everyone should have a hobby.

[intrikate88]

 

 

February 27, 1923. "Miss Alice Reighly, 1409 Harvard Street, president of Anti-Flirt Club, which has just been organized in Washington, D.C., and will launch an 'Anti-Flirt Week' beginning March 4. The club is composed of young women and girls who have been embarrassed by men in automobiles and on street corners." National Photo Company Collection glass negative.

 

(mind_the_tardis  introduced me to Shorpy and its hi-res public domain historical images today. Oh, this is so much better than work.)

 

Comments

[mind-the-tardis.livejournal.com]

...I can now reap the rewards of enabling someone else to find the most entertaining/intriguing photos on that site. *approves of Shorpy pictures on flist*

[intrikate88.livejournal.com]

Heee! I want to include this in my work but my boss said no fun stuff in the journal. JAMA has art and poetry, why can't A&R? No fair.

[mind-the-tardis.livejournal.com]

But fun stuff is fun! And rheumatism could use some levity, I would think. If this is the journal that involves rheumatism. Have some humor with your joint disorders!

[clocketpatch]

Awww, why'd you have to put up that link? Now I'm going to lose the rest of the day clicking through the pretties!

[intrikate88.livejournal.com]

Mwahahahaha.

[rthstewart.livejournal.com]

Oh how fabulous! And unfortunately, I don't have any special resources regarding DC in the 30s other than the obvious. I did find that identifying old institutions, like the Mayflower Hotel, and looking at those places' sites and their own "Our History" information was a good way to start.

[intrikate88.livejournal.com]

That's a good idea! I shall have to try that. I was originally going to set the story in San Francisco since that's where all the fun mysteries go (okay, well, I can only think of Nick and Nora's home being there, and Sam Spade, but those characters/setting/type of mystery is kind of what I'm aiming for), but it turns out that none of the San Fran banks failed in 1929. And I have a plot point about distrusting the banks, which were apparently thriving there, so that falls apart. I figured Washington DC would be a good second choice, with all sorts of plot options for intrigue and mystery.