A second photograph of Phineas Gage has been found. In 1848, Gage, was working on a railroad track in Cavendish when a tamping iron went through his head. Dr. John Harlow documented his injury and recovery in various medical journals, making Gage the first well documented case of traumatic brain injury. This new image, copies of which are in the possession of two different branches of the Gage family, depicts the same subject as the daguerreotype identified in 2009. A copy of this photograph can be seen at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phineas_GageA
An article about Gage appears in the January edition of the Smithsonian Magazine
For more information about Gage, please contact the Cavendish Historical Society margoc@tds.net, or 802-226-7807
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Friday, February 19, 2010
Cavendish Old Home Day 2010
The Cavendish Historical Society is planning Cavendish Old Home Day for July 3 (Saturday) on the Cavendish Green. We are sending out notices now, so community groups, artists and local business owners can plan ahead. This is a wonderful opportunity for the community to gather, enjoy time with friends, make the community aware of what you are doing, and hopefully raise some money. Last year we had the highest number of vendors to date. It's a wonderful time for many of the second homeowners to meet their neighbors and find out what's available to them locally. We also encourage our second homeowners to become involved as well. As always, there will be a kid vendor area as well as special activities for kids.
There is no charge for a booth. You are required to bring your own table, chairs, tent and be responsible for your own clean up. The sooner we know if you plan to participate, the more you can be assured of having the space you want. If you require electric hook ups, we need to know this in advance. In order to avoid duplication, please let me know what type of products you will be offering, or what other activities you might like to do.
The Historical Society has chosen the 1940s as their theme for 2010 and we will be providing games and other activities that relate to this theme.
For more information or to register for a booth, please call 802-226-7807 or e-mail margoc@tds.net
There is no charge for a booth. You are required to bring your own table, chairs, tent and be responsible for your own clean up. The sooner we know if you plan to participate, the more you can be assured of having the space you want. If you require electric hook ups, we need to know this in advance. In order to avoid duplication, please let me know what type of products you will be offering, or what other activities you might like to do.
The Historical Society has chosen the 1940s as their theme for 2010 and we will be providing games and other activities that relate to this theme.
For more information or to register for a booth, please call 802-226-7807 or e-mail margoc@tds.net
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Young Historians: Valentine's/1935
Valentine’s Day was a fun time for students in Cavendish during the 1930s. Each student made or bought a card for all of the other students in school. Cards were placed in a large box and given out on Valentine’s Day. It was a lot of fun to make the cards.
Today we will be making a special Valentine basket. We will also decorate cookies, which you can put in the basket. Go to http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/Heartbasket.shtml for the directions for the heart basket. This year, the Necco Company has made changes to the hearts. They have all new sayings as well as new flavors. The candy is also softer. Learn more about this Valentine treat at http://www.necco.com/OurBrands/Default.asp?BrandID=8
Conversation Heart candies, Sweethearts, were very popular. “Be Mine” and other sayings were on the first candies made in 1902.
We are now up to 1935 in our history timeline. President Roosevelt signed the bill for the Rural Electrification Project, which made it possible for all parts of the country to have electricity. However, it was the 1940s and in some cases the 1950’s before all of Cavendish had electricity.
1935 History Timeline
Books: Butterfield 8 by John O’Hara; Tortilla Flat by John Steinbeck
Films: Mutiny on the Bounty; Bride of Frankenstein; A Midsummer Night’s Dream; A Night at the Opera featuring the Marx Brothers
Songs: Cheek to Cheek; It’s a Sin to Tell a Lie; Puttin’ on Your Top Hat; Lullaby of Broadway; Unemployment Stomp; Red Sails in the Sunset
January
• Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean from Honolulu, Hawaii to Oakland, California
• Drought Relief Service is formed to coordinate relief efforts in the Dust Bowl states.
February
• Detective Leonard Keeler demonstrates the Keeler polygraph, known as the lie detector machine
March
• President Roosevelt purchases first Savings Bond
• New York state allows blood types to be used in court cases
• The Academy Awards includes a special award for Shirley Temple
April
• The Rural Electrification Administration is established. This made it possible for many parts of rural Cavendish to have electricity in the 1940s.
• The U.S. Department of Agriculture is established
• The first round the world telephone conversation takes place
• Flash Gordon, a science fiction radio program starring Gale Gordon begins on Radio
• Works Progress Administration (WPA) formed
• Black Sunday (April 14), the worst “black blizzard” of the Dust Bowl
May
• Cincinnati Reds and Philadelphia Phillies play the first major league nigh baseball game at Crosley Field, Cincinnati Ohio
• Earthquake in Quetta India kills approximately 50,000 people
June
• Babe Ruth retires from professional baseball with 714 home runs, 5,973 bases and a .342 batting average
• France’s ship the S.S. Normandie breaks speed record by crossing the Atlantic in 107 hours, 33 minutes
July
• The National Labor Relations Board is formed to prevent unfair labor practices
August
• Social Security Act creates old age retirement insurance and a federal payroll tax
• The Wealth Act Tax Act is signed by President Roosevelt, which increases income tax rates for wealthy Americans.
• Benny Goodman, the “King of Swing,” opens at the Palomar Ballroom in Los Angeles
September
• President Roosevelt dedicates the Boulder Dam
• A major hurricane kills hundreds in the Florida keys
• “Popeye the Sailor” a radio program based on the comic strip begins on NBC radio.
October
• George and Ira Gershwin’s musical, Porgy and Bess, opens on Broadway
• Religious leaders discourage Americans not to participate in the Berlin Olympics
November
• Jay Berwanger, a Chicago halfback, is named first Heisman Trophy Winner
• Nazi government revokes German citizenship of Jews.
• United States makes the Philippines a commonwealth
• The Committee for Industrial Organization (CIO) is formed to help workers in the steel, auto and rubber industries
December
• Detroit Lions defeat the New York Giants in the NFL Championship
• Experts estimate 850,000,000 tons of topsoil have blown off the Southern Plains during the year.
To learn more about 1935 go to http://xroads.virginia.edu/~1930s2/Time/1935/1935fr.html
Today we will be making a special Valentine basket. We will also decorate cookies, which you can put in the basket. Go to http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/Heartbasket.shtml for the directions for the heart basket. This year, the Necco Company has made changes to the hearts. They have all new sayings as well as new flavors. The candy is also softer. Learn more about this Valentine treat at http://www.necco.com/OurBrands/Default.asp?BrandID=8
Conversation Heart candies, Sweethearts, were very popular. “Be Mine” and other sayings were on the first candies made in 1902.
We are now up to 1935 in our history timeline. President Roosevelt signed the bill for the Rural Electrification Project, which made it possible for all parts of the country to have electricity. However, it was the 1940s and in some cases the 1950’s before all of Cavendish had electricity.
1935 History Timeline
Books: Butterfield 8 by John O’Hara; Tortilla Flat by John Steinbeck
Films: Mutiny on the Bounty; Bride of Frankenstein; A Midsummer Night’s Dream; A Night at the Opera featuring the Marx Brothers
Songs: Cheek to Cheek; It’s a Sin to Tell a Lie; Puttin’ on Your Top Hat; Lullaby of Broadway; Unemployment Stomp; Red Sails in the Sunset
January
• Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean from Honolulu, Hawaii to Oakland, California
• Drought Relief Service is formed to coordinate relief efforts in the Dust Bowl states.
February
• Detective Leonard Keeler demonstrates the Keeler polygraph, known as the lie detector machine
March
• President Roosevelt purchases first Savings Bond
• New York state allows blood types to be used in court cases
• The Academy Awards includes a special award for Shirley Temple
April
• The Rural Electrification Administration is established. This made it possible for many parts of rural Cavendish to have electricity in the 1940s.
• The U.S. Department of Agriculture is established
• The first round the world telephone conversation takes place
• Flash Gordon, a science fiction radio program starring Gale Gordon begins on Radio
• Works Progress Administration (WPA) formed
• Black Sunday (April 14), the worst “black blizzard” of the Dust Bowl
May
• Cincinnati Reds and Philadelphia Phillies play the first major league nigh baseball game at Crosley Field, Cincinnati Ohio
• Earthquake in Quetta India kills approximately 50,000 people
June
• Babe Ruth retires from professional baseball with 714 home runs, 5,973 bases and a .342 batting average
• France’s ship the S.S. Normandie breaks speed record by crossing the Atlantic in 107 hours, 33 minutes
July
• The National Labor Relations Board is formed to prevent unfair labor practices
August
• Social Security Act creates old age retirement insurance and a federal payroll tax
• The Wealth Act Tax Act is signed by President Roosevelt, which increases income tax rates for wealthy Americans.
• Benny Goodman, the “King of Swing,” opens at the Palomar Ballroom in Los Angeles
September
• President Roosevelt dedicates the Boulder Dam
• A major hurricane kills hundreds in the Florida keys
• “Popeye the Sailor” a radio program based on the comic strip begins on NBC radio.
October
• George and Ira Gershwin’s musical, Porgy and Bess, opens on Broadway
• Religious leaders discourage Americans not to participate in the Berlin Olympics
November
• Jay Berwanger, a Chicago halfback, is named first Heisman Trophy Winner
• Nazi government revokes German citizenship of Jews.
• United States makes the Philippines a commonwealth
• The Committee for Industrial Organization (CIO) is formed to help workers in the steel, auto and rubber industries
December
• Detroit Lions defeat the New York Giants in the NFL Championship
• Experts estimate 850,000,000 tons of topsoil have blown off the Southern Plains during the year.
To learn more about 1935 go to http://xroads.virginia.edu/~1930s2/Time/1935/1935fr.html
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Young Historians: February 3
The Young Historians are now up to 1934 in our history timeline. This was the first full year of being President for Franklin Roosevelt. He passed many laws to help ease the problems of the depression.
The combination of high winds and no rain created major problems in the middle of the country. The wind carried the topsoil off the land. In Washington D.C., Congress had Texas soil on their office windows. The center of the country became known as “the dust bowl.” Without the soil and rain, it is hard to grow food. People were starving.
While life wasn’t easy for people in Cavendish, they could still grow vegetables and hunt. President Roosevelt passed a law so farmers did not have to worry so much about the banks taking away their land if they were unable to pay their bills.
1934 was the year Shirley Temple starred in “Bright Eyes,” the film we watched a few weeks ago.
This week we will continue with the rag rug project and for those finished with their rugs, they can work on figures for our 1930s Center Road School project.
1934 History Timeline
Movies: The Thin Man with William Powell and Myrna Loy; Babes in Toyland with Laurel and Hardy Watch the previews for Babes in Toyland
Songs: Moonglow; The Good Ship Lollipop; Inka-Dinka Do; Good Night Irene; Night and Day by Fred Astair; Babes in Toyland with Laurel and Hardy
Books: Goodbye, Mr. Chips by James Hilton; Tender is the Night by F.Scott Fitzgerald; Murder in Three Acts by Agatha Christie; The Postman Always Rings Twice by James Cain. The 1930’s were considered the “golden age” of the mystery novel.
January
• President Roosevelt signs the Farm Mortgage Refinancing Act to help farmers pay their mortgages with easier credit terms.
February
• Congress passes Civil Works Emergency Relief Act, allotting new funds for Federal Emergency Relief Administration to run new programs of civil works and direct relief.
March
• Walt Disney wins an Academy Award for the cartoon Three Little Pigs
• First Annual Master Golf Tournament is held in Augusta Georgia
• Henry Ford restores $5.00 per day minimum wage. Note: Today’s minimum wage is more than $5 an hour.
April
• President Roosevelt signs Home Owners Loan Act to encourage the building of new homes
• The NHL Stanley Cup is won by Chicago Black Hawks, who beat the Detroit Red Wings 3 to 1
• Shirley Temple appears in her first movie “Bright Eyes” and sings “On the Good Ship Lollipop.” Note: We watched the video “Bright Eyes” several weeks ago.
May
• Bill Cummings wins the Indianapolis 500 with an average speed of 104.86 miles per hour.
• A severe dust storm blows much of the topsoil of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Colorado to the east coast. People in Washington D. C. found the dirt on their window sills.
• Drought is the worst ever in US history, covering more than 75% of the country and affecting 27 states severely
June
• President Roosevelt signs the Federal Farm Bankruptcy Act stopping the foreclosures of farms.
• National Housing Administration is established
• Securities and Exchange Commission established
• Roosevelt signs the Taylor Grazing Act, which allows him to take up to 140 million acres of federally-owned land out of the public domain and establish grazing districts that will be carefully monitored. One of many New Deal efforts to heal the damage done to the land by overuse, the program stops the problem but cannot undo the damage that has already been done.
July
• Babe Ruth hits 700th home run.
• American League wins 2nd annual all star baseball game.
• Joe Louis wins first professional fight
• First general strike in US history takes place in San Francisco in support of striking members of International Longshoreman’s Association
August
• Alcatraz prison opens in San Francisco Bay. Until 1937, prisoners were not allowed to talk
• The comic strip Li’l Abner, by Al Capp appears for the first time
October
• World Series won by St. Louis Cardinals
• Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded to two scientists for their treatment to cure anemia
December
• New York Giants win NFL championship
• The Yearbook for Agriculture for 1934 states that approximately 35 million acres of formerly cultivated land have been destroyed for crop production; 100 million acres now in crops have lost all or most of the topsoil; 125 million acres of land now in crops are rapidly losing topsoil.
To learn more about 1934, go to http://xroads.virginia.edu/~1930s2/Time/1934/1934fr.html
The combination of high winds and no rain created major problems in the middle of the country. The wind carried the topsoil off the land. In Washington D.C., Congress had Texas soil on their office windows. The center of the country became known as “the dust bowl.” Without the soil and rain, it is hard to grow food. People were starving.
While life wasn’t easy for people in Cavendish, they could still grow vegetables and hunt. President Roosevelt passed a law so farmers did not have to worry so much about the banks taking away their land if they were unable to pay their bills.
1934 was the year Shirley Temple starred in “Bright Eyes,” the film we watched a few weeks ago.
This week we will continue with the rag rug project and for those finished with their rugs, they can work on figures for our 1930s Center Road School project.
1934 History Timeline
Movies: The Thin Man with William Powell and Myrna Loy; Babes in Toyland with Laurel and Hardy Watch the previews for Babes in Toyland
Songs: Moonglow; The Good Ship Lollipop; Inka-Dinka Do; Good Night Irene; Night and Day by Fred Astair; Babes in Toyland with Laurel and Hardy
Books: Goodbye, Mr. Chips by James Hilton; Tender is the Night by F.Scott Fitzgerald; Murder in Three Acts by Agatha Christie; The Postman Always Rings Twice by James Cain. The 1930’s were considered the “golden age” of the mystery novel.
January
• President Roosevelt signs the Farm Mortgage Refinancing Act to help farmers pay their mortgages with easier credit terms.
February
• Congress passes Civil Works Emergency Relief Act, allotting new funds for Federal Emergency Relief Administration to run new programs of civil works and direct relief.
March
• Walt Disney wins an Academy Award for the cartoon Three Little Pigs
• First Annual Master Golf Tournament is held in Augusta Georgia
• Henry Ford restores $5.00 per day minimum wage. Note: Today’s minimum wage is more than $5 an hour.
April
• President Roosevelt signs Home Owners Loan Act to encourage the building of new homes
• The NHL Stanley Cup is won by Chicago Black Hawks, who beat the Detroit Red Wings 3 to 1
• Shirley Temple appears in her first movie “Bright Eyes” and sings “On the Good Ship Lollipop.” Note: We watched the video “Bright Eyes” several weeks ago.
May
• Bill Cummings wins the Indianapolis 500 with an average speed of 104.86 miles per hour.
• A severe dust storm blows much of the topsoil of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Colorado to the east coast. People in Washington D. C. found the dirt on their window sills.
• Drought is the worst ever in US history, covering more than 75% of the country and affecting 27 states severely
June
• President Roosevelt signs the Federal Farm Bankruptcy Act stopping the foreclosures of farms.
• National Housing Administration is established
• Securities and Exchange Commission established
• Roosevelt signs the Taylor Grazing Act, which allows him to take up to 140 million acres of federally-owned land out of the public domain and establish grazing districts that will be carefully monitored. One of many New Deal efforts to heal the damage done to the land by overuse, the program stops the problem but cannot undo the damage that has already been done.
July
• Babe Ruth hits 700th home run.
• American League wins 2nd annual all star baseball game.
• Joe Louis wins first professional fight
• First general strike in US history takes place in San Francisco in support of striking members of International Longshoreman’s Association
August
• Alcatraz prison opens in San Francisco Bay. Until 1937, prisoners were not allowed to talk
• The comic strip Li’l Abner, by Al Capp appears for the first time
October
• World Series won by St. Louis Cardinals
• Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded to two scientists for their treatment to cure anemia
December
• New York Giants win NFL championship
• The Yearbook for Agriculture for 1934 states that approximately 35 million acres of formerly cultivated land have been destroyed for crop production; 100 million acres now in crops have lost all or most of the topsoil; 125 million acres of land now in crops are rapidly losing topsoil.
To learn more about 1934, go to http://xroads.virginia.edu/~1930s2/Time/1934/1934fr.html
Friday, January 29, 2010
Young Historians: 1933 and Rag Rugs
This week’s timeline is 1933. In March of that year, President Roosevelt became President of the United States. He brings in new ideas to help people. This is called “The New Deal.” Taking advantage of the radio, he talks to the public in his “fireside chats.”
Many people are still looking for work and times are hard. If you lived in a farming community, such as Cavendish, you would be able to eat what you grew and canned, as well as what you could hunt.
As we’ve talked about, everything was reused as much as possible. This week we’re going to learn what was done when the bed sheets were no longer usable.
Gloria Leven told us that her mother would take worn out bed sheets and cut out the bad parts and sew them together to make a new one. Sometimes bed sheets can’t be fixed. They could then be used for rags. Another way to use them was to make a “rag rug.”
This week we will be learning how these rugs were made. We will show different ways the rugs were made, and teach you how to make one by braiding. Below are some links you might enjoy on rag rug making.
How to make a rag rug with a toothbrush
Rag Rug Instructions
History Timeline 1933
Movies: King Kong starring Fay Wray; Duck Soup by the Marx Brothers; The Three Little Pigs produced by Walt Disney; 42 Street starring Julian Marsh; She Done Him Wrong starring Mae West
Songs: Stormy Weather by Ethel Waters; Sophisticated Lady by Duke Ellington; Smoke Gets in Your Eyes by Paul Whiteman Orchestra; Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf by Harry Resor and His Eskimos with Loretta Clemons
Books: God’s Little Acre by Erskine Caldwell; The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett; Lost Horizon by James Hilton; Ulysses by James Joyce
January
• Former President Calvin Coolidge dies. Coolidge was the only president from Vermont. You can see where he grew up in Plymouth VT. He also went to school in Ludlow.
• Sir Malcolm Campbell sets land speed record of 272.1 mph at Daytona Beach Florida.
• Charles Darrow invents Monopoly
• Adolph Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany
February
• An attempt is made to assassinate (kill) Franklin Roosevelt, who is about to become the President
March
• Inauguration of Franklin Roosevelt as President
• Roosevelt begins the first of his “fireside chats.” He spoke to the country via radio about the banking crises. You can listen to this radio broadcast at http://xroads.virginia.edu/~1930s2/Time/1933/FDR_03_12_33.mov
• Reports of Nazi mistreatment of Jews in Germany
April
• It is legal to drink beer after 15 years of Prohibition
• The Senate passes a bill limiting 5-day workweek and a six-hour workday. The goal is to offer work to more people.
May
• President Roosevelt outlines his program for “The New Deal,” A chicken in every pot.
June
• The Chicago Fair opens “A Century of Progress. Learn more about the fair by going to http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ma99/kidd/century/begin.html
• Hitler outlaws all political parties other than the Nazi party.
July
• The National Recovery Administration is formed
• Wiley Post completes solo flight around the world in 7 days, 18 hours, 49 minutes
August
• Dictograph Products and Sonotone each announce improvements in hearing aids.
September
• Scientists determine the cause of Dutch Elm Disease
October
• Alcatraz opens to house the nation’s worst criminals
• 2,000 rural schools do not open for the fall semester. 2.3 million children are not in school.
• Marconi announces discovery of microwaves
• The New York Giants (National League) defeat the Washington Senator (American League) in the World Series
To learn more about 1933, go to http://xroads.virginia.edu/~1930s2/Time/1933/1933fr.html
Listen to 1933 Year in Review at http://xroads.virginia.edu/~1930s2/Time/1933/yearreview1933.html
Many people are still looking for work and times are hard. If you lived in a farming community, such as Cavendish, you would be able to eat what you grew and canned, as well as what you could hunt.
As we’ve talked about, everything was reused as much as possible. This week we’re going to learn what was done when the bed sheets were no longer usable.
Gloria Leven told us that her mother would take worn out bed sheets and cut out the bad parts and sew them together to make a new one. Sometimes bed sheets can’t be fixed. They could then be used for rags. Another way to use them was to make a “rag rug.”
This week we will be learning how these rugs were made. We will show different ways the rugs were made, and teach you how to make one by braiding. Below are some links you might enjoy on rag rug making.
How to make a rag rug with a toothbrush
Rag Rug Instructions
History Timeline 1933
Movies: King Kong starring Fay Wray; Duck Soup by the Marx Brothers; The Three Little Pigs produced by Walt Disney; 42 Street starring Julian Marsh; She Done Him Wrong starring Mae West
Songs: Stormy Weather by Ethel Waters; Sophisticated Lady by Duke Ellington; Smoke Gets in Your Eyes by Paul Whiteman Orchestra; Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf by Harry Resor and His Eskimos with Loretta Clemons
Books: God’s Little Acre by Erskine Caldwell; The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett; Lost Horizon by James Hilton; Ulysses by James Joyce
January
• Former President Calvin Coolidge dies. Coolidge was the only president from Vermont. You can see where he grew up in Plymouth VT. He also went to school in Ludlow.
• Sir Malcolm Campbell sets land speed record of 272.1 mph at Daytona Beach Florida.
• Charles Darrow invents Monopoly
• Adolph Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany
February
• An attempt is made to assassinate (kill) Franklin Roosevelt, who is about to become the President
March
• Inauguration of Franklin Roosevelt as President
• Roosevelt begins the first of his “fireside chats.” He spoke to the country via radio about the banking crises. You can listen to this radio broadcast at http://xroads.virginia.edu/~1930s2/Time/1933/FDR_03_12_33.mov
• Reports of Nazi mistreatment of Jews in Germany
April
• It is legal to drink beer after 15 years of Prohibition
• The Senate passes a bill limiting 5-day workweek and a six-hour workday. The goal is to offer work to more people.
May
• President Roosevelt outlines his program for “The New Deal,” A chicken in every pot.
June
• The Chicago Fair opens “A Century of Progress. Learn more about the fair by going to http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ma99/kidd/century/begin.html
• Hitler outlaws all political parties other than the Nazi party.
July
• The National Recovery Administration is formed
• Wiley Post completes solo flight around the world in 7 days, 18 hours, 49 minutes
August
• Dictograph Products and Sonotone each announce improvements in hearing aids.
September
• Scientists determine the cause of Dutch Elm Disease
October
• Alcatraz opens to house the nation’s worst criminals
• 2,000 rural schools do not open for the fall semester. 2.3 million children are not in school.
• Marconi announces discovery of microwaves
• The New York Giants (National League) defeat the Washington Senator (American League) in the World Series
To learn more about 1933, go to http://xroads.virginia.edu/~1930s2/Time/1933/1933fr.html
Listen to 1933 Year in Review at http://xroads.virginia.edu/~1930s2/Time/1933/yearreview1933.html
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Young Historians: Calder inspired 1930's Cavendish
We are working on creating scenes (person, place or event) of Cavendish in the 1930s, using the techniques that the artist Alexander Calder used in his Circus from the same time period. We will be watching a clip of Calder Circus and have books available in the library.
In keeping with the times of the 1930s, Calder used scraps of wire, clay, material, cork, wood to create his ringmaster, lion, horse and other circus people. Using this same idea, we will start today to create a 1930’s style Cavendish.
We are inviting the community to participate in this project and have set time aside for the next three Fridays (Jan. 27 and 29, and Feb. 5) from 2:45 to 4 pm. Please bring odds and ends to help with the project.
This week's timeline is 1932.
1932 History Timeline
Life Expectancy: Male 58.1 years; Female 61.6 years. Today’s life expectancy 75.6 for males and 80.8 for females
Average Salary: $1,368. In 2005, the average American salary, including benefits, was $31,410
Food Prices: Milk 14¢ a quart; Bread 9¢ a loaf; round steak 42¢ a pound. Today the same amount of milk sells for $1,70; a loaf of bread $1.70; and ground beef is $3.
Movies: Horse Feathers featuring the Marx Brothers; The Mummy starring Boris Karloff; A Farewell to Arms, starring Gary Cooper
Books: “Little House in the Big Woods” by Laura Ingalls Wilder; “Brave New World,” by Aldous Huxley
Songs: “Brother Can You Spare a Dime” by Rudy Vallee, “All of Me” by Louis Armstrong; “Dinah” by Bing Crosby and the Mills Brothers; “Chin Town My China Town”
January
• Franklin Roosevelt enters the presidential race. His campaign song is “Happy Days are Here Again.”
• Hattie Carraway becomes the first women elected to the US Senate. She is from Arkansas.
February
• In the Lake Placid, NY Winter Olympics, the US wins 10 gold medals
April
April 14: The atom is split. This sets the path for the development of the atomic bomb in World War II
• The Toronto Maple Leafs win the NHL Stanley Cup by defeating the New York Rangers
• Jack Benny has his first radio program sponsored by Canada Dry Ginger Ale
May
• Amerlia Earhart becomes the first woman to make a solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean
• Pearl S. Buck wins the Pultizer Prize for “The Good Earth.”
June
• Federal gasoline tax takes effect
• Lou Gerhig ties record with four straight homeruns
July
• The Democratic Party nominates Franklin Roosevelt as its presidential candidate. In his acceptance speech, he introduces the phrase “New Deal.”
• The Summer Olympics open in Los Angeles
August
• The US Olympic teams win 16 gold medals
• Hitler predicts the Nazi Party’s “total victory.”
September
• Jimmy Doolittle is the first person to fly over 300 mph
• Wisconsin passes first unemployment insurance law
October
• Franklin Roosevelt urges five-day work week and federal aid for unemployed
• Einstein places age of Earth at 10 billion years
• The New York Yankees defeat the Chicago Cubs in win 29th World Series.
• Iraq joins League of Nations
November
• Franklin Roosevelt wins the presidential election
• The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is dedicated in Arlington National Cemetery
• Buck Rogers airs on CBS radio
December
• Telephone service established between Hawaii and US
• Radio City Music Hall Opens
• Academy Award given to Walt Disney for inventing his character Mickey Mouse.
• Army beats Navy in football game held every year since 1890
• 70,000 killed in massive earthquake in China
For more timeline information for 1932, go to http://xroads.virginia.edu/~1930s2/Time/1932/1932fr.html
In keeping with the times of the 1930s, Calder used scraps of wire, clay, material, cork, wood to create his ringmaster, lion, horse and other circus people. Using this same idea, we will start today to create a 1930’s style Cavendish.
We are inviting the community to participate in this project and have set time aside for the next three Fridays (Jan. 27 and 29, and Feb. 5) from 2:45 to 4 pm. Please bring odds and ends to help with the project.
This week's timeline is 1932.
1932 History Timeline
Life Expectancy: Male 58.1 years; Female 61.6 years. Today’s life expectancy 75.6 for males and 80.8 for females
Average Salary: $1,368. In 2005, the average American salary, including benefits, was $31,410
Food Prices: Milk 14¢ a quart; Bread 9¢ a loaf; round steak 42¢ a pound. Today the same amount of milk sells for $1,70; a loaf of bread $1.70; and ground beef is $3.
Movies: Horse Feathers featuring the Marx Brothers; The Mummy starring Boris Karloff; A Farewell to Arms, starring Gary Cooper
Books: “Little House in the Big Woods” by Laura Ingalls Wilder; “Brave New World,” by Aldous Huxley
Songs: “Brother Can You Spare a Dime” by Rudy Vallee, “All of Me” by Louis Armstrong; “Dinah” by Bing Crosby and the Mills Brothers; “Chin Town My China Town”
January
• Franklin Roosevelt enters the presidential race. His campaign song is “Happy Days are Here Again.”
• Hattie Carraway becomes the first women elected to the US Senate. She is from Arkansas.
February
• In the Lake Placid, NY Winter Olympics, the US wins 10 gold medals
April
April 14: The atom is split. This sets the path for the development of the atomic bomb in World War II
• The Toronto Maple Leafs win the NHL Stanley Cup by defeating the New York Rangers
• Jack Benny has his first radio program sponsored by Canada Dry Ginger Ale
May
• Amerlia Earhart becomes the first woman to make a solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean
• Pearl S. Buck wins the Pultizer Prize for “The Good Earth.”
June
• Federal gasoline tax takes effect
• Lou Gerhig ties record with four straight homeruns
July
• The Democratic Party nominates Franklin Roosevelt as its presidential candidate. In his acceptance speech, he introduces the phrase “New Deal.”
• The Summer Olympics open in Los Angeles
August
• The US Olympic teams win 16 gold medals
• Hitler predicts the Nazi Party’s “total victory.”
September
• Jimmy Doolittle is the first person to fly over 300 mph
• Wisconsin passes first unemployment insurance law
October
• Franklin Roosevelt urges five-day work week and federal aid for unemployed
• Einstein places age of Earth at 10 billion years
• The New York Yankees defeat the Chicago Cubs in win 29th World Series.
• Iraq joins League of Nations
November
• Franklin Roosevelt wins the presidential election
• The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is dedicated in Arlington National Cemetery
• Buck Rogers airs on CBS radio
December
• Telephone service established between Hawaii and US
• Radio City Music Hall Opens
• Academy Award given to Walt Disney for inventing his character Mickey Mouse.
• Army beats Navy in football game held every year since 1890
• 70,000 killed in massive earthquake in China
For more timeline information for 1932, go to http://xroads.virginia.edu/~1930s2/Time/1932/1932fr.html
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Young Historians Movies/1931 Timeline
We are pleased to have Gloria Leven working with the Young Historians. Gloria was seven years old in 1930 and she has been sharing her memories of her childhood in Huntington West VA. The students are just thrilled to see Gloria walk into the classroom.
It’s all about the movies this week.
One of America’s favorite movie characters was introduced in the 1930’s, Steamboat Willie, better known today as Mickey Mouse.
Last week Gloria Leven, who was eight years old in 1931, told us all about the games she played as a child. We’ve asked her about the movies. She said that they went to the local movie house just about every weekend. “You could see 3 or 4 movies for a dime,” she said. “We went together without our parents.”
Gloria’s favorite movies were those featuring the dance team of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. She went to see every musical, as she wanted to be a dancer.
This week’s timeline is 1931. It was the depression and times were hard for many people. Gloria was going to Meadow’s School, a small three room school house for grades 1-6. She lived in Huntington West Virginia. There was just one room for the class. Each row of kids was a different grade. There were about 30-40 kids in her school. The other two rooms at the school were used for bathrooms and a place for them to hang their coats.
Gloria described the gray clothing that the poorer children had to wear. The clothes were given to kids by a relief organization. “You knew who the poor one’s were.”
Historical Time Line 1931
Films: City Lights by Charles Chaplin; Frankenstein starring Boris Karloff; Monkey Business starring the Marx Brothers; and Dracula starring Bela Lugosi
Books: “The Good Earth” by Pearl Buck
Songs: The Peanut Vendor by Don Azpiazu; Goodnight Sweetheart by Guy Lumbardo; You Came to Me Out of Nowhere and Star Dust by Bing Crosby; Blue Again by Louis Armstrong
January: President Hoover’s Emergency Committee for Unemployment Relief claims 4 to 5 million unemployed
February 11: Inventor Thomas Alva Edison dies. He invented the phonograph (record player), the electric light bulb, and “kinetoscope” (motion pictures or movies). He also founded General Electric (GE).
March: President Hoover signs law that makes the “Star Spangled Banner” the national anthem.
• Scientist Ernest Goodpasture grows viruses in chicken eggs, making it possible to make vaccines against flu and other illnesses.
April: James Henigan of Medford, MA wins the 35th Boston Marathon in the time of 2:46:45
May: Fiberglass is introduced
• The Empire State Building, the world’s tallest building, dedicated in New York City
• Robert Frost wins a Pulitzer Prize for “Collected Poems.”
June: Wiley Post and Harold Gatty begin first single-plane, round the world flight. Takes 8 days, 15 hours, 51 minutes.
July: The Yellow River (Huang He/Hwang Ho) in China floods killing between 1- 4 million people. It is thought to be the worst natural disaster in history to date. The Yellow River is the second longest river in China (after the Yangtze River) and the sixth largest in the world.
August: Kansas farmers produce bumper crop of wheat
September: 827 banks close in the United States.
• Fist non stop flight across the Pacific Ocean from Saishiro, Japan to Wenatchee, WA, completed in 41 hours, 13 minutes.
• George Washington Bridge, linking New Jersey to Manhattan, opens
• St. Louis Cardinals (National League) defeat the Philadelphia Athletics (American League) to win 28th World Series.
October: Creation of the National Credit Corporation, a last-ditch attempt at relief of the Depression through voluntary business action.
November: Cimarron wins Academy Award for Best Picture, Lionel Barrymore Best Actor in A Free Soul; Marie Dressler as Best Actress in Min and Bill
December: Hundreds of "hunger marchers" are turned away from the White House after trying to petition for employment at a minimum wage
• President Hoover seeks the creation of an emergency reconstruction finance corporation to lend money to lending institutions to bolster industry; he recognizes the need for more public works to provide jobs
For more information about 1931, go to http://xroads.virginia.edu/~1930s2/Time/1931/1931fr.html
It’s all about the movies this week.
One of America’s favorite movie characters was introduced in the 1930’s, Steamboat Willie, better known today as Mickey Mouse.
Last week Gloria Leven, who was eight years old in 1931, told us all about the games she played as a child. We’ve asked her about the movies. She said that they went to the local movie house just about every weekend. “You could see 3 or 4 movies for a dime,” she said. “We went together without our parents.”
Gloria’s favorite movies were those featuring the dance team of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. She went to see every musical, as she wanted to be a dancer.
This week’s timeline is 1931. It was the depression and times were hard for many people. Gloria was going to Meadow’s School, a small three room school house for grades 1-6. She lived in Huntington West Virginia. There was just one room for the class. Each row of kids was a different grade. There were about 30-40 kids in her school. The other two rooms at the school were used for bathrooms and a place for them to hang their coats.
Gloria described the gray clothing that the poorer children had to wear. The clothes were given to kids by a relief organization. “You knew who the poor one’s were.”
Historical Time Line 1931
Films: City Lights by Charles Chaplin; Frankenstein starring Boris Karloff; Monkey Business starring the Marx Brothers; and Dracula starring Bela Lugosi
Books: “The Good Earth” by Pearl Buck
Songs: The Peanut Vendor by Don Azpiazu; Goodnight Sweetheart by Guy Lumbardo; You Came to Me Out of Nowhere and Star Dust by Bing Crosby; Blue Again by Louis Armstrong
January: President Hoover’s Emergency Committee for Unemployment Relief claims 4 to 5 million unemployed
February 11: Inventor Thomas Alva Edison dies. He invented the phonograph (record player), the electric light bulb, and “kinetoscope” (motion pictures or movies). He also founded General Electric (GE).
March: President Hoover signs law that makes the “Star Spangled Banner” the national anthem.
• Scientist Ernest Goodpasture grows viruses in chicken eggs, making it possible to make vaccines against flu and other illnesses.
April: James Henigan of Medford, MA wins the 35th Boston Marathon in the time of 2:46:45
May: Fiberglass is introduced
• The Empire State Building, the world’s tallest building, dedicated in New York City
• Robert Frost wins a Pulitzer Prize for “Collected Poems.”
June: Wiley Post and Harold Gatty begin first single-plane, round the world flight. Takes 8 days, 15 hours, 51 minutes.
July: The Yellow River (Huang He/Hwang Ho) in China floods killing between 1- 4 million people. It is thought to be the worst natural disaster in history to date. The Yellow River is the second longest river in China (after the Yangtze River) and the sixth largest in the world.
August: Kansas farmers produce bumper crop of wheat
September: 827 banks close in the United States.
• Fist non stop flight across the Pacific Ocean from Saishiro, Japan to Wenatchee, WA, completed in 41 hours, 13 minutes.
• George Washington Bridge, linking New Jersey to Manhattan, opens
• St. Louis Cardinals (National League) defeat the Philadelphia Athletics (American League) to win 28th World Series.
October: Creation of the National Credit Corporation, a last-ditch attempt at relief of the Depression through voluntary business action.
November: Cimarron wins Academy Award for Best Picture, Lionel Barrymore Best Actor in A Free Soul; Marie Dressler as Best Actress in Min and Bill
December: Hundreds of "hunger marchers" are turned away from the White House after trying to petition for employment at a minimum wage
• President Hoover seeks the creation of an emergency reconstruction finance corporation to lend money to lending institutions to bolster industry; he recognizes the need for more public works to provide jobs
For more information about 1931, go to http://xroads.virginia.edu/~1930s2/Time/1931/1931fr.html
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