Lloyd R. Morris (1893–1954)

If you are nostalgic, you may like the book ‘Not So Long Ago’ by Lloyd Morris. I recently purchased this Random House copy from 1949 which includes more than 100 black and white illustrations. This wonderful book is full of details and traces the influence on American society to the three most important inventions of the first part of the twentieth century-- the automobile and the radio and motion pictures.

Part One: ' Life's but a Walking Shadow' reviews the motion picture, its development, and its personalities. The beginning of the book is set in 1896, also known as the bicycle, beard and high hat era. You'll see mentions of Vaudeville and the Penny Arcade and view fetching styles from those days.

Part Two: 'The Horseless Carriage Makes Good' provides a look at the automobile, early motor cars, the assembly line, unions, roads, and junk with interesting sections such as, ' The Ogre Growls'.

Part Three: 'Listen to Voices in the Upper Air' goes over the radio, inventors, hams, reporters, monopolies, and some of the discord that ensued. Enjoyable was viewing the images of the Four Fathers of Radio one one page.… (altro)