Download or read book Great American Glass of the Roaring 20s Depression Era written by James Measell and published by Antique Publishers. This book was released on 1998 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book is the first volume of a series designed to provide a comprehensive overview, in color, of American glass from the 1920s and 1930s"-- Introduction.
Download or read book Great American Glass of the Roaring 20s and Depression Era written by James Measell and published by . This book was released on 2000-05-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book is the first volume of a series designed to provide a comprehensive overview, in color, of American glass from the 1920s and 1930s"--Introd.
Download or read book Great American Glass of the Roaring 20s Depression Era written by James Measell and published by Antique Publishers. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book is the first volume of a series designed to provide a comprehensive overview, in color, of American glass from the 1920s and 1930s"--Introd.
Download or read book Depression Glass by Duncan written by Leslie Pina and published by Schiffer Pub Limited. This book was released on 1999 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Glassware made by The Duncan & Miller Glass Company, of Washington, Pennsylvania, in the 1920s -1940s is featured. This book presents their Depression Era production and includes essays about their Victorian wares and contribution to the Tiffin Glass Co. Over 500 color photos, catalog pages, advertisements, patent drawings, chronology of company history, detailed captions, bibliography, index, and value guide make this a complete reference for the popular glassware.
Download or read book Did the Twenties Roar written by Sandi Ludwa and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-07 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Did the Twenties Roar?" is a fascinating adventure through the 1920s and 1930s in America. This is a story of our country and the spirit of the American people. It begins with the end of World War I, the Great War. Americans were tired of picking up the newspapers and experiencing the constant news stories breeding fear. Deaths were overwhelming, not only from the War but from La Grippe, or the Spanish Flu. Doughboys came home wounded, with diseases, and tried to adjust to being civvies once again. Families had to make adjustments and people demanded more. We were tired and needed to move on. The twenties were upon us with prohibition, automobiles, flappers, and a search for fun and a good life. The twenties came and went and before America realized it, we were in a Depression -- a Great one. We struggled and somehow made it into the forties. World War II arrived and the economic depression was over. "Did the Twenties Roar?" is an adventure covering the two decades. It is both a light-hearted and dark story of events, people, and American determination to survive. Could these times happen again? Once you read this book, you will see the similarity with current events. We've witnessed the same issues during our lifetimes: disease, the Flu, political corruption, presidential ups and downs, yellow-press, recession and depression, good times rolling, and periods of prosperity. Look back and give the issues some thought and enjoy the experience reading about the Greatest Country in the World -- the United States of America.
Download or read book The Roaring Twenties written by Captivating History and published by . This book was released on 2020-01-21 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few decades capture the imagination like the 1920s. Like so many good stories, it got its start from a time of great turmoil and ended in a dramatic fashion. What happened between 1920 and 1929 has passed beyond history and has become legend.
Download or read book The Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Dawn of a New Century written by John Kekec and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-05-10 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This story is about the families of three brother in the following few decades after the turn of the century in 1900. The old Victorian Age was ending and this new century ushered in many new innovations contributing to the rapidly changing lifestyles. These occurred during the eras of WWI, Prohibition, the Roaring Twenties, the Great Depression, and WWII; and what exciting times they were. But it is also the story of hard times and difficult circumstances for some. It reveals the vulnerable victims of these social and economic times, especially as a result of neglectful and estranged parental relationships. It tells of youth left on their own at very young ages to shift for themselves in a rather lawless, promiscuous, and often reckless environment. The characters of the story will probably raise a wide range of sentiments with accompanying emotions. Some may engender our admiration for the courage and grit and determination needed as they were able to pull themselves up by their own bootstraps to find a better life for their families. Others may engender our compassion, but also even some degree of condemnation for choosing to take more selfish and irresponsible paths. The three brothers of this story are George, Fred, and Carl Kieslich, all three born in the first decade of this new century. America was bursting at the seams at the turn of the century in 1900 with the dynamic Teddy Roosevelt at the helm. The Spanish/American War had just ended; factories were humming, and all the new inventions and conveniences, such as the telephone, automobile, and electrification, were changing the way that people lived. Many foreign immigrants were still coming into our country because America was the land of opportunity and freedom; and they were looking for a better lot in life for themselves and their children. As a result of the suffragette movement and the 19th amendment women had won the right to vote and were asserting themselves in many other ways as exhibited in their new dress fashions. Prohibition also came in with the 18th amendment at the beginning of the 1920's decade, but it was only winked at. The law actually only had the opposite effect of creating a national obsession for alcoholic beverages and inadvertently resulted in a widespread contempt for most laws and ordinances in general. Never was a law destined to be so flagrantly violated by so many. The big city crime boss rackets took advantage of this situation and were able to extend their vices with impunity, and perhaps helped spawn the public enemy crime sprees across the nation during the depression era of the following decade. All of these rapidly changing events were ushered in during the decade that became known as the Roaring Twenties, but which has more correctly been called the Unruly Decade. This was the era of speakeasies, flappers, bootleggers and with all the accompanying gambling, prostitution, and vaudevillian entertainment, and all the new dances- the provocative atmosphere of excitement and danger that the new developing culture was thirsting for. The younger generation cut loose with the 'Charleston' and other uninhibited behavior with an exuberance as never before seen. Then the stock market crashed in 1929 and the Great Depression arrived. Jobs grew harder to find as farm prices plummeted, factories started shutting down, and such major industries as mining and railroads declined. To compound the situation of these desperate times, the Midwest region experienced the worst drought in U. S. Weather Bureau history. Dust storms raged throughout this seven-state region that became known as the Dust Bowl. So everything finally got worse for everyone including not only those that had already just been hanging on, but those that had been enjoying their elaborate garden parties, debuts, fetes, and fancy balls as well. Finally World War II came along and kicked American industry back into high gear.
Download or read book American Glass written by George Skinner McKearin and published by Crown. This book was released on 1941 with total page 894 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reference to types of glass and the history of numerous glass houses.
Download or read book Lighting Fixtures of the Depression Era written by Jo Ann Thomas and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first of two new volumes, this book contains material from authentic catalogs of the 1920s, which depict styles of authentic residential (ceiling, sconces, lamps), commercial, and outdoor lighting that illuminated America during the Depression era. Companies represented include Gill Glass and Fixture Company, Gillinder and Sons Inc., Meletio Electrical Supply Co., and Halcolite Company, Inc. The styles shown span the eras from the daring Art Deco to the classics. 8.5 x 11. 2001 values.
Download or read book Warman s Americana Collectibles written by Ellen T. Schroy and published by Warman's. This book was released on 2001-10 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "More than 25,000 updated prices, 240 popular categories, collectibles from 1930s to today, expert collecting advice, histories, references"--Cover
Download or read book Daily Life in the United States 1920 1939 written by David E. Kyvig and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 2002 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the 1920s and 1930s, changes in the American population, increasing urbanization, and innovations in technology exerted major influences on the daily lives of ordinary people. Explore how everyday living changed during these years when use of automobiles and home electrification first became commonplace, when radio emerged, and when cinema, with the addition of sound, became broadly popular. Find out how worklife, domestic life, and leisure-time activities were affected by these factors as well as by the politics of the time. Details of matters such as the creation of the pickup truck, the development of radio programming, and the first mass use of cosmetics provide an enjoyable read that brings the period clearly into focus. Centering its attention on the broad masses of the population, this animated reference resource emphasizes the wide variety of experiences of people living through The Roaring Twenties and The Great Depression. Readers will be surprised to discover that some of the assumptions we have about the lives of average Americans during these eras are historically inaccurate. A final chapter provides a unique look at six American communities and gives a vivid sense of the diversity of American experience over the course of these tumultuous years.
Download or read book Devil Take the Hindmost written by Edward Chancellor and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2000-06-01 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lively, original, and challenging history of stock market speculation from the 17th century to present day. Is your investment in that new Internet stock a sign of stock market savvy or an act of peculiarly American speculative folly? How has the psychology of investing changed—and not changed—over the last five hundred years? In Devil Take the Hindmost, Edward Chancellor traces the origins of the speculative spirit back to ancient Rome and chronicles its revival in the modern world: from the tulip scandal of 1630s Holland, to “stockjobbing” in London's Exchange Alley, to the infamous South Sea Bubble of 1720, which prompted Sir Isaac Newton to comment, “I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people.” Here are brokers underwriting risks that included highway robbery and the “assurance of female chastity”; credit notes and lottery tickets circulating as money; wise and unwise investors from Alexander Pope and Benjamin Disraeli to Ivan Boesky and Hillary Rodham Clinton. From the Gilded Age to the Roaring Twenties, from the nineteenth century railway mania to the crash of 1929, from junk bonds and the Japanese bubble economy to the day-traders of the Information Era, Devil Take the Hindmost tells a fascinating story of human dreams and folly through the ages.
Download or read book The Roaring 20s and the Great Depression 1920 1940 written by Naunerle C. Farr and published by Pendulum Press. This book was released on 1976-06-01 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Great Depression Of 1929 written by Marva Kraft and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2013-02-15 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a saying "Those who fail to understand history are condemned to relive it."In today's uncertain world we are all faced with the threat of the next great depression, whether it is caused by a stock market crash or a global war.History is filled with many recurring events such as depressions, wars and droughts; however, each event will vary in the following ways: • Circumstances that lead to the event taking place.• Reactions during the event.• Results of the event taking place. By understanding the under lying conditions that led to the Great Depression, we can gain a better understanding of how events may relate in today's uncertain world.The lessons learn in the past will not have to be repeated. You will be able to better prepare for the future by understanding these lessons and their consequences.
Download or read book The Pocket Guide to Green Depression Era Glass written by Monica Lynn Clements and published by Schiffer Pub Limited. This book was released on 2002-01 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Green was a popular color for glassware made during the Depression and its popularity among collectors is very evident today. This book includes examples of forty-six patterns and brief histories of the glass companies, along with a chapter of incidental pieces from such firms as Anchor Hocking, Bartlett-Collins, Federal, Hazel-Atlas, Imperial, L. E. Smith, U. S. Glass and others. An indispensable guide for all who collect Depression Era glass and enjoy the beauty of green glassware.
Download or read book FDR s Folly written by Jim Powell and published by Crown. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Great Depression and the New Deal. For generations, the collective American consciousness has believed that the former ruined the country and the latter saved it. Endless praise has been heaped upon President Franklin Delano Roosevelt for masterfully reining in the Depression’s destructive effects and propping up the country on his New Deal platform. In fact, FDR has achieved mythical status in American history and is considered to be, along with Washington, Jefferson, and Lincoln, one of the greatest presidents of all time. But would the Great Depression have been so catastrophic had the New Deal never been implemented? In FDR’s Folly, historian Jim Powell argues that it was in fact the New Deal itself, with its shortsighted programs, that deepened the Great Depression, swelled the federal government, and prevented the country from turning around quickly. You’ll discover in alarming detail how FDR’s federal programs hurt America more than helped it, with effects we still feel today, including: • How Social Security actually increased unemployment • How higher taxes undermined good businesses • How new labor laws threw people out of work • And much more This groundbreaking book pulls back the shroud of awe and the cloak of time enveloping FDR to prove convincingly how flawed his economic policies actually were, despite his good intentions and the astounding intellect of his circle of advisers. In today’s turbulent domestic and global environment, eerily similar to that of the 1930s, it’s more important than ever before to uncover and understand the truth of our history, lest we be doomed to repeat it.
