Americana

They Guard Our Shores The Navy was called on to guard our shores against German submarines (U boats) that threaten to keep men and supplies from reaching the Western Front in support of the Allied armies that were defending France an Britain against the Axis powers.  In addition they defended the American shoreline from the…

Helping Mother Another Norman Rockwell cover. This one depicting a family lifestyle that was being changed dramatically by the inventions of the late 19th century and the early twentieth century.  Electric lights, the typewriter, Macadam  (paved streets),  the bicycle, the automobile, and the airplane. The telephone, the sewing machine and vacuum cleaner and the washing…

The Golden Shower 1917 was ushered in with all kinds of hope and prosperity. The automobile was taking hold as a utilitarian way of transportation and moving of freight. Skyscrapers were being built taller and taller using steel as the structural support. War was imminent – not the ongoing war in Europe but a scuffle…