Time Capsule: January 8, 1930

Min Wage Hourly$0.25

Median Home Price$5,500.00

Gas Price Avg$0.20

Bread Price Avg$0.08

Movie Ticket Avg$0.25

First Class Stamp$0.02

Milk Price Avg$0.50

Top Movies From 1930

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Whoopee!

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Check and Double Check

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All Quiet on the Western Front

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Hell's Angels

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The Big House

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Common Clay

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Min and Bill

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Song o' My Heart

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Son of the Gods

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The Dawn Patrol

January 8, 1930 Trivia

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January 8, 1930

January 8, 1930 does not read like one neat chapter. It has Files Judgment Against Church, Laredo Consulate Kept Closed, Albanian Capital Denies Revolt sharing the page, which gives the day a messy, useful pulse: Relief, News, Cul...

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January 8, 1930's archive note points to Files judgment against Madison Bapt Ch in suit for $10,000 legal services. The fun is in the pressure behind the notice: Relief work was becoming a visible civic emergency rather than private background charity.
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January 8, 1930's archive note points to Mex consulate remains closed. The fun is in the pressure behind the notice: The item is small on its own, but it gives the date texture: a real notice, a real institution, and a real public record.
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January 8, 1930's archive note points to Official denial of reported revolt. The fun is in the pressure behind the notice: The item is small on its own, but it gives the date texture: a real notice, a real institution, and a real public record.
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On screens that day

Movie Whoopee!

Movie Check and Double Check

Movie All Quiet on the Western Front

Movie Hell's Angels

Inventions & Breakthroughs of January 1930

Gadgets, lab surprises, odd bets, and future-shocks from this slice of the calendar.

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Scotch Cellulose Tape

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Birds Eye Retail Frozen Foods

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Pluto Discovery

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Motorola Car Radio

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Twinkie Snack Cake

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Neoprene Synthetic Rubber

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Schick Electric Shaver Patent

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Differential Analyzer

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Turbojet Engine Patent

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BBC Mechanical Television Broadcasts

The Sounds of

Popular recordings and roots/country selections associated with the year

Headlines From January 8, 1930

Full News Archive

Headline: Files Judgment Against Church. Impact: Relief snapshot: Relief work was becoming a visible civic emergency rather than private background charity. Fact: Relief work was becoming a visible civic emergency rather than private background charity.
Headline: Laredo Consulate Kept Closed. Impact: News snapshot: The item is small on its own, but it gives the date texture: a real notice, a real institution, and a real public record. Fact: A small archive item can still reveal what people and institutions thought was worth printing.
Headline: Albanian Capital Denies Revolt. Impact: News snapshot: The item is small on its own, but it gives the date texture: a real notice, a real institution, and a real public record. Fact: A small archive item can still reveal what people and institutions thought was worth printing.
Headline: Taft Enters Hospital Without Law Books. Impact: Culture snapshot: Culture was doing what culture does in a hard year: selling glamour, distraction, status, and argument. Fact: Culture was doing what culture does in a hard year: selling glamour, distraction, status, and argument.
Headline: Two Die in Hotel Fire. Impact: News snapshot: The item is small on its own, but it gives the date texture: a real notice, a real institution, and a real public record. Fact: A small archive item can still reveal what people and institutions thought was worth printing.
Headline: Offers Stock to Workers. Impact: Money snapshot: The money story is not abstract; it touches wages, banks, prices, relief, and the early-Depression question of who absorbs the shock. Fact: The early Depression made ordinary business news feel like a warning light on the dashboard.
Headline: Persia Is Ordering Arms. Impact: News snapshot: The item is small on its own, but it gives the date texture: a real notice, a real institution, and a real public record. Fact: A small archive item can still reveal what people and institutions thought was worth printing.
Headline: Jealous Man Kills Woman, Ends Life. Impact: News snapshot: The item is small on its own, but it gives the date texture: a real notice, a real institution, and a real public record. Fact: A small archive item can still reveal what people and institutions thought was worth printing.
Headline: 4 Witnesses Heard in Drug Inquiry. Impact: Culture snapshot: Culture was doing what culture does in a hard year: selling glamour, distraction, status, and argument. Fact: Culture was doing what culture does in a hard year: selling glamour, distraction, status, and argument.