That era was before my time, but I did have a little neighborhood theater I used to go to, which stretched back to that period. Years later, I went to the library and went through the old newspapers on microfilm, and I documented all the Saturday matinee offerings that the theater screened, back before I was born... Roy Rogers, Bowery Boys, Tim Holt, Jungle Jim, Abbott and Costello, early sci-fi films, etc., and all the various serials that accompanied them. It was a fascinating endeavor.
I spent hundreds of hours, reading old newspapers. Going back a century’s worth of material. From headline stories to advertisements. Got such a taste of the mindset and mentality of America. Learned a heck of a lot more than I ever got from college history courses!
Got such a taste of the mindset and mentality of America. Learned a heck of a lot more than I ever got from college history courses!
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I appreciate your diligence in researching such history, as my postings are mostly anecdotal based on personal memories.
Understanding the stimulus and environment that kids of my era and earlier grew up in does much to explain why we differ so much from the more recent generations of liberals who don’t care about history.