Documents in Year 1931                     

Links of Interest:

• Herbert Hoover, Thirty-first U.S. President

(1929-1933)

• Picturing the 1930s

This is a must see! The Smithsonian American Art Museum has put together a virtual museum / theater with artwork, video clips from the time period and music. Wander around the museum and click on what interests you!

• Congress declares "The Star-Spangled Banner" as America's national anthem.

• The Empire State Building in New York City is completed.

• Vitamin C is crystallized out of lemon juice.
  Free-standing sinks give way to built-ins.
  St. Louis housewife Irma Rombauer pays to have 500 recipes from family, friends, and acquaintances published in book form called The Joy of Cooking.
  General Mills develops Bisquick.
  Anderson, Jean American Century Cookbook. p 169 & 175