You can view pictures and the recipes for each year, from 1941's Cajun Macaroon to 2008's Glittering Lemon Sandwich Cookies.
Skip the Flash intro (link below) and delve to the 1940 cookies list here.
http://www.gourmet.com/recipes/cookies/ - via suburbanfoodforthought
From the Upcoming ueue, submitted by stevesteve8383.
Very hungry now :)
Seriously, only the intro is in Flash, you can skip the intro to see the 1940 cookies list.