I Want to Go Back to Michigan is a song by Irving Berlin composed in 1914. It was a moderate commercial success when it was first released and afterward became a staple on vaudeville. Billy Murray, a popular singer during the period when the song was first composed, recorded it for Edison Records in 1914. Its […]
Tag: 1930’s 1940’s
The Federal Government once owned towns in the United States
Nestled within Winton Woods, surrounded by forest, Greenhills, Ohio still has the look of an early suburban town. Most of the original buildings are still in use, and the historic district is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Federal Government was the landlord When the housing was originally built, the Federal Government […]
Lowell, Vermont – Hard times gripped the town in 1936 as can be seen by these [old photographs]
Lowell is the westernmost town in Orleans County, Vermont, United States. The population was 738 at the 2000 census. Lowell was chartered in 1787 by Governor Thomas Chittenden to John Kelley in 1787, for whom it was named Kellyvale. The first people other than the native Americans to come to Lowell was in 1778 when […]
Did you know there was a steam-powered plane in 1933? [See vintage film]
You may have heard of steam-powered ships and cars. Did you know there was also steam-powered airplanes? A Travel Air 2000 biplane made the world’s first piloted flight under steam power over Oakland, California, on 12 April 1933. However, it was not the first. Samuel Pierpont Langley had the first successful flight on May 6, […]
New chevrolet for sale $659.00 —- what a dream
Can you imagine buying a new Chevrolet car for $659? You could in 1940. Of course, that was still quite a bit of money at the time when you consider minimum wage was only 30 cents per hour. From Life Magazine December 11, 1939 Here are some other typical prices for common items. Milk: 34 […]