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    What Are You Reading

    Outwitting the Hun! http://books.google.com/books?id=HKcMAAAAYAAJ
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    Tuskegee & Obama

    Some excellent resources over at LOC. Here's an example: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.13263 Also here's more information: http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trm116.html Searching LOC: Go here: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/mdbquery.html Try this search phrase: "United States.--Army...
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    The Library Card Catalog

    As a professional librarian, I say "Good Riddance!" If you have ever had to file a stack of these, trust me, it's not very fun. As a vintage person, I miss them.....sorta....but not much.
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    LIFE Photo Archive available on Google Image Search

    This is awsome, especially if you choose keywords such as Hollywood, Chevrolet, etc. This link should take you to the Tarrytown series of images of '59 Chevys: http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?q=chevrolet+source:life&imgurl=5a6d033f66076927 I posted a link to the Google images on...
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    Anyone have room for another 200 books?

    That's cool! Have you tried Google Books for the virtual version? Here's some titles I have found on Google Books: (guess my list isn't strictly classics, but I'm sure they are on there...) Hardtack and Coffee Piercing the Fog Celebrated Spies and Famous Mysteries of the Great War The...
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    www.hulu.com for old films and TV shows

    Hulu is a great treasure! I was doing a blog post on the Wolfman, and ran across one of his guest spots on the old Battlestar Galactica: http://history.writingwithtony.com/2008/04/03/rockin-with-the-wolfman-who-was-robert-westson-smith/ Although this is non-retro, gotta love hulu for my...
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    Golden Age honeymoon destinations

    Well, you might try these films for inspiration--or at least background information: Roads To Romance: http://www.archive.org/details/roads_to_romance_1949 Roads To Romance Part 2: http://www.archive.org/details/roads_to_romance_2 Roads To Romance-Coral Gables...
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    What Are You Reading

    Well, it is a bit early for the Lounge, but found a great book that might have helped started some of the origins found in the Lounge era: 1898: The Birth of the American Century by David Traxel
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    DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

    I'll second Studs. Just found a great quote: "...I've always felt, in all my books, that there's a deep decency in the American people and a native intelligence - providing they have the facts, providing they have the information...." (source...
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    50s and 60s B-Movies

    Do you remember the matinee at the bijou? it was a PBS series that ran, at least for my area, on Saturday nights and had a couple of shorts and then a newsreel plus a main movie? Well, they are on YouTube and have been posting a LOT of stuff. You might try them....here's the link...
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    The Fedora Lounge: The crash, The move and The Aftermath

    /opinion Well, I'll just throw in my two cents here. Love the board, I've found out quite a bit of knowledge and I appreciate that very much. Learn what you can, contribute what you can and have fun....at least that's what works for me. /end opinion
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    They Say Em' From the Golden Era - Slang & Memorable Phrases

    Although I would never utter this in real life, when I do my writing, I love to have the bad guys say this: "Shut yer pie-hole..." Perfect bad guy utterances....in a pulpy way!* *Remember, I'm a hack writer...no class....
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    Prohibition

    Just some links that might help: http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/list/073_dry.html http://www.wpl.lib.oh.us/AntiSaloon/index.html Have yet to read this, just stumbled across it: http://www.archive.org/details/howdrywewereproh006540mbp (there is a flip-book version that is pretty neat)...
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    Any old radio stations in LA?

    You might consider Winamp. I remember playing KCEA in Winamp. Just an idea.............
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    Vintage/antique travel guides

    Does virtual ownership count? I've always enjoyed browsing the WPA writer's guide for each state. Not travel, but yet, travel in a sense. Check out this description from the one on California: "...Right on this road, through two gates (please close), to a farmhouse, 3 m..." (Source...
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    Reprinted Manual: Instructions for American Servicemen in Iraq During WWII

    That is really neat! Have you seen this site yet: http://ww2.smu.edu/ Not as good as the actual copy, but still neat to view!
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    The Best Fiction About the Golden Era?

    Burns Bannion...I've just checked and if ANYONE has these, it looks like you are sitting on a gold mine! Check this out: Public Library--Nope. Worldcat-->only 5 libraries have anything from this guy (in my area) Amazon--> Nope, well a few-->big $$$$$$$$$$ Abe Books--->same story...
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    An Article of Mine...

    Glad I could help! I've had more luck off of that list than anything else. I've tried Craigslist, but gotten scammed....yikes! I'll mention two more that I just thought of...once again, please pardon any duplication as you may already have seen these: http://www.fundsforwriters.com/...
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    50s-early 60s?

    From my viewpoint, it all depends what you are looking for. For me anyway, the best way to do this is to spend the afternoon at your local college campus and look at the periodicals of the era. Maybe the focus is too close, but you can see things firsthand, rather than through the filter of a...
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    An Article of Mine...

    Nice article! Here's a link, you may have already seen, but thought I would post it up: http://www.worldwidefreelance.com/mfdb.asp

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