1930's

In the 1930's the Great Depression became a worldwide business slump that affected almost all the nations. Although, this decade was deeply influenced by the depression many great inventions and progressions for the U.S. still occurred at this time.
1930's Facts

• 1930
• Pluto Discovered
• 1931
• Al Capone imprisoned for Income Tax Evasion
• Empire State Building completed
• U.S. officially gets a National Anthem
• 1932
• Air Conditioning Invented
• Amelia Earhart First Woman to fly solo over the Atlantic
• Scientists split the atom
• 1933
• Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
• First Nazi Concentration camp established 
• Wiley Post flies around the world in 8 1/2 days
• 1934
• Bonnie and Clyde killed by the police
• The cheeseburger was created
• Parker brother sells the game Monopoly 
• 1935
• John Maynard Keynes suggests new economic theory 
• Social Security enacted in U.S.
• 1936
• The Hoover Dam is completed 
• 1937
• Amelia Earhart vanishes
• The golden gate bridge opens
• 1938
• Broadcast of "The War of the Worlds" causes panic 
• 1939
• First commercial flight over the Atlantic
• Helicopter Invented
• World War II begins 

1930's Fashion

Generally fashions of the 1930s are thought of as glamorous and sensuous. This is the era of the big bands, dancing and night life.

The dresses are long and elegant, evening gowns were often backless and importantly there develops a very distinct difference between daywear and evening wear. This example to the left is President Hoover, and his date in 1931. 

1920's

This week, the 1920's, I thought I'd mix up the blog by giving you some quick information about the 1920's and then showing you some interesting advertisements I found from this decade!! In the 1920's women were finally allowed to vote in the US, the Lie Detector Test was invented, Time Magazine was founded, the first Olympic Games were played, Hitler published "Mein Kampf", flapper dresses were very popular, Houdini dies after being punched, a woman swam the English Channel, Babe Ruth makes the home-run record, bubble gum was invented, the first mickey mouse cartoon aired on television, penicillin was invented, car radio invented, and finally the first Academy Awards!! The 20's were a raging time for the U.S. full of progress, and a great decade of moving forward!! Now here are some of my favorite advertisements that I found from this time period....

 

1910's

The 1910's was an exciting decade full of entertainment, science, technology, fads and many more! Popular interests in the 1910 decade was going to the movies, the dance craze called the Tango, and The Saturday Evening Post. Also, Picasso and Matisse began to be widely appreciated for their abstract art work. But then in 1912 disaster struck, the sinking of the Titanic. 


1910-1919 Facts

• 1910
• Haley's Comet Makes an Appearance
• The Tango Catches On
• 1911
• The Mona Lisa is Stolen
• Ernest Rutherford Discovers the Structure of an Atom
• 1912
• The Titanic Sinks
• Oreo Cookies Were First Introduced
• 1913
• First Crossword Puzzle
• Personal Income Tax Introduced to the U.S.
• 1914
• First Traffic Light
• World War One Begins
• 1915
• D.W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation Released
• 1916
• First Self Service Grocery Store Opens in the U.S.
• 1917
• U.S. Enters World War One 
• First Pulitzer Prizes Awarded 
• 1918
• Daylight Savings Time Introduced
• Spanish Flu Pandemic
• 1919
• The Treaty of Versailles Ends World War One 

1910-1919 Fashion

Women's fashion industry expanded dramatically after the invention of the sewing machine in the mi-19th century. By 1910, the trend towards looser, lighter clothing picked up during this time compared to the tight form from the 1900 decade before. Men's clothing and fashion trends changed very little from the previous decades. They stuck to preferred military looks, and bowler hats.

1900's

"Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past." 

Welcome Fellow Bloggers,

Fad&Fade is writing to inform you all about the past, I know that I'm curious about how the past brings in the future and I thought I'd share some fun facts and fads starting from the 1900's to the present. To start my blog I'd really like to show you all a fun video I found about fashion from the past. If you are wondering about how the styles and dance of the past have changed this short video will amaze you! :)

1901-1909 Facts

• 1900
•  Kodak Introduces $1 Brownie Camera
• 1901
• First Nobel Prizes Awarded
• 1902
• The Teddy Bear is introduced 
• 1903
• First License Plates issued in the U.S.
• First World Series 
• First Message to Travel Around the World 
• 1904
• New York City Subway Opens
• 1905
• Einstein Proposes his theory of Relativity 
• Freud Publishes his theory of Sexuality 
• 1906
• Kellogg's Starting Selling Cornflakes
• The San Francisco Earthquake 
• 1907
• First Electric Washing Machine
• Picasso introduces Cubism 
• 1908
• SOS Accepted as the Universal Distress Signal 
• 1909
• NAACP is Founded
• Plastic is Invented 

1901-1909 Fashion