Wednesday, March 12, 2014

President's Comic: continued & concluded

On the way up Mount McKinley, they see a whole bunch of Teddy Bear ROSES (Teddy Roosevelt). It’s really cold on the top of the mountain -- the wind is blowing such a DRAFT (William Taft) that they get the shaky shaky WILLIES (Woodrow Wilson) and they start to HARDEN (Warren Harding) into ice because they’re so COOL (Calvin Coolidge). They pull out their HOOVER (Herbert Hoover) vacuum cleaner to try to warm themselves up, but it doesn’t work, so they head back down the mountain, again passing the ROSE bush which now has pictures of Ben Franklin on it (Franklin D. Roosevelt) and is the biggest rose bush they've ever seen (FDR had the longest presidency).

They get down to the bottom of the mountain and the parade has been joined by a TRUE MAN (Harry Truman) and he has these huge EYES (Dwight D. Eisenhower). The parade is also joined by Barbie and her handsome, but false man -- KEN (John F. Kennedy). Kennedy was assassinated, so he was followed by a JOHNSON (Lyndon B. Johnson), who has lots of NIX (Richard Nixon) on his face.

They all get on a FORD (Gerald Ford) tractor, which is followed by a CART (Jimmy Carter) full of RAGgedy Anns and RAGgedy Andys (Ronald Reagan)*
The cart tips over in front of a BUSH (George H.W. Bush) that gets hacked down by CLINT Eastwood (Bill Clinton), but another BUSH (George W. Bush) grows up in its place, so Clint Eastwood gets really mad and shouts out, “Oh BUMMER!” (Barack Obama).




*I didn’t make this up; I think “Raggedy Ann” to help you remember Reagan is a pretty bad stretch.

Friday, March 7, 2014

Nathaniel's 1920s Photo Essay


JAZZ

Advertisements for jazz concerts:







Louis Armstrong playing his famous trumpet.



Now that's what's called loving your work!


Early jazz band.


Improvising.
In early jazz you played what you wanted when you wanted


Jazz flourished in gangster run nightclubs,
because gangsters were the only ones who would hire black musicians 
and the only ones serving alcohol.



New dances came with jazz.





FASHION

Dresses were looser and shorter.


Cloche hats were popular.







MOVIES


Greta Garbo in her first starring role in 1924.





The first full-length talking movie was "The Jazz Singer" in 1927.





"The Jazz Singer" opens in Times Square, NYC.




AL CAPONE

Born in New York where he joined a gang and murdered some people.
He was never tried because of lack of evidence.
He went to Chicago in 1919 and lived here:


He became the head of Chicago's organized crime by 1925
and arranged many murders of rival gang members.
He was finally arrested and convicted on tax charges.


INKLINGS
In the 1920s, J.R.R. Tolkein had three children and met C.S. Lewis.
The Hobbit hadn't been written yet and no, Faramir hadn't been created.

Faramir, as he appears in The Lord of the Rings movies

This has absolutely nothing to do with the 1920s or American history.


Grace's 1920s Photo Essay #3

                                                      Guys enjoying pogo sticks!!

                                 I don't know if this was in the 1920's but i thought it was funny!

               i know somebody that has one of these and i will se if i can get us a free ride in a model t!

                                               this is what he has as a car in the 1920's!

http://www.history.com/topics/model-t       this is a short video for the model t!

                                            assembly line in general motors in Detroit!

                                                      this is fort pontchartrain le Detroit!

                                                      this is the barracks at fort wayne!

                                               underground railroad!

                                             delivery truck for Vernor's ginger ale!

                                                           thanksgiving day parade!

                                                Chrysler  in the 1920's

                                                                         general motors!

                                              mount Rushmore!
this is what women wore in the 1920's




this is a long video but very good and eye opening!

Thursday, March 6, 2014

Adrian's 1920s Photo Essay


The famous shoes in the 1920's
were white and ivory or tan 
In the 1920's the famous
hairstyle was "Bobbed"
Warner Bros. create the
first movie with actors that
say thier lines as they act


1920's penny
1920's chocolate advertisement 
First radio broadcast
1920's house with rap-around porch

In 1927 the15th million
Ford Model T was finished 

Grace's Photo Essay #2

                                                     Wisconsin cheese factory in the 1920's


                                                  first ice cream factory...


                                                        birds eye frozen foods...


                                                                  yummy i want one!!!!

                                                           i like their banana baby food...

                                       veal baby food yuck and don't even think about beef :(

                                                       that makes my mouth water

                                                this is a factory of hershey chocolate...


                                                            kleenex tissue advertisement...

                                                   tissues used to look like this.

                                                 Madame Alexander Doll in the middle.

Maytag washing machine 

i want some oatmeal...
                                                       
                                                  electric razor they look old!