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    Hollywood in the 1930's

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    Hollywood in the 1930s The film industry was a big source of entertainment in the 1930s. During the Great Depression‚ spending money on entertainment wasn’t reasonable for people. Audiences always looked for "light-hearted screwballs" that would make them forget their troubles for some time (Hollywood and the Film Industry). In the 1930s‚ Hollywood movie studios were having trouble financing the transition from silent to talking pictures due to the stock market crash 1929. The movie industry

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    Food In The 1930's

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    The 1930s Food! The 1930s cuisine was very simple and extremely rationed. The people in the 30’s just didn’t have the money to afford for themselves and kids all the time. The food was mostly given to men and children in soup/ bread lines for those who couldn’t afford food. The food was simple and inexpensive; the goal was to produce a lot of food with as little ingredients as possible. I’m sure the bread was bland and the chowders and soups were plain but it’s what the people of this struggling

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    Halloween In The 1930's

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    Halloween is an important holiday that is enjoyed by people in North America and Europe‚ but few people have an understanding of the origin of the celebration and its plentiful traditions. The expansive history of the holiday persists in many of the festivities. Halloween began as an Irish festival that marked the end of summer. Gaelic tradition contributed many familiar aspects of the holiday‚ but its name came from the Catholic Church. October 31st was the night before All Saints’ Day‚ thusly

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    Life In The 1930's

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    Life in the 1930s was extremely racist and segregated. Most people either had a special treatment‚ or no treatment at all. Times were extreme in the 1930s. Life for the wealthy was glamorous and they ignored all the problems that were going on and enjoyed life with there money. The depression didn’t really affect the wealthy men and woman. They were almost making the same amount of income as the were before the economy went down. All the wealthy were still attending expensive dances several nights

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    Cosplay In The 1930's

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    In the world of cosplay‚ there are many ways one could be involved successfully. While cosplay has been around since the 1930s‚ it is just recently starting to branch out into more mainstream genres. A common type of cosplay is crossplay (crossdress and play) which is not to be confused with gender swap. The photo below shows a prime example of crossplay in which a female is representing a male character while adding her own twist to the costume yet still making the overall male character recognizable

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    Recession In The 1930's

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    In the beginning‚ the only event that popped into anyone’s mind when they heard the word recession was in the 1930s. During the 1920’s a stock market crash occurred‚ however‚ many believe that the recession began way before leading up to the crash as a whole. This recession went on through the 1930s‚ ending around 1939‚ depending on who you ask. It took a significant amount of time to recover‚ and while doing so‚ prepared for another recession in future if it happened. Over the years‚ the economy

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    The separation of races in different cultures is usually in order to add this stigma that one group of people is inferior to another. Here in America race is based largely as binary opposition between black and white‚ and this system for much of America’s history has oppressed other races (Nanda and Warms 249). These racial laws have been focusing on the idea of white purity‚ and as it states in the video keep other races from tainting white blood (ABC News 2003). Early Americans basically had

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    white lunch counter but get denied at F.W Woolworths in Greensboro * More blacks and even whites join in the ‘sit in’ all across America. * Blacks and Whites begin to get arrested but they continue with the moral of ‘non-violent demonstrations’ * White merchants begin to protest back saying that the protests where ‘bad for business’. * 1961 Lunch segregation is almost gone. * White merchants forced into integration‚ as due to the protests they lose business. | | Plessy vs Ferguson |

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    Workhouse In The 1930's

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    into disuse. Many of the workhouses‚ however‚ became Public Assistance Institutions and continued to supply accommodation for the elderly‚ unmarried mothers‚ sick and vagrants. For inmates of these institutions‚ life never really changed during the 1930s and 40s. Apart from the ending of uniforms‚ and indeed more freedom to come and go as they pleased‚ things improved only gradually. More recently‚ the surviving buildings have increasingly been sold off to buyers for redevelopment‚ ironically‚ in some

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    The Chess Game of 1930s America in The Big Sleep In Raymond Chandler’s novel The Big Sleep‚ Philip Marlowe represents the shred of chivalry that remains in a world of corruption. Set and written in 1930s America‚ the economic devastation of the Great Depression has a significant influence on the book’s plot that revolves around profit-seeking crime and organized corruption. Marlowe’s work as a private detective brings him face to face with seedy criminals of every sort‚ and each corresponds

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