Time Capsule: March 26, 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

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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 26, 1930 Trivia

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March 26, 1930

March 26, 1930 does not read like one neat chapter. It has O'Shea Replies to Whalen, Slain in Speakeasy By Pair Who Get $41, Russian Princess Becomes Citizen sharing the page, which gives the day a messy, useful pulse: Education,...

Key developments

March 26, 1930's archive note points to W J O'Shea denies Comr Whalen's rept that schools are full of propaganda. 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 26, 1930's archive note points to Lincoln Park Hotel. The fun is in the pressure behind the notice: The justice system is the show here: testimony, strategy, punishment, and public appetite all crowding the same headline.
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March 26, 1930's archive note points to Princess Irene Wladimirovna Skariatina of Russia becomes citizen. 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 26, 1930

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Headline: O'Shea Replies to Whalen. 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: Slain in Speakeasy By Pair Who Get $41. Impact: Crime & Courts snapshot: The justice system is the show here: testimony, strategy, punishment, and public appetite all crowding the same headline.. Fact: The drama was not just the act itself; it was how blame, evidence, and punishment were being argued in public..
Headline: Russian Princess Becomes Citizen. 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: Wants Aldermen to Endorse Whalen. 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: Faiths Here Unite to Decry Red Drive. 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: Ford Sales Manager Resigns. 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: Chile Names Consul General in Cuba. 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: World Watches Marconi. 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: Confers on Jenks Bill. Impact: Politics snapshot: Power was being negotiated in public, through officials, pressure groups, and policy fights.. Fact: Power was being negotiated in public, through officials, pressure groups, and policy fights..
Headline: Jersey Billboards to Be Regulated and Taxed. 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..