1930's+lifestyles+and+trends

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= = = = = Lifestyles = You may wonder what life was like in the 1930's and you may be surprised that life in the 30's was little like it is today. Schools were separate for whites and blacks, televisions were yet to be invented, and cars were only around 10 years old. Life in the 30's was hard, for anyone white or black, since the country was still recovering from the Great Depression. In the 30's kids went to school Dads went to work and moms were stay at home moms. After school many kids liked to hang out in [|parlors] and dance. In the 30's big bands and [|blues] were a big hit. A lot of times many families would gather round the radio and have "Radio Time" which was basically when families would all get together and listen to the radio. The radio was mostly everyone’s prime source to get their news, either that or they went into town which didn't happen every day.

= Social Trends = As before, the 1930's clothes were always considered fashionable but as the 1930's started coming on, Sewing your own clothes were replaced by //Ready-to Wear// clothes. This being the decade of recovering from the previous event; The Great Depression. This could also be a reason why most material in objects were replaced with cheaper ones. Women's--Magazines had a part in the change in dress they often showed things like


 * Two Piece V-Neck Cardigans
 * Simple Blouses
 * Button Down Wrap Skirts
 * Long Flowing Dresses
 * Moderately low V- necklines
 * Sleeves= 3/4 length or shorter
 * Hem line was generally in between the knees and the shin
 * Popular colors were red, navy, white and black


 * These were designed to show off the qualities of a personBut of course there were popular designers and fashion influences like //Coco Channel// and French designer //Madeleine Vionnet.// Men's--Basically wore three pieced suits to special occasions. The alternatives to every day clothes would be sweater vests, knickers or trousers. Fashion Figure: Edward the III, kind of a school boy look.


 * Short baggy knee pants
 * Round-Necked school boy sweaters
 * Butterfly collared shirt with a black tie
 * grandpa style hat

= Hats accessories and beach wear!!! = --For women, the style had become a lot more progressed, it was still modest, they could be:


 * A basic swimsuit would equal a one piece short tank top look {or} one made with a big overskirt to help hide with unwanted features.
 * Two pieces were seen in this time and often accessorized with wide beach hats and/or bows around the waist.
 * The backs of the swimsuits were low
 * Popular trend colors were ivory, white, cream, grey, black and buff.

= For Men = --The swim trunks that are traditional and very necessary for them were still fashionable then. As for hats there could be a variety of berets, top hats and the occasional Fedora Events and Topics-- Quick note...during the 30's it was pretty evident that people were having a hard time. Places put up in effort to live in a shelter made up //Shantytowns { City District inhabited by people living in homemade huts and shanties commonly known as squatter settlements }.//And after The Great Depressiom it brought a lot of new politics such as Fascism, Nazism and Stalinism. Also bringing on the thought that robbers and murderers were thought of as celebrities for what they did. This is sure not to repeat. Music-- From 1935's and on, A group named big band and swing music were popular. Popular Culture--Movies and shows and books like the //Wizard of Oz//, //Gone with The Wind,// and //Action comics.// Movie Stars:


 * Clark Gable starred in // [|Gone With The Wind] // and // Mutiny On The Bounty //
 * Shirley Temple starred in // Stand Up and Cheer // and // Bright Eyes //
 * Joan Crawford starred in // Forsaking All Others // and // Possessed //
 * Will Rogers starred in Judge Priest and Life Begins At Forty
 * Fred Astaire starred in Swing Time and Follow The Fleet
 * Ginger Rogers starred in 42nd Street and Flying Down To Rio

Toys


 * 3-D view master
 * Comic Books {weird that they were counted as toys}
 * Scarlett O'Hara {first doll modeled after movie character
 * Monopoly
 * Sorry!
 * Scrabble

= Sports = --Sports like Baseball, both types of football, and others that were cool now, were cool then.


 * In baseball there was a Hall of Fame that was started in 1936 and recorded on a site here . During that time, because of the depression, Night games were started as well as live radio broadcast were invented to influence more people to buy tickets
 * In basketball, not much was happening, but towards the end of the 30's {1939} the NCAA held the first ever Championship Tournament! By which the team of Oregon Ducks won.
 * In Soccer {Association Football}, nothing but another first time World Cup; played in Uruguay, 1930 won by the home team.
 * In Football {American}, there was change to the field. Like moving the goalposts from the back of the end zone to the front of the end zone. Meanwhile The NFL Championships were announced to the Eastern and Western divisions. So was the NFL Draft
 * In Ice Hockey, Toronto's Maple Leafs win the Stanley cup.

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= The Advance in Technology!!! = --For many things, technology is always progressing, and making big questions about what will come next. Will there be hover cars, water as gas, new inventions? What will come next? Here's what was next for people in this time.


 * Jet Engine
 * Tea Bags
 * The first photocopier {but really available until 1948}
 * BBC broadcast*
 * Airship LZ 127 Graf Zepplin and the LZ 129 Hindinburg
 * The Ballpoint pen {1938 by Laszlo Biro}
 * BBC Telivision {1932}
 * Cats Eyes {1934 by Percy Shaw}
 * Electric Razor {1931 by Jacob Schick
 * Electron Microscope {1933 Ernst Ruska}
 * Frequency Modulation {your basic FM radio in 1939 by Edwin H. Armstrong
 * Helicopter {1936 by Heinrich Focke}
 * Jet Engine {1930 by Frank Wittle}
 * Nylon {1931 Wallace Corothers}
 * Magnetic Recording {1936 USA Audio Tapes}
 * Photo Copier {1938 Chester Carlson}
 * Polaroid {1932 by Edwin Herbert Land}
 * Radar {for Aircrafts invented in 1935 By Robert Watson-Watt}
 * Radio Telescope {1932 by Karl Jansky}
 * Sticky Tape {1930 USA}

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 * 2-Weissman, Dick. "social history and the blues." Carlin, Richard, gen. ed. //Blues//, American Popular Music. New York: Facts On File, Inc., 2006. //American History Online//. Facts On File, Inc. ItemID=WE52&iPin=APMB0386&SingleRecord=True (accessed January 6, 2012).