Musical accompaniment: What a Difference a Day Made by Dinah Washington
As promised, here is the second part of the photo album! Click here to see Part 1. In these pictures, the mystery owner of the album appears to be finished with school and preoccupied with important questions of romance!
“Son of the Sheik Kelly”
Girls referred to eligible guys as “sheiks.” Anything Arabic was wildly popular in the 1920s, thanks largely to Rudolph Valentino, who was box office dynamite as The Sheik and The Son of the Sheik. (Women were called “shebas.”)
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“All Alone Wondering Where You Are”
I believe this must be the album owner!
Hood Museum at Dartmouth University
“It is a pleasant thing to sit out after supper and…”
Hood Museum at Dartmouth University
“Smiling Through”
Hood Museum at Dartmouth University
Baxter “Dream Papa”
Sheik Kelly might have competition.
Hood Museum at Dartmouth University
“Land of Kiss Me Please, Louise and Clarence”
Hood Museum at Dartmouth University
I hope these photos make your day!
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Remember, in 1920, a box camera like the Brownie could be purchased for around $1 to $5.97. Specifically, the No. 2 Brownie was listed at $5.97, while the No. 3 Brownie was priced at $5.90. Other box cameras, like the No. 2 Folding Autographic Brownie, were available for $10.18-$11.97.
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Sounds inexpensive now! $5 in 1920 is the equivalent of about $80 today. So you had to be doing pretty well to afford one. When I clicked on the link in your comment, it noted that the Brownie that’s for sale on eBay is preowned 😂
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My exact point. My first thought when seeing the photos was photographer was affluent by 1920 standards. In nine more years the Country would be in the early stages of The Great Depression.
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Thank goodness we don’t know what’s before us. Whether it’s good or bad. I love the happiness and innocence of the 1920s!
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Me too. I also consume all I can from the 1940s. The Big Band Sound is my leisurely pleasure as is reading about World War II and America’s role in the victory.
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That’s not a surprise to me. You’re very knowledgeable about World War 2! Do you like the Glen Miller band?
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of course. I also admire the celebrities of the 40’s who put on a uniform. For example, Yogi Berra served in the United States Navy during World War II as a gunner’s mate, participating in the D-Day landings at Utah Beach. He was awarded the Purple Heart for injuries sustained during his service. James Stewart served in the military during World War II, enlisting in the U.S. Army Air Forces in 1941. He rose from private to colonel, flying combat missions in Europe and later became a brigadier general in the Air Force Reserve. There were others, too.
I also enjoy Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, a contemporary swing revival band from Southern California.
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