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  1. Amy Jeanne

    Earliest Recorded Voice from 1878 Discovered and Restored

    http://www.redding.com/news/2012/oct/27/1878-oldest-playable-audio-recording-unveiled/ Older than Frank Lambert's "Talking Clock", apparently. I don't count the 1859 French "recordings" -- as they were never intended for playback.
  2. Amy Jeanne

    Show us your home decor!

    I did a search and couldn't find any general home decor threads. Go ahead and merge/move if need be :D These are from 2 years ago, but it still looks pretty much the same! 1941 buffet We have a pinup theme. Sewing alcove
  3. Amy Jeanne

    Deco World, Bideford, UK

    I'm just wrapping up a week's vacation in Devon, England and my mother-in-law took me to a shop near her called DECO WORLD. It is not usually opened to the public, but a woman was standing outside smoking (awaiting a delivery) and she told us we could have a look around. I took some pictures...
  4. Amy Jeanne

    Miscellaneous Vintage Photos

    Forgive me if there is already a post like this (I did search!), but I realised I have a lot of neat, miscellaneous vintage/vintage-related photos that really don't fit any of the threads here. So why not start a thread for those pictures? Anything vintage or vintage-related that you think...
  5. Amy Jeanne

    Virginia Burt?

    Does anyone know anything about a singer from the 20s named Virginia Burt? The only thing a google search turned up for me was where I discovered her: http://www.archive.org/details/dhawaii1923 She recorded this song in 1923. She sings and then suddenly switches to imitating a steel...
  7. Amy Jeanne

    How Would You Feel If...

    ...you were out doing something mundane, but had the vintage going on, and another female (a complete stranger) approached you in your endeavors and was just as crazy about vintage, also. Would you be thrilled you found another "kindred spirit" or would you prefer to be left alone? Would you...
  8. Amy Jeanne

    Style Me Vintage, May 1st!

    I don't know if any of you gals have your orders in, but yet another vintage styling book is to be released on May 1! I have no clue if this is new or a re-print, but I'd figured it would get some love from you gals...
  9. Amy Jeanne

    This Old Thing? It's New!

    I noticed this article wasn't getting much traffic in the OBsBar and I know a lot of you ladies don't even go outside the PR so here is an article on "New Old" ladies clothing: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/03/fashion/03REPRO.html
  10. Amy Jeanne

    Depression-Era Stories

    Talking to a co-worker today whose mother was born in 1920, one of FOURTEEN children. She was telling me some tales of the Depression. For Christmas they would get oranges and apples. The children had to alternate days when they would eat. One meal a day was all they would get (on their...
  11. Amy Jeanne

    1940s SEWING PATTERNS!!!

    I'm asking $12 shipped for these. PM me if interested. I'll accept PayPal or payment by mail. I will combine them if you want more than one :D All paterns complete and in good shape unless otherwise stated. Copyright date 1944. Envelope is a bit tatty and split apart, but...
  13. Amy Jeanne

    Question about movie distribution and viewing in "the day"

    Of all the film books I've ever read there is just one thing that I never really got a clear answer on (or maybe I just don't understand it), but HOW ON EARTH were movie distributed in the 20s and 30s? To be clearer: Did they have just ONE print of a movie that traveled around the world? I...
  14. Amy Jeanne

    What my grandmother told me about life in the 1940s.

    I went to visit my grandmother today and I finally asked her some questions I've been meanign to ask her for ages about life in the 1940s. She was born in 1929 so she was a teenager then. Also, she comes from a very tiny, working-class town so her answers are not representative of everyone and...
  15. Amy Jeanne

    10 Weirdest Beauty Devices

    http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/03/weird-beauty-products/
  16. Amy Jeanne

    How was music "mixed" back then?

    We all know that in today's music each instrument and each vocal is all recorded separately, then "cleaned up" and mixed all together to give us the final product. How did, say, Fred Van Epps go about recording his music? Did he have to strum that banjo continuously all in one take until...
  17. Amy Jeanne

    Ain't No Maybe In My Baby's Eyes

    I don't know how many of you have seen the Marion Davies documentary that TCM made, but they use a lot of period jazz in it and one of the tunes used is the aforementioned "Ain't No Maybe In My Baby's Eyes." (I admittedly don't even know if that is the correct title.) I've looked on the...
  19. Amy Jeanne

    1940s/50s SEWING PATTERNS For Sale

    All going for $7 shipped in the USA and Canada, $10 shipped in Europe and Australia/NZ. PM ME for serious inquiries and paypal info. All complete and in great condition unless otherwise stated. Thanks. Modern Size 16/Vintage 18 EvaDress 6222, Size 18 Size 20/38 Uncut and...
  20. Amy Jeanne

    Are we LYING about our dresses???

    http://thegloss.com/fashion/5-lies-women-who-wear-vintage-dresses-tell/
  21. Amy Jeanne

    The "Edison Rey-CORDS" announcer

    Is it known who this man (men) is? You know him -- he announces all the songs at the beginning of all the Edison cylinders. I've always wondered about him (or them). Thanks.
  22. Amy Jeanne

    1920s OTR

    Does this exist? The earliest I've come across is 1931. Did they "save" radio programmes back then? What did they consist of? Is there absolutely ANY place I can find 1920s OTR? I've looked on Archive, but as I said -- the earliest I've found is 1931. Thanks.
  23. Amy Jeanne

    Vintage Beauty & Fashion Scans on Flickr

    Hi girls! If there is another Flickr thread feel free to merge, but I just wanted to let everyone know I'm in the process of putting up HUNDREDS of beauty and fashion scans from the 1910s to the early 1960s. http://www.flickr.com/photos/77176338@N00/sets/72157622671199113/ Hopefully...

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