1930s miniature projects for dollhouses, roomboxes and dioramas
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Links to projects
- photo albums, blog posts, webpages
1930's Kitchen - by Judy Ferguson
Depression Days Farmhouse - by Rita Pierce
Depression Era Dollhouse - by Julie Spadoni, in Dolls Houses Past and Present emagazine
House of the Three Widows - by Cookie Ziemba, English Cotswold Stone house, built in 1697, now lived in by the elderly widow, Mrs Winterbottom.
Blogs
- Blogs concentrating on the 1930 era or categories/labels about it in blogs
Groups
- Discussion groups, forums (or forum categories) and photo groups dedicated to the 1930 era.
Supplies for sale
- Supplies needed for making 1930 era projects.
Miniatures for sale
- Do you have a section for the 1930 era in your shop? Add a direct link to that item here.
KT's Miniatures - thirties and forties items by Celia
Minnie's Miniatures - handmade vintage miniatures in 1/12 scale
1930's House Kit - by Jane Harrop 1:48 scale
Books
- Books about miniature 1930 era projects (also books with chapters about them)
Instructions for miniatures
Miniature printables
Wallpapers
- Wallpapers that go well with 1930 era projects
1930-40 samples - from Jennifer's Printables
Other Printies
- Book/magazine covers related to the 1930 era
Links
- links to sites showing how to make items related to the 1930 era
Videos
- YouTube videos about miniature projects related to this subject
Research/ Inspiration
Tips/Hints
Ideas about what is needed for these projects
- links to inspiring pages
1930's - Pinterest board by Gerda Koudjis
1930 Womens Fashion - from Andre Studios
A Christmas Dollhouse - on Facebook, book by Richard Rudniki. The page has pictures and background information.
Crazy fads - If you're looking for 'just the thing' to identify the decade your project is set in, this is a wonderful site
The King's Speech - King George of England V1 ascended to the throne 1936, movie has marvelous costumes
Working Class Life in England in the 1930's
Grocery Stores - Three websites which have photographs of filled shelves to show proper 1930's inventory and also displays, signage etc
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Walton's Museum - scroll down to the bottom for photos of inside the Godsey's store, of course you'll see a dolls house of the Godsey's Store at the top of the homepage!
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Ruddy's General Store Museum - Palm Springs and picture of the main counter and filled shelves behind it
- The General Store at Mendon Center
Toys
- stick horse - the head was a stuffed sock, with button eyes and ears plus a fringed made from the other sock. Reins were attached to his embroidered mouth, and the whole head fastened to a broomstick.
- a dollhouse: while it could be perfection lovingly crafted by a grandparent, it might just as well be stacked cardboard cartons and some crude furniture made by the kid herself. Remember: this was a time of real mud pies decorated with dandelion petals!
- store-bought toys: well (sigh) there was always the ubiquitous Shirley Temple doll. And when the Dionne quintuplets created a furor, there were - Christmas 1935, I think - sets of five truly ugly rubber babies in a basket. Both genders got pot-metal cap guns for July 4, which lasted for a month or two of playing cowboy. Trucks and cars would have acquired dents and scrapes, and maybe lost a wheel or two..
- card and board games - Monopoly was a biggie, of course. Here's where kids and the grownups could share some time.
- corn husk doll
- Johnny Jump-up, (little guy on the end of a stick that had dangly arms and legs).
- Historical Folk Toys
- ideas for shop names
- YouTube videos about the subject
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