The “Black Blizzards” of the 1930’s Dust Bowl

A Texas dust storm in 1935   I was watching Ken Burns' PBS special "The Dust Bowl" and saw some pictures of these amazing storms rolling acorss the plains. The documentary was a bit dry, but full of interesting, and scary, stories about who the Dust Bowl came to be and how devastating it was. […]

1920’s Prohibition Posters: Do It for the Children!

Poking around the web the other day I came across some prohibition posters and they were pretty scary. Here's a few of them so you get an idea. Some arts of work and some harsh propaganda.  Seeing so much nationmalism built into the message is not surprising. And it was for the children!!! Nationalism is […]