Archive for the '1920's' Category

A Poem from 1921 - The Flying Fish Sailor

THE salt spray drips from every line of these verses which Punch, forgetting Irish troubles and Washington conferences, regales himself with, perhaps, after the manner of the old Greeks in their exile, to remind himself that he is still John Bull:
THE FLYING-FISH SAILOR
(Old Style)
BY C. F. S.
“The Western Ocean rolls and roars
From Sandy Hook to [...]

1920’s Hairstyles

The decade of theÂ 1920’s was interesting for the significant changes that took place in the hairdressing industry.
Up until the 1920’s, long hair was preferred by most women. It was either worn long, fashioned into buns or plaits, or worn up in fancy hairstyles for special occasions. The first world war precipitated a change in attitude [...]

1920’s Automobiles

During the 1920’s cars progressed from being fairly sparce and utilitarian vehicles to practical vehicles that were more reliable, comfortable, technically innovative, and stylish. Manufacturers strived to out-do each other in advancements in all aspects of automobile construction and stylingÂ in order to increase their market share and profits.
As cars became more mechanically reliable, comfortable, and [...]

Steel Wheels for Cars 1925

Steel Wheel Advertisement from 1925Â
Source: Motor Magazine, January 1925
THOUSANDS of tests have proven the artillery type spoke wheel the most practical and durable of popular type wheels. A careful study of “wheel-ology” will show that spoke wheels withstand the greatest shocks without damage to axles, bearings, or the car itself.
Steel Wheels - Where Strength Is [...]

Accident Prevention 1927

ACCIDENTS ON SCHEDULE
“IN MY experience in industry I have found that all accidents happen in the first two hours of the first half of the working day, and the last two hours of the last half,” says Dr. W. Louis Hartman, chief surgeon, Michigan Central Railroad, writing in National Safety News. Says The Nation’s Health [...]

Torque Converter Developments 1927

NO MORE SHIFTING GEARS
At a recent meeting of the Royal Society of Arts, in London, Mr. George Constantinesco delivered, by invitation of the Society, a lecture describing recent developments of his remarkable device called the “torque converter,” replacing the usual gear-shift systems of automobiles and similar machines. Says Dr. E. E. Free, in his Week’s [...]

Pressed Metal Developments 1927

INCREASED USE OF PREST METAL
THIS interesting feature of the year’s iron industry is reported in The Iron Trade Review (Cleveland), by Ethan Viall of that city, a former editor of The American Machinist. Mr. Viall attributes it to refinements in mechanical processes, and to more extensive employment of welding and improvements in the finishing of [...]

Growing Roses for Food in 1925

HOW THEY GROW ROSES FOR FOOD IN NANKING
Source: The Literary Digest for September 12, 1925
IT seems that the Chinese city of Nanking is a notable center for rose-growing for food and the preparation of rose-leaves for table use. According to a recent issue of The Chinese Economic Bulletin, published by the Chinese Government Bureau of [...]

Paying for Education 1927

TO MAKE STUDENTS PAY MORE
The Literary Digest for July 2, 1927
TO MAKE IT EASY to pay for a college education has been the ideal of our institutions, but the saturation point of benevolence seems to have been reached. On one side and another we are adjured to make education cost more. In our issue of [...]

Expectations of a 1920’s Housewife

A MODEL HOUSEWIFE.
In the first place she is the most thoroughly cheerful and happy-looking woman you will meet in a day’s travel; and although she is thirty-five years old she does not look thirty. This is because she never allows the petty cares of housekeeping to worry and plow lines across her face. She does [...]