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Help spread the word about 1940s Day!

1940s Day has been officially shared with the public, so I wanted to send all of you a digital flyer about the event. Please help us spread the word about this fantastically fun, time-transporting, one-day event!

Check out this every growing fantastic list of activities for the day:

The 1940s Featured Vendors & Organizations

  • American Chemical Society
  • Casablanca Vintage
  • Cincinnati Hamilton County Public Library
  • Greater Cincinnati Chapter Tuskegee Airmen
  • Maria Eckhoff, author of I’m Doing in Fine. Don’t Forget to Write!
  • Kinetic Vision
  • TriState Warbirds Museum
  • Urbanist Media
  • WMKV
  • Vintage cars & jeeps  (weather dependent)
Museum Programming
  • Ezzard Charles Trivia
  • Victory Garden Posters
  • Kenner Toys
  • Vintage Newsreels
  • Ration sampling, featuring SPAM and Jell-O
  • Broadcast for the Past Stage Show
Live Musicians & Speakers & Artists
  • Daniel Bennett & The Dirty Shirley
  • Dolores Raye Sings
  • Jazz Renaissance
  • Allen Howey
  • Queen City Sisters
  • Cedric Michael Cox, artist
  • LaVerne Summerlin, author of Gems of Cincinnati’s West End: Black Children and Catholic Missionaries 1940-1970
  • Al Miller, 99-year-old Holocaust Survivor
 
And let’s not forget everyone's favorite: the 1940s Day Costume Contest!

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