Tag: 1940s
Where do your tastes fall on this 1949 chart from Life magazine? Beer may be low-brow but of course it is awesome. Bourbon and ginger ale? Why waste the bourbon on that. No lower-middle brow for me. E
We need more of these parking contraptions.
On September 22, 1946, the Food, Tobacco, Agricultural & Allied Workers of America (FTA) reached a contract agreement with the Piedmont Tobacco Company, marking an early victory in the CIO’
On August 4, 1942, the United States and Mexico made an agreement to deliver contract Mexican labor to American farmers in order to serve as cheap replacement labor during World War II. While the Brac
On June 6, 1943, nearly 30 leaders of the Packard Hate Strike in a United Auto Workers-organized plant in Detroit were suspended from their jobs. The culmination of a series of white supremacist wildc
In 1941, Pittsburgh passed a smoke control ordinance. Retronaut has a good collection of photographs suggesting why it was needed. Of course, this is also the Republican vision for our future air qual
- “Elite” police units increase both police and non-police crime
- Baseball HOF Discourse
- Who Are the Union Busters?
- The Enemy Gets A Vote
- Teaching Defense Statecraft
- The penalty
- Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,287
- Those prophecies won’t fulfill themselves
- LGM Film Club, Part 339: Apocalypse Now
- Images from American History, Part 20