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1930s Window dressing and interior pics

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1930s Window dressing and interior pics
Posted by jon grant on Friday, December 3, 2010 4:22 PM

I'm rebuilding one of the store fronts on Sweethome Chicago and need a window display to suit a 1930s general store.

Does anyone know of anythng on-line that I can use?

Thanks

Jon

 

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Posted by leighant on Friday, December 3, 2010 5:13 PM

We can visit the Library of Congress in Washington DC online.  I think we won't hold those troubles in 1776 against you.

Go to www.loc.gov

Then click of American Memory and get a menu of a dozen and a half sub-categories.

Click on War, Military, which opens more sub-sub-categories

Then click on "Depression Era to World War II- FSA/OWI photos 1935-1945"  You then have access to 160,000 black and white images from mid-1930s, about 1600 color images toward end of war.

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One with lots of detail photos and architectural plans and technical drawings.... from www.loc.gov

American Memory >>then

Architecture, Landscape >>then

Architecture, Engineering and Landscapes- HABS Historic American Building Survey- HAER Historic American Engineering Record, 

And one I haven't looked at much--

American Memory >>then

Architecture, Landscape >>then

Architecture and Interior Design.

 

This should give you about half a million ideas for your layout.

 

 

 

 

 

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Posted by jon grant on Saturday, December 4, 2010 3:11 AM

Thanks

I found exactly what I was looking for. I had already printed off a load of pics from the depression era, just didn't thik to look in the coloured photos as well - D'oh!

Jon

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