1.) Side shows at the Vermont state fair, Rutland (September 1941)
feeds@yuku.com (KirtlandHill) http://homefront.yuku.com/topic/1133 Sun, 14 Sep 2008 19:46:28 GMT http://homefront.yuku.com/topic/1132/t/Remaking-The-Women-.html

Have y'all seen the trailers yet for the new movie, The Women? It's a modern-day remake of the 1939 classic - the fashion, the fun, the catfights! - and hit theaters yesterday, I think. Just like the film that came out in September 1939, it's got an all-female cast. Meg Ryan has stepped into Norma Shearer's shoes as... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (KirtlandHill) http://homefront.yuku.com/topic/1132 Sat, 13 Sep 2008 16:42:41 GMT http://homefront.yuku.com/topic/1122/t/1939-And-quot-The-World-Of-Tomorrow-quot-.html

In the Minnie's diary of 1941 thread, Beth and I have touched on the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair. So, I thought it'd be a good idea to start a thread on that very topic.







When the 1939 New York Worlds Fair was originally... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Derwenz) http://homefront.yuku.com/topic/1122 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:05:28 GMT http://homefront.yuku.com/topic/1120/t/Artifacts-Of-The-WW2-Homefront.html As I was casting about on that modern-day marvel, the Internet, I came across some artifacts of the WW2 homefront. These were items or products that the average civilian John, or Jane Q Public might have seen/used/encountered in daily life during the war. Below, I've posted some of them. I plan on adding to this thread, from time to time.

feeds@yuku.com (Derwenz) http://homefront.yuku.com/topic/1120 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:47:51 GMT http://homefront.yuku.com/topic/1119/t/Let-it-Snow-Let-it-Snow-Let-it-Snow-.html
Main street.


Guests in hotel lobby watching snowstorm.
feeds@yuku.com (KirtlandHill) http://homefront.yuku.com/topic/1119 Sun, 13 Jul 2008 17:24:47 GMT http://homefront.yuku.com/topic/1117/t/Homefront-Magazine.html



Here's the history... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (metcalf1991) http://homefront.yuku.com/topic/1117 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:08:08 GMT http://homefront.yuku.com/topic/1114/t/What-s-with-All-the-Peacocks-.html feeds@yuku.com (KirtlandHill) http://homefront.yuku.com/topic/1114 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:55:42 GMT http://homefront.yuku.com/topic/1104/t/Minnie-s-Day-A-1941-Diary.html In 1934, Minnie Gladwyn Conklin, a farmer's wife, began keeping a daily journal --- a journal she would continue for the next nineteen years. We've read through her journal for 1940, one day's entry at a time, and discussed them in another thread. This new thread will be dedicated to Minnie's diary for the new year - 1941. I'll start with a bit of a recap:

Born November 27, 1867 in Sackets Harbor, New York, a tiny settlement on the eastern shore of... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (KirtlandHill) http://homefront.yuku.com/topic/1104 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:46:43 GMT http://homefront.yuku.com/topic/1091/t/1940-s-Comic-Strips.html feeds@yuku.com (Bruce) http://homefront.yuku.com/topic/1091 Fri, 30 May 2008 17:15:00 GMT http://homefront.yuku.com/topic/630/t/-quot-Operator-I-39-ve-Been-Disconnected-quot-.html Well, now that I have your attention, I want to show you all some of the various models of telephones that were currently in use during the 1940s. If you watch some episodes of Homefront attentively, you'll recognize some of these historic icons of the time-honored Bell System. So, let's have a look at some telephones of the Homefront era!


Above: This... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Derwenz) http://homefront.yuku.com/topic/630 Wed, 22 Aug 2007 11:53:22 GMT http://homefront.yuku.com/topic/637/t/-quot-Where-Will-We-Stop-For-The-Night-quot-.html feeds@yuku.com (Derwenz) http://homefront.yuku.com/topic/637 Tue, 31 Jul 2007 21:46:23 GMT http://homefront.yuku.com/topic/615/t/1940-s-Prices.html
1942 2006
butter 0.60 8.00
magarine... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Bruce) http://homefront.yuku.com/topic/615 Fri, 13 Jul 2007 21:49:33 GMT http://homefront.yuku.com/topic/643/t/Gonna-be-an-extra-in-a-WWII-era-movie-.html
www.buffalocentralterminal.com/ feeds@yuku.com (BuffaloGal23) http://homefront.yuku.com/topic/643 Mon, 02 Jul 2007 11:38:38 GMT http://homefront.yuku.com/topic/644/t/Household-Finance-in-the-1940s.html
When you made a purchase in the 1940s, you could only do so with cash, checks, or using store credit. If you were out of cash and the place you needed goods or services from wouldn't take checks and didn't offer credit, you were out.of.luck. Imagine having to know - by the time the bank closed on Friday - exactly what... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (KirtlandHill) http://homefront.yuku.com/topic/644 Tue, 26 Jun 2007 21:50:56 GMT http://homefront.yuku.com/topic/624/t/Which-Classic-Dame-Leading-Man-Are-You-.html
Your Score: Carole Lombard
You scored 21% grit, 23% wit, 38% flair, and 33% class!

feeds@yuku.com (KirtlandHill) http://homefront.yuku.com/topic/624 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 20:13:00 GMT http://homefront.yuku.com/topic/628/t/The-Sears-Roebuck-amp-Co-Catalog.html
feeds@yuku.com (KirtlandHill) http://homefront.yuku.com/topic/628 Mon, 28 May 2007 12:21:42 GMT http://homefront.yuku.com/topic/642/t/Lustron-Homes.html

I was reading a magazine of my brother-in-law's called Atomic Ranch the other day and came across an interesting article on Lustron Homes. They were pre-fabricated ranches built entirely from steel and designed to be built on a cement... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (KirtlandHill) http://homefront.yuku.com/topic/642 Mon, 21 May 2007 13:52:57 GMT http://homefront.yuku.com/topic/647/t/The-Prelinger-Archives-1940s-Filmstrips.html feeds@yuku.com (KirtlandHill) http://homefront.yuku.com/topic/647 Sun, 06 May 2007 15:08:57 GMT http://homefront.yuku.com/topic/645/t/Main-Street-U-S-A-.html
Lowell, Mass., street (January 1941)
feeds@yuku.com (KirtlandHill) http://homefront.yuku.com/topic/645 Sat, 07 Apr 2007 01:04:58 GMT http://homefront.yuku.com/topic/649/t/A-Question-for-All-You-Antiquers-and-Powder-Boxes.html
If somebody was trying to re-create a '40s room in their home or in a museum setting and needed any of the items in this thread, what kinds of recommendations would you... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (KirtlandHill) http://homefront.yuku.com/topic/649 Sun, 25 Mar 2007 10:51:04 GMT