In 1935, Hummel porcelain figurines—based on the paintings of Sister Maria Innocentia Hummel, a German Franciscan nun—were being sold for the first time at American retailers like Marshall Field & Co. of Chicago. 5. 1930's Slang Words and Phrases During the 1930s, dozens of new slang wor...
February 11: Eugene O'Neill's playDynamopremiered in New York. The New York Times tells us thatDynamo“is an ambitious attempt to come to terms with what O'Neill described as ‘the sickness of today,’ the ‘death of an old god,’ the religion of his ancestors, and the failure of t...