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Did other periods in history have dessert food like cake with frosting or chocolate pudding with cool whip? Or is it a recent thing due to our ability to make processed foods? Would some person from the elite class in Marie Antoinette's time appreciate a Twinkie or deep fried Oreos?
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How did the dressing of everyday people in the 1930's evolve from what we would consider office wear to today when people all wear jeans and t-shirts?
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I'm watching "Mildred Pierce" to see Joan Crawford. Did regular people talk in that annoying nasal tone, and did children talk with that sing-song voice? Did kids address their parents as "mother" and "father?"
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