10/22/07

I'll Take Questions Now...

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Hello all -- I wanted to put this up as the very top post; in case anyone runs into a question or two during the process that I haven't ...
9/23/07

Small Note:

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Another post that I think should be up on top, as I have recently learned the interesting consequences of this blog being live to the entire...
8/22/07

Introducing: The Scranton Sirens!

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Vaudeville may have been on the way out – but jazz and swing was on the way in, particularly in the form of swing. Many speakeasies tried t...

A whole raft of prohibition pictures

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Presenting a whole raft of images pertaining to prohibition... This cartoon from 1917 dates to the initial lead-up to Prohibition. That'...

The Great Experiment, and Why It Failed

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The “Great Experiment” of Prohibition had an entire Constitutional Amendment behind it, as well as the support of thousands. But while it wa...

The "Working Girls" of Scranton

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I need to open this with an apologia from your dramaturg. What I have here is based on a vice report conducted in 1915, discussing the state...
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Vaudeville in Scranton

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Vaudeville was largely over by the 1920’s, but during its heyday, here’s how Vaudeville looked in Scranton. The very first vaudeville perfor...
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8/21/07

Vaudeville

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THE DECLINE OF VAUDEVILLE It’s true – over the course of the 20’s, vaudeville was on the way out; even though some houses went on afterward,...

The Depression

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The Depression in Coal Country: Working For Yourself Some parts of Pennsylvania were already suffering from an economic downturn before “Bla...

1933

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1933: The Dawn of the New Deal 1933 was the beginning of FDR’s “New Deal,” and many of the related programs began that same year. Things kic...

Hit Parade

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1930: Songs: Mood Indigo, Duke Ellington Putting On The Ritz, Fred Astaire But Not For Me Can This Be Love? Dancing On The Ceiling Embrace...
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1920s

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The Headlines of the 1920’s 1923 The Moderation League of New York overturned its liquor prohibition laws, joining a growing movement for th...

Welcome To The Family

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Welcome To The Family: An introduction to the Scranton area mafia Scranton was no stranger to Mafia activity in the early 1900’s. Many Itali...

8/13/07 Emails

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I actually edited a lot of this original post out as I cover a good chunk of the info herein in other posts above; there is one bit of infor...

This is the way we go to work...

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Hiya. Jeff here, of Zuppa del Giorno fame. I am guilty of having created an entirely separate 'blog for Kim W.'s contributions to...
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