#winter 1933

[internatlvelvet]

Loretta Young, 1933

[zegalba]

The coldest temperature ever recorded in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming was -66°F on February 9, 1933.

[polish-spirit]

Ul. Krupówki w Zakopanem (1933).

[kronika-ilustrowana]

[sepiadays]

Governor of Newfoundland's British racing green Willys 77 in tire chains outside Government House in St. John's - 1934.

[semioticapocalypse]

Henri Cartier-Bresson. Florence, Italy. 1933

[lemuseum]

[historical-hollywood]

Lillian Harvey with Rita and Rubin and a snowman friend in I Am Suzanne! (1933)

[piratewithvigor]

Okay I was gonna make fun of King Kong (1933) for having such a silly looking Kong that somehow inspired dozens of remakes

But honestly I get it. If you were living in 1933 and just paid a penny to go see a movie in the Great Depression and were served a giant gorilla fucking up a T-rex, it'd be the greatest thing ever

[katytrailcreations]

Quilty News/Inez'sClippings/SundaySampler

Badge for Inez’s Clippings Grandma’s got a brand new Badge! After nearly 110 posts, I felt we were long overdue. In other news, I have a name of a 30’s era quilt block to share and I think it’s pretty cool! When I obtained some old quilt blocks from an old farmer’s estate sale, I asked around for help with the name of them. They were often referred to as an orange peel or a dogwood flower. Good…

[rhera]

— Stardust (2007) Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) Christopher Strong (1933) Gattaca (1997) Chicago (2002) Daughters of Darkness (1971) Dune: Part Two (2024) The Huntsman: Winter's War (2016) Daredevil (2003) Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997) Moulin Rouge! (2001) Alice in Wonderland (2010) Malcolm & Marie (2021) Donkey Skin (1970) Gypsy (1962)

[brandyschillace]

I turned in the book manuscript for INTERMEDIARIES, the forgotten history of the first transgender clinic 1918-1933.

It follows the story of Dora Richter, the first transgender woman to undergo complete MTF surgery (not Lili Elbe; she was third!) It’s taken me two years of blood, sweat, and tears. A lot of tears, actually.

The Nazis raided the Institute for Sexual Science; they burned the library. They banned the books that remained. They attacked, arrested, and ultimately killed trans and homosexual people along with disabled people, minority groups like the Roma people, political opponents, and 6 million Jews. (One commenter suggested 11 million people over all, and really, that estimate may still be conservative).

The news today, 2023, reads a lot like news in 1923 with the rise of hatred against LGBTQ, attacks on reproductive rights, and increasing racism and antisemitism. The Nazis rose throughout the 1920s, coming into power 1930-1933.

The world said never again; we must now be the ones to stop a slide into hatred and violence. Before it’s too late.

Here is a preview of the book; it will be available for pre-order this winter (I hope), coming out in 2024.

[polish-spirit]

Łyżwiarka Jadwiga Cukiert podczas międzynarodowych zawodów w łyżwiarstwie figurowym w Krakowie (1933).

[enchantedbook]

'Queen of Winter' by Marjorie Miller, 1933

[kronika-ilustrowana]

Февраль

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

“Burwash Inmates Beat Up Witnesses, Inquiry Reveals,” Toronto Globe. February 11, 1933. Page 1.  ---- Victims Removed to Sudbury "to Avoid Trouble," It Is Admitted  --- AFTERMATH OF PROBE ----- All Quiet Now and No General Plot Exists, It Is Said ---- (Canadian Press Despatch.) Sudbury, Feb. 10. Scant communication facilities tonight veiled attempts to obtain further information from Burwash Industrial Farm, where three prisoners are known to have been "put on the spot" by other convicts as a result of testimony they gave before the inquiry into the death of a former prisoner, Frank Smith.

The three men, beaten by fellow-convicts, were removed to the district jail here following a disturbance at the farm, it was learned today. Superintendent N. S. Oliver declared no general plot against the prisoners had been found, but said, "Under the circumstances, the simplest way to avoid trouble was to transfer the three men." 

Communication Difficult. Due to the heavy storms of the past few days, the telephone line leading to the Industrial Farm was partly out of commission today, and communication with the prison, where 531 convicts are quartered, was very difficult. 

Following the transference of the three prisoners, all was quiet at the prison, it was reported here. 

No Official Word. "No official report of a disturbance has been received from Burwash," Hon. George H. Challles, Provincial Secretary, told The Globe last evening. 

A former inmate, one of those who gave evidence at the inquiry here, had not heard of the alleged trouble, he stated, when speaking to The Globe. "I am not surprised, though, that the 'bunch' who gave evidence in favor of the guards were being laid for," the ex-prisoner declared.