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

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City Girl

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Street of Chance

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The Green Goddess

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Anna Christie

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A Lady to Love

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Sarah and Son

March 23, 1930 Trivia

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March 23, 1930

March 23, 1930 does not read like one neat chapter. It has Amy Ellerman Heard, The Son of Napoleon As A Problem Child, Agreed on Owen Seating sharing the page, which gives the day a messy, useful pulse: News, Education, Culture, a...

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March 23, 1930's archive note points to Recital. 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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March 23, 1930's archive note points to Napoleon II, education. The fun is in the pressure behind the notice: The education angle shows institutions trying to look orderly while the world around them is anything but settled.
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March 23, 1930's archive note points to Elections com drafts rept holding Mrs R B Owen entitled to retain seat. 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 March 1930

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

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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

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Scotch Cellulose Tape

The Sounds of

Popular recordings and roots/country selections associated with the year

HEADLINES ON March 23, 1930

Full News Archive

Headline: Amy Ellerman Heard. 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: The Son of Napoleon As A Problem Child. Impact: Education snapshot: The education angle shows institutions trying to look orderly while the world around them is anything but settled.. Fact: Schools and universities were part of the public story, not a quiet side room..
Headline: Agreed on Owen Seating. 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: More Home Demand Seen in Westchester. 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: Finds Cavern Tomb of An Ancient Race. Impact: Infrastructure snapshot: The fight is over movement: who gets through, who pays, and whether the modern city can keep from tying itself in knots.. Fact: Modern life was becoming a logistics puzzle: streets, tunnels, ships, trains, and money all competing at once..
Headline: A New Industry Springs Up From Tiny Speck of Electricity. 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: Photo Tests Planned By Army Air Corps. 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: Solar Cyclones Bombard Radio. 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: Objection & Reproof. 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..