Tag Archives: 1930s

Sampler from China, early 20th century. Via.

Annie E. Pettway, Flying Geese variation, ca. 1935;
From the exhibition The Quilts of Gee’s Bend

By Charles R Cannoni, from here.

Charles H. Young (1931)

Romeo and Juliet by Charles R Cannoni, from here.

Art typing by Charles R Cannoni, 1930s and 1940s. Pics by reesocles.

Signe Asplund, “Grönköpings vapen” (1930s), via.

The Hellschreiber teleprinter, used by the German military for telecommunications in the 1930s. Due to its pixel-based font, it performed better than the typewriter-based technologies at the time.

The strange machine photo is a receiver. You can see the “mechanical font memory” in action here. Also, listen to the transmission sounds here.

This system is still being used by some radio amateurs.

Pictures from here and here.

Espantapájaros by Oliverio Girondo, 1932, via.

Textile design produced in the 1930s. (Unknown). Via.