1930s Period Authenticity Dossier

Vehicles#

• Tall, narrow sedans and delivery vans with low top speed, drum brakes, manual choke, and limited night visibility.
• Taxi and service liveries use restrained hand-painted marks rather than reflective decals.

Fashion#

• Wool overcoats, newsboy caps, work dresses, gloves, and practical street shoes.
• Crowd silhouettes should read formal, layered, and economically constrained.

Signage And Fonts#

• Hand-painted storefront signs, theatre posters, serif titling, and warm shop-window lettering.
• UI flavor uses sepia amber accents and serif case labels with stable modern spacing.

Slang, Music, Food, Radio#

• Vocabulary leans on cops, jalopies, unions, diners, and neighborhood errands.
• Music mix is swing and big band; radio is AM-only and sparse.
• Food references are diner counters, ration-era pantries, and market staples.

Lighting#

• Single-bulb tungsten interiors, hand-cranked streetlamps, smoke-softened contrast, and low neon density.