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Kansans Find Comfort in Community Fun in the Thirties
In the 1930s Kansas mood series, Norma Osborne recalls how small towns like Bern relied on social events, church suppers, dances, picnics, and community gatherings to endure uncertainty. Radio and cinema offered escape, while local theaters, projectors, and traveling vaudeville kept entertainment accessible amid limited resources.
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Kansas
Kansas University Division of Education
Kanu Radio
Kansas Committee For the Humanities
Caroline E. Hewitt Foundation
Norma Osborne
Bern
Nemaha County
Marx Brothers
Fred Astaire
Ginger Rogers
William Powell
Myrna Loy
Walt Disney
Gilbert Francis Wolters
Wolters
Kattsans
Biggerstaff
Nemaha
Osborne
K-State
Washburn
Wichita University
Haskell Institute
Lawrence