July 31st was the first anniversary of Driving for Deco and we wanted to add something new to the site. The reference library is devoted to vintage articles on the “Moderne” style of the 1920’s and 1930’s plus vintage advertisements from the same magazine. Look for a new article every other month.

New Metal Furniture For Modern Schemes – House & Garden – April, 1930. 3 page article and 5 advertisements

The Exposition of Contemporary Design at the Metropolitan Museum of Art – House Beautiful – May, 1929. 3 page article and 4 advertisements

An Apartment in the Twentieth-Century Manner – House Beautiful – November, 1930. 6 page article and 2 advertisements

Dressing Tables For the Modern Woman – Home & Field – September, 1930. 3 page article

Some Modern Furniture Designers – House Beautiful – February, 1930. 7 page article and 2 advertisements

R.M.S. Queen Mary – Fortune – June, 1936. 10 page article and 8 advertisements

The Sixty-First Floor, Please – House Beautiful – April, 1932. 5 page article and 2 advertisements

In Our Time – Fortune – February, 1932. 2 page article and 3 advertisements

Luxury For City Workers – Motion Picture Herald – August 24, 1940. 4 page article

Souvenir of the Great Lakes Exposition – 1936. 18 page photo booklet

Sherwin-Williams Semi-Lustre Paints – circa, 1930. 4 page brochure

Heinz Exhibit – 1939 New York World’s Fair – 5 page brochure

Modern Interior Decoration – Creative Art – May, 1929. 5 page article

Bel Geddes – Fortune – July, 1930. 7 page article and 3 advertisements

Twentieth Century-Fox – Fortune – December, 1935. 14 page article and 5 advertisements

Examples of Modern Furniture by DIM – Home & Field – March, 1930. 3 page article and 2 advertisements

The Apartment of Roger Wolfe Kahn, by Paul T. Frankl – House & Garden – July, 1934. 2 page article and 3 advertisements

The PSFS Building – Fortune – December, 1932. 7 page article and 4 advertisements.

English Design in Modern Furniture – House Beautiful – April, 1931. 4 page article and 3 advertisements.