Franklin D Roosevelt, Thirty-second U.S. President
(1933-1945)
Congress creates the Securities and Exchange Commission to control stock trading.
Statehood
48 Continental United States of America, see 1959 for next addition
- Entertainment:
Shirley Temple
Child actor stars in Bright Eyes singing "On the Goodship Lollipop."
Food: Nabisco comes up with a round,
buttery cracker so rich the only name that will do is Ritz.
Campbell's adds chicken noodle and cream of mushroom to its line
of canned soups.
Girl Scout Troop 129 in Philadelphia bakes and
sells cookies to raise funds for summer camp.
MSG (monosodium
glutamate) is manufactured in the U.S.
Anderson, Jean
American Century Cookbook. p 183
Photography:
Ansel Easton Adams
(February 20, 1902 – April 22, 1984) was an American photographer and environmentalist. His black and white landscape photographs of the American West, especially Yosemite National Park, have been widely reproduced on calendars, posters, books, and the internet.
In 1927 Adams published his first portfolio, Parmelian Prints of the High Sierras.
His first book, Taos Pueblo, was published in 1930.
In 1933 the Delphic Gallery gave Adams his first New York show. His first series of technical articles was published in Camera Craft in 1934, and his first widely distributed book, Making a Photograph, appeared in 1935. He published eight portfolios of original photographic prints (1927, 1948, 1950, 1960, 1963, 1970, 1974, 1976).
He produced ten volumes of technical manuals on photography and over
four dozen books.
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!
Science: Vitamin K is discovered.
American Century Cookbook. p 183
- Technology:
In 1934 Deere & Company
came out with the all purpose two-plow Model A two-cylinder tractor
that was produced until 1952.