The syphon bottle was a must for any home bar in the 1930’s. And Soda King produced the best designed ones. The Walter Kidde Sales Company, originally a construction company, became a pioneer in the fire suppression business. Kidde purchased the Rich Company’s on-board ship fire extinguishing system in 1918. Changing the method of suppression from steam […]
Flapper. Roaring Twenties. Speakeasy. Bootlegging. Say these words and a magical world flashes through most people’s minds of young ladies in short beaded dress, bobbed hair, feathered head pieces engaged in wild parties filled with Jazz Music, gaspers (cigarettes), and scandalous behavior. These images are reinforced by decades of movies and shows. In truth, […]
We don’t always have to go “driving for deco”, sometimes we can find it right in our backyard. The Memorial Art Gallery in Rochester, New York has several excellent examples of depression era art on permanent display. These paintings include, Reginald Marsh’s (1898-1954) People’s Follies, No. 3 (1938). Depicting the inside of a burlesque theatre, it’s typical of the […]
