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1930s
Wordless Novels at SCUA
by Jordan Fridley Wordless novels, also known as woodcut novels, use sequences of wordless images to tell a story using woodcut and other relief printing techniques. The genre reached its peak popularity in Germany in the 1920s and 1930s, prior to the rise in film and anti-socialist censorship, particularly in Nazi Germany and the United […]
What They Were Wearing While They Were Reading: 1930s
This collaborative exhibit highlights the 1930s featuring campus history, materials from Special Collections and University Archives, and period textiles generously loaned from Dr. James V. Carmichael. The exhibited items will rotate so visit often! Information from the rotating exhibits will be posted here periodically. 1930s After the years of economic prosperity, the stock market crashed […]