Athens, Greece, 1937. “Spirit of Lycabettus.” Photographs of mortals, stones and spirits by Herbert List.
Herbert List’s Greek Gods and Humans
Posts Tagged: 1930s
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Boy Scout Jamboree
These boots were made for walking! Two Venezuelan boy scouts departed Caracas on January 11, 1935 and walked 25 miles a day for two years in order to make it to the 1937 Boy Scout Jamboree in Washington DC.
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Bedouin Youth
A 1930’s Bedouin youth in Palmyra, an ancient city in present-day Syria.
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First Female Page!
Fourteen-year-old Gene Cox became the first female page in the National House of Representatives on January 3rd, 1939.
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Pattern Fashion
Back in the day most teenage girls knew how to sew (and well).
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Harold Teen
Harold Teen was a popular comic strip in the 1920s written and drawn by Carl Ed.
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4H Friends
1920– a bread-making demonstration on the lawn of Anson County Courthouse, North Carolina.
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Snapshots of Jewish Youth
Close-up portrait of three Hungarian rabbinical students in Budapest, 1940-1943.
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Vieva Wonder, age 13
Take a glimpse into the life of a Johnstown, PA teenager from 1930-1932 – inside the scrapbook of Vieva Wonder (best name!)
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Hot Wheels
Before high school car culture, teens peddled their way to freedom.