1920's Living History Couple

Gingerella72 · Dec 20, 2011

I ran across this video on youtube and was fascinated by this couple who live as close to 19-teens to 20's as possible. Anyone know them or heard of them before?

[video=youtube;RlUwUhh8Qhw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlUwUhh8Qhw[/video]

kpreed · Dec 20, 2011

I do not know them, but wish I did! Some great folks. Thank You for the post.:eusa_clap

Gingerella72 · Dec 21, 2011

That car they drive is pretty wild....not sure I'd feel too safe in it, lol.

Wire9Vintage · Dec 21, 2011

I want to know more about these folks. Now that's some serious dedication to the lifestyle! Love their house so much!!

The Wiser Hatter · Dec 21, 2011

Great stuff.

LizzieMaine · Dec 21, 2011

The gentleman is a dead ringer for my great-grandfather, who dressed like it was 1915 until the day he died. Eerie.

hatophile · Dec 21, 2011

I couldn't do it, but hooray for them!

PoohBang · Dec 21, 2011

I wonder what they do for entertainment?

LizzieMaine · Dec 21, 2011

Likely they have a Victrola and a stack of Joseph C. Smith records, all the better to roll back the rug and dance. Or they could set up a card table in the living room and enjoy a rousing game of Mah Jongg. Early-twenties families could always find something to do.

Guttersnipe · Dec 21, 2011

I believe I met the husband briefly at the Gatsby Picnic two years. If it was the same gentleman, he is a real pill!

W-D Forties · Dec 21, 2011

They are an amazing couple! To have wanted to 'live' in the past so far back (I mena in the 50's) is really remarkable.

V.C. Brunswick · Dec 21, 2011

LizzieMaine said:
Likely they have a Victrola and a stack of Joseph C. Smith records, all the better to roll back the rug and dance. Or they could set up a card table in the living room and enjoy a rousing game of Mah Jongg. Early-twenties families could always find something to do.

Not only that but they probably have an extensive library of books and periodicals from that era. Sort of like my own collection of vintage technical books

LizzieMaine · Dec 21, 2011

If you're determined to do it, it's very easy to entertain one's self without any recourse to modern books, films, music, etc. at all. So many great books were written before the war, for example, that you could spend your whole life reading just them without ever picking up a postwar book. Or even feeling like you were missing out on anything. Likewise with music.

It's not an approach that works for everyone, but it's far from being impossible or even especially difficult.

LuckyKat · Dec 21, 2011

Ya, thats the guy...at Gatsby in Oakland...he's the one who hands out the free Dryers ice cream out of his teens ice cream truck...truely amazing & such a good guy. Search him online & you'll find a few things about them.

sheeplady · Dec 21, 2011

LizzieMaine said:
If you're determined to do it, it's very easy to entertain one's self without any recourse to modern books, films, music, etc. at all. So many great books were written before the war, for example, that you could spend your whole life reading just them without ever picking up a postwar book. Or even feeling like you were missing out on anything. Likewise with music.

It's not an approach that works for everyone, but it's far from being impossible or even especially difficult.

Yeah, I mean people didn't die from boredom back then. I knew a couple who just kept themselves entertained taking turns reading, mainly from the bible, while working on their crafts/ hobbies in the evenings.

Plenty of people now days throw out their television, don't own a computer, don't get magazines or the newspaper, and yet are perfectly content and not in the least bored.

fortworthgal · Dec 23, 2011

Fascinating! They seem like such an interesting couple, and very happy in their chosen lifestyle. Kudos to them!

Espee · Dec 25, 2011

Just hoping I don't check back on them in a couple of years, to learn She's become obsessed with spiritualism, ever since He died from some bad hooch.

Lights · Dec 27, 2011

Really neat video. Thanks for sharing.

Deco-Doll-1928 · Dec 27, 2011

Thanks for sharing the video. They seem like a fun couple.

My dream house would probably be more of a hodge-podge of different eras (1900s-1960s) and something definitely of a Californian theme. Although I think most of my decor would probably be from the 1930s.

I have a friend who says that he knows a guy who lives and breathes the 1920s. Right down from the music to the clothes. Oddly enough though, he drives a car from the 1950s. lol!

samtemporary · Dec 28, 2011

That's bully!

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