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| Town in southern Germany. On a mountain above the town was Adolf Hitler's chalet, the Berghof, where he conducted fateful meetings before World War II. Other Nazi leaders maintained chalets nearby. |
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| Neville Chamberlain (1869-1940), British prime minister accused of assenting to a policy of appeasement with Adolf Hitler that enabled the German dictator to take over Czechoslovakia. |
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| Abbreviation for Daughters of the American Revolution, a patriotic American organization. |
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| Honore-Victorin Daumier (1808-1879), French artist famous for works that satirize French society and politics. |
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| U.S. infantryman in World War I. |
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| Francisco Franco (1892-1975), Spanish general who led rightest forces in the overthrow of the leftist government during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). |
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| Greta Garbo (1905-1990), glamorous star of motion pictures. |
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| City of Guernica Y Luno in northern Spain. On April 26, 1937, German aircraft bombed the city in support of Nationalists under Generalissimo Francisco Franco in his efforts to overthrow the Republican government in the Spanish Civil War. The aerial assault devastated the city and killed hundreds of people by one estimate and up to 1,650 people by another estimate. The tragedy of Guernica was the subject of Pablo Picasso's most famous painting. |
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| Notorious St. Louis criminal gang of the 1920s and 1930s. It was headed by Edward J. (Jellyroll) Hogan and his brother, James. |
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| Pirate flag with an image of a white skull and crossbones on a black background. |
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| Jonquils are a species of the flower narcissus. In Greek mythology, Narcissus was a young man who fell in love with himself after seeing his image in a pool of water. He was so in love with the image that he could not leave it and eventually died next to the pool. A beautiful flower grew in the place where he died. The flower became known as the narcissus. |
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| Traditional Japanese robe with a sash and wide sleeves. |
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| D.H. Lawrence (1885-1930), influential British novelist. |
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| Resort on the western coast of Mexico. |
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| Beautiful and tempestuous Southern belle in the novel Gone With the Wind, by Margaret Mitchell (1900-1949). |
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| Operetta by W.S. Gilbert (1836-1911) and Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900). |
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| Inflammation of membranes covering the lungs. |
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| Curtains hung in a doorway. |
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| Phonograph, or record player, manufactured by the Victor Talking Machine Company, which became part of the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) in 1929. |
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