Produced for the auto industry at the height of postwar confidence, Achievement U.S.A. is General Motors in full victory parade mode. The occasion is monumental: the production of GM’s 50 millionth automobile. The setting is Flint, Michigan. The tone is nothing short of triumphant. What follows is pure mid-century industrial optimism. Golden chassis descend from […]
MORE ...In 1930, Jimmie Rodgers was probably one of the hottest Americana pop artists in America. Five years later, he would be dead. Born in 1897, a native of Mississippi, Jimmie Rodgers, along with the Carter Family, would influence generations of country musicians to come as the Blue Yodeler with songs like “In the Jailhouse Now,” […]
MORE ...In this rare clip from the late 1920’s, an unknown group of musicians perform the American classic “Turkey in the Straw,” which dates back to the 19th century. A mesh of Irish and other folk melodies, “Turkey in the Straw” was popularized in early musical minstrel shows in the 1920’s. As its recognition grew, it […]
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