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Category Archives: Wartime
Dai Vernon – The Man Who Fooled Houdini
Dai Vernon (June 11, 1894 – August 21, 1992) – born David Frederick Wingfield Verner, in Ottawa,Canada, was and still is known for his contributions to the world of magic. Vernon’s interest in magic was passed down to him … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Inventions, Wartime
Tagged 3 Card Monty, a little child should lead them, Allen Kennedy, California, Canada, cardistry, Carnagie, Charlie Miller, Cups and Balls, Dai Vernon, David Frederick Wingfield Verner, Hand of Fate, Harry Houdini, Howard Thurston, ice cream, Los Angeles, magic, Magic Castle, magician, Ontario, Ottawa, sleight-of-hand, The Cone and Ball, The Expert At The Table, The Spirit of Magic
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Edison’s Talking Dolls: “Little Monsters”
A government laboratory has worked a way to play back the recordings on fragile wax cylinders, which were the working vocals of the dolls made by Thomas Edison in 1890. Edison employed an army of hundreds of girls, (according to … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Entertainment, Games & Toys, Inventions, Technology, Wartime
Tagged Edison Phonograph Toy Manufacturing Company, Lowell Briggs, Maine, Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep, nursery rhymes, Randall Stross, Robin & Joan Rolfs, talking dolls, The Wizard of Menlo Park: How Thomas Alva Edison Invented the Modern World, There Was a Little Girl, Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, Ward Harris, wax, William W. Jacques
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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari – 1920 Cinema: Silent Horror
The release date for “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari” was February 26, 1920. It has been hailed as “the first true horror film”and “cult film”. The film – a premonition of the rise and fall of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party – the addition … Continue reading
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Tagged Carl Mayer, cinema, classic, Conrad Veidt, cult film, Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari, Decla-Bioscop, Erich Pommer, Friedrich Fehér, German cinema, Giuseppe Becce, Hans Janowitz, Hans Twardowski, horror, Lil Dagover, Robert Wiene, Rudolf Meinert, silent film, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Weimar Republic, Werner Krauss, Willy Hameister
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The Organ Grinder & His Monkey
Organ grinders were a special people who brought smiles to the many faces of adults and children alike during very difficult times – war; high unemployment, and so on. If we could please keep our angry thoughts and comments pertaining to … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Entertainment, Wartime
Tagged busking, entertainment, monkey, Organ Grinder, street performance
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Das Triadische Ballet – Bauhaus (1921 – 1929)
Das Triadische Ballet (The Triadic Ballet) is an Oskar Schlemmer’s creation – a symphonic dance, divided into three parts – a trinity, which evolve from the hilarity to the gloomy. Oskar Schlemmer (September 4, 1888 – April 13, 1943) was a … Continue reading
The Oxford India Paper Dickens “Our Mutual Friend” – 1920
From Hystoria’s personal library, we present to you, the first pages of the last of 17 Volumes of the Oxford India Paper Dickens, Complete Works “Our Mutual Friend” – 1920 Edition. Illustrations by Cruikshank, ‘Phiz,’ &c. – altered by Hystora
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Tagged 17, 1920 edition, Charles, Our Mutual Friend, The Oxford India Paper Dickens, Volume Seventeen
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Great Granny’s Cook Book & Modern Full-colour Printing
The first page of Great Granny’s 1947 copy of The American Woman’s Cook Book illustrates the beginning of modern full-colour printing, modern photoengraving and also speaks of the practice of food irradiation. However, the photos of the delightful, tantalizing Color PLATES weren’t printed in colour. … Continue reading
Speakeasy: Medicinal Alcohol & Prohibition Prescriptions
During Prohibition, the U.S. Treasury Department authorized physicians to write prescriptions for medicinal alcohol. Licensed doctors, with pads of government-issued prescription forms printed on treasury paper, advised their patients to take regular doses of hooch to stave off a number of … Continue reading
Posted in Adults, Entertainment, Medical Arts & Science, Wartime
Tagged 18th Amendment, Al Capone, booze, clubs, dance hall, doctors, Empire Distillery, home parties, hooch, Man Cave, Medical Cannabis, medicinal alcohol, nurses, pharmacy, prescription, private, Prohibition, quackery, Roaring 20s, Sleeman Brewery, speakeasy, The National Prohibition Act, U.S. Treasury Department, whiskey, wine
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Almost Scrooged: How Hitler Tried To Redesign Christmas
In 1921, in a Munich beer hall, newly appointed Nazi party leader Adolf Hitler gave a Christmas speech to an excited crowd. According to undercover police observers, 4,000 supporters cheered when Hitler condemned “the cowardly Jews for breaking the world-liberator … Continue reading
Posted in Literature, Wartime
Tagged 1920, 1930, 1940, Adolf Hiter, Beer, celebrations, festivities, Germany, Holiday, Munich, nationalism, nationalist, Nazi, Nordic, Pagan, propaganda, regime, socialism, socialist
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