tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post4310641081511857160..comments2024-03-13T07:34:24.149+00:00Comments on The Age of Uncertainty: Between the WarsSteerforthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-45046218058751318962011-01-10T22:47:43.835+00:002011-01-10T22:47:43.835+00:001931.1931.Steerforthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-66061023338863227932011-01-10T22:47:43.191+00:002011-01-10T22:47:43.191+00:001931.1931.Steerforthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-77371977319192431102011-01-10T17:33:10.157+00:002011-01-10T17:33:10.157+00:00That typeface looks similar to the style used by F...That typeface looks similar to the style used by Frank Lloyd Wright's architecture students from Taliesin back in the day. Can you provide the year of the (Butterick) book?George H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00510456908334451963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-7710863680412740822011-01-10T16:22:01.017+00:002011-01-10T16:22:01.017+00:00This is the era I write about, so I enjoyed this p...This is the era I write about, so I enjoyed this post. Love those sepia-tinted images: so much better than garish color. There's a scary picture from the 30's on my site. It was a time very similar to ours.Shelleyhttp://dustbowlpoetry.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-50876601003951351892011-01-10T10:57:30.309+00:002011-01-10T10:57:30.309+00:00I love the group photograph. Interesting how all t...I love the group photograph. Interesting how all the younger members are smiling and all the older ones are hiding their teeth!<br /><br />Great that a photo of subs used to count as a holiday postcard too. My mother has some interesting postcards of warships etc dating from the 1930s, some colour-tinted. I must pillage them when I next go over!The Poet Laura-eatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07779308486569849157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-16688387792422980702011-01-10T09:17:41.148+00:002011-01-10T09:17:41.148+00:00As far as I can remember, the contents weren't...As far as I can remember, the contents weren't that exciting, particularly when compared this this:<br /><br />http://ageofuncertainty.blogspot.com/2009/07/age-of-gentleman.htmlSteerforthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-24950835394328722352011-01-10T08:38:51.414+00:002011-01-10T08:38:51.414+00:00I love the clothes book typeface too. What are the...I love the clothes book typeface too. What are the contents like?Sam Jordisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847113158131387947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-69904903082264748812011-01-09T22:00:18.124+00:002011-01-09T22:00:18.124+00:00Never mind the eye make-up - what about that dress...Never mind the eye make-up - what about that dress! ;)<br /><br />Martin could be right about the group shot - maybe it's a right-wing think tank.<br /><br />I'm glad the font's popular. I almost left it out because I was worried that other people would find it dull.Steerforthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-83362281295539084332011-01-09T21:42:12.604+00:002011-01-09T21:42:12.604+00:00It's not often you see "innocent" be...It's not often you see "innocent" being used in the same sentence as "militarism," Prussian or otherwise :)<br /><br />Oh, and I'm pretty sure that's not eye makeup weirdness but a pair of glasses.Kári Tuliniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03281250688066991554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-22832845016770121372011-01-09T20:14:09.800+00:002011-01-09T20:14:09.800+00:00That Iron Cross photo is most certainly from anoth...That Iron Cross photo is most certainly from another world. As is the lady's eye makeupArthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07615345242334094697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-53430224865465708602011-01-09T18:35:24.666+00:002011-01-09T18:35:24.666+00:00Love the type style of the Butterick book! Wish m...Love the type style of the Butterick book! Wish my computer had a font like that -- it would make a cool letterhead.<br /><br />As always another interesting post, and a great start to the new year.<br /><br />Thanks, Steerforth.<br /><br />Canadian ChickadeeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-21259689075204710992011-01-09T18:33:40.695+00:002011-01-09T18:33:40.695+00:00You don't think the mysterious group in the pe...You don't think the mysterious group in the penultimate picture, was plotting the fall of the public library system, way back in the 20s, do you? You know how long-winded these policy makers can be.Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494219959077922220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-67562795784771581272011-01-09T18:00:02.873+00:002011-01-09T18:00:02.873+00:00Ah - the Butterick is very me!Ah - the Butterick is very me!Grey Areahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18240869670530738753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-46020616642915822512011-01-09T17:06:59.573+00:002011-01-09T17:06:59.573+00:00Agreed, as a vintage clothing nut the Butterick bo...Agreed, as a vintage clothing nut the Butterick book is something I dream of finding.<br /><br />Thank you for another fascinating and delightful post.Mohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06126549814631693504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-91634070915912233712011-01-09T16:11:53.945+00:002011-01-09T16:11:53.945+00:00What treasures you've unearthed, yet once agai...What treasures you've unearthed, yet once again. (I - and many others - would love to have that Butterick book!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com