Pieces of the Past: Ephemera

Thursday, April 12, 2012

Ephemera

I am so drawn to everything about the 1920's and 1930's - the artwork, fashions, etc., and I have found such wonderful examples of what came out of that time. I was born at almost the end of the Roaring Twenties (1928) and many of the old pictures of my family and that of my late husband are from that time. My childhood was in the 1930's - I finished 8th grade in 1942. Yes, I am old!! So, along with other things, I will do posts from Pinterest as part of Pieces of the Past.

Today, I post this piece of sheet music for "When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain" which was sung and was kind of a theme song for a woman named Kate Smith. I can remember hearing her on the radio and I also think she might have sung in a movie or two. Her other big hit was "God Bless America".

Here is Kate and if you wish to here her sing the song for the first time, click on the arrow. Enjoy a big Piece of the Past.

1 comment:

marluApril 24, 2012 at 4:05 PM
This really brings back memories. We used to listen to her on the radio. I think she had a weekly show. What a great voice she had!
Thanks for the entry about the sheet music and the recording!
I didn't know the song was written for her by Irving Berlin.
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Old Pictures of the People in My Life

In this blog, I will post pictures from the past of the many people in my life who I love and have loved. The initial post and any that are labeled Pearce Family refer to my mother's family. Dan and Maggie Pearce had five children, Nelle, Nan, my mother, Harry (Ham), Leah and Ed. They took a lot of pictures and I plan to post many of them. My brother has sent me many pictures over the internet this past week - some of which I haven't seen - and this has prompted me to set up this blog to display those wonderful old photos.

I will also be posting pictures of my family, my husband's family, and our family. Those posts will be labeled by the family's name in the list on the sidebar. I hope this is something that will be enjoyed by anyone who looks in on

my blog.

I will try and tell as much as I can remember about people and places and events and of course much of it will be inaccurate but really just having the great old photographs to look at is fun in itself. And I do know who lots of the folks are.

Enjoy.