Franklin D Roosevelt, Thirty-second U.S. President
(1933-1945)
Statehood
48 Continental United States of America, see 1959 for next addition
Entertainment:
Disney's first feature-length cartoon premiers, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
Food: Kraft rolls out its "instant" macaroni and cheese dinner.
Hormel introduces Spam.
The gas home refrigerator arrives.
The modern electric "dashboard" range is introduced.
Anderson, Jean
American Century Cookbook. p 211
Photography:
Ansel Adams
(American Scenic Wilderness Photographer 1933-1942)
Dorothea Lange
(Documentary Photographer of Migrant Workers after the Dust Bowl 1935-1939)
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!
- Technology / News:
Amelia Earhart
July 2, 1937 disappears over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to fly around the world.
World Fair celebrating the art and practice of
modern life
International
Exhibition of the Arts and Techniques Applied to Modern Life
Paris, France in 1937
(25 May-25 November)
6th of 6 World Fairs held in Paris - 1867, 1878, 1889, 1900, 1925,
1937
Location: Champ de Mars, Trocadero,
banks of the Seine, Esplanade des Invalides
(250 acres)
Architectural Wonder:
The famous Trocadero fountains were created for the 1937 exhibition,
and around these were grouped most of the foreign pavilions (190
large and small buildings). The old Palais de Trocadero, built for
the 1878 exhibition, was taken down and replaced with the Palais de
Chaillot, which still stands today and has one of the best views of
the Eiffel tower, which was built for the 1889 world
fair/exposition.
Participating Nations: 44
Visitors: 34 million
Novelties: plastics, robots
Mattie, Erik World's Fairs Princeton Architectural Press, 1998, New York: New York.
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