot: family home frozen in the 1920s for 70 years

    Not MY vintage home but an extremely well-preserved home from the 1920s (hope no one already posted this but I couldn't find it) that might be used for inspiration: The house that time forgot: Mother and sons keep family home frozen in the 1920s for 70 YEARS with original decoration, food and...
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    Your ideal historical dinner party?

    There might be a similar thread already, but I couldn't find it and I figured it'd be a fun topic so here goes. You're hosting a dinner party and you can invite four people from any time in history. Only rule is they have to be dead in 2013, and we're assuming language isn't an issue. Which...
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    Anyone else interested in trying out ration dieting?

    I need to lose weight. I'm also a vintage girl & thinking about writing a book set during WWII. Now I've found this: http://1940sexperiment.wordpress.com/about/ Very curious of trying it out; like a living history diet experiment. The research I've seen point to the fact that people were...
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    Recommendations for starting point to research British life during WWII?

    Here's the thing. I'm supposedly a writer, but I haven't written anything for ages and I keep procrastinating on picking a new project. After much, much thinking, I have settled on a story set in the British countryside during WWII as one possibility. But truth is, I don't know all that much...
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    Choosing fabric for an Edwardian suit

    Found this blogpost with an excerpt from a book on gentlemen's clothing from 1900 that I thought might interest some of you: http://edwardianpromenade.com/fashion/clothes-and-the-man-choosing-fabric/
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    Music suggestions teens and twenties?

    I'm trying to educate myself about the music of the Teens and Twenties and I know there are people here with extensive knowledge and experience in that area, so I'm hoping for some good suggestions on what and who I should check out.
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    Looking for classic invitation to a '20s do

    So this is '20s rather than '30s or '40s, but I hope someone will know: Does anyone know where one might find a copy or transcript of Brian Howard's infamous J'accuse-J'adore-invitation for (I think) the Greek Party? I've seen it referenced so many times but would love to read it in its entirety...
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    Style magazines for ladies?

    I don't seem to be the only one who is less than enchanted with many of the modern magazines. I would really like to find some I could read that maybe could reflect the sort of styles and features I like - a "vintage magazine," basically. Does anyone have recommendations for anything like it?
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    Show us your collars and cuffs!

    We were talking about collars in another thread and I suggested we'd share some pictures of our collars and cuffs. If there already is such a thread, then I'm sorry but I couldn't find it so please just merge this with that, and sorry for the inconvenience. Anyway, some of my collars...
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    Striking a pose?

    I've been looking at quite a lot of old photos of everyday women lately, and something struck me. If you look at ladies from the first half of the 1920s, they tend to stand very ungracefully; feet wide apart and angled out. Comfortably, rather than in a way calculated to make their legs look...
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    Golden Era Culture or Cultures?

    I spent tonight with my mother, trying to cheer her up after some bad news regarding her health. I played her some old songs - basically top Swedish hits from the '30s, and we discussed them thoroughly. It made me think about how we sometimes talk about the Golden Era as if there was one...
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    Most depressing song you know?

    Since we have a 'depressing movie'-thread and I'm derailing that with talk of music, I thought we should have a thread for depressing songs as well. I'll go first. The most depressing song I know is Simon & Garfunkel's A Most Peculiar Man. It's heart-stoppingly dreadful. As a child, I...
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    Ranking American Writers in 1929

    Found this article and thought maybe some of you would enjoy it: http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2012/03/28/ranking-american-novelists-in-1929/ I'm going to be honest and say that I've heard of very few on that list and read even fewer (I'm sadly ignorant about American literature), but...
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    Spotify Playlists? (the modern mixtape)

    Since Spotify is now available at least in Germany, UK and the US (and Sweden, of course), I was wondering if there are any Loungers out there who have some incredible playlists to share? Personally, I'm not all that at home with 'Golden Era music' and I'd be happy to expand my knowledge...
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    Ideas for kitchen?

    I hope it's OK to put this question in here - otherwise, would someone help me move the thread to an appropriate place? I'm redoing my kitchen. I have a decorator coming next Friday to discuss what I want to do and I really need ideas. I'd like a 40s/50s vibe and I figured you would be just...

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