1920s

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Auteuil, 1925

Miss Muriel Redd of Chicago, appearing in the Broadway show Tickle Me, having her hair bobbed by barber Lewis Morgan, manager, at the Hotel McAlpin barber shop, September 13, 1920 look familiar?

Photograph of the Abraham Lincoln Statue Installation in the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C., 1920

Rare Historical Photos

Opening of King Tut's sarcophagus (1924)

It was a sunny summer afternoon, July 29, 1925. Harry Warnecke, a photographer for the New York News, got a phone tip that a cat trying to carry its kittens home was tying up traffic because a policeman had stopped the cars on a busy street (Centre Street) to allow it to cross. Animals And Pets, Baby Animals, Funny Animals, Cute Animals, Animal Memes, Crazy Cat Lady, Crazy Cats, Cute Cats, Funny Cats

It was a sunny summer afternoon, July 29, 1925. Harry Warnecke, a photographer for the New York News, got a phone tip that a cat trying to carry its kittens home was tying up traffic because a policeman had stopped the cars on a busy street (Centre Street) to allow it to cross.

Sylvie Leone

“In 1921, early suffragettes often donned a bathing suit and ate pizza in large groups to annoy men…it was a custom at the time” (via Cult of Aphrodite Vintaga)

Mayor of New York, John Hylan, 1921. "“It was his great heart that ordered the streets closed so that children could have a safe place in which to play, and it was his heart that ordered the policemen and firemen in summer to give the children baths from fire hydrants so that they might keep cool.” Bus Travel, Time Travel, Dh Lawrence, Parks Department, Fire Department, Far Rockaway, Nyc Park, Manhattan Nyc, Vintage New York

Mayor of New York, John Hylan, 1921. "“It was his great heart that ordered the streets closed so that children could have a safe place in which to play, and it was his heart that ordered the policemen and firemen in summer to give the children baths from fire hydrants so that they might keep cool.”

Henry Ford

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Henry Ford, dressed as a cowboy, with Thomas Edison 1923

Sonora and Her Diving Horse, Calgary Stampede 1925

On December 12, 1925, the "Motel Inn," the first motel in the world, opened in San Luis Obispo, CA. It stood at a mid-point location between Los Angeles and San Francisco, which took two days of driving on the roads at the time. Us History, Family History, Local History, California History, Hotel California, Vintage California

On December 12, 1925, the "Motel Inn," the first motel in the world, opened in San Luis Obispo, CA. It stood at a mid-point location between Los Angeles and San Francisco, which took two days of driving on the roads at the time.

Paris 1920s

Battle Of Blair Mountain

"Coal miners display bombs dropped by the govt of United States on its own citizens during the Battle of Blair Mountain, the largest armed uprising in the US after the Civil War. "For five days in 1921, in Logan County, West Virginia, between 10,000 and 15,000 coal miners confronted an army of 30,000 police and strikebreakers backed by coal operators... The battle ended after approximately one million rounds were fired, and the United States Army intervened by presidential order.""

Gown by Charles Worth, 1925, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Diane Tippins

French Satin and Lace Nightgown, 1920s

Vintage Textile

Stylish 1920s Tennis Garb

Ziegfeld Follies girl, 1920.

The ideal beauty of the 1920s had very heavily defined eyes, a delicate mouth featuring an exaggerated cupid’s bow, short hair (although usually curled and feminine), a flat, boyish figure, a long neck and a youthful 'joie de vivre' about her look and her costume. Victorian Fashion, Vintage Clothing, Mayfair, Belle Epoque, Turban, Hut

The ideal beauty of the 1920s had very heavily defined eyes, a delicate mouth featuring an exaggerated cupid’s bow, short hair (although usually curled and feminine), a flat, boyish figure, a long neck and a youthful 'joie de vivre' about her look and her costume.

Dinner dress by Jean Patou, Les Modes, July 1928.

Vintage Portraits

Dieselpunk

Roaring Twenties

Miss America 1924, Ruth Malcomson

African American History

1920s

Sept. 25, 1926. Henry Ford announces the 5-day work week.

Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

First Macy's parade, Nov. 27, 1924

1920s Street Style

1920s

281 Pins

Collection by

Susan Townsend

Similar ideas popular now

Winston Churchill, Gertrude Bell, Lawrence of Arabia, 1921 | Gertrude Bell encyclopedia article, Citizendium

The ’20s Roar Back

Greysolon

Auteuil, 1925

Miss Muriel Redd of Chicago, appearing in the Broadway show Tickle Me, having her hair bobbed by barber Lewis Morgan, manager, at the Hotel McAlpin barber shop, September 13, 1920 look familiar?

Photograph of the Abraham Lincoln Statue Installation in the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C., 1920

Rare Historical Photos

Opening of King Tut's sarcophagus (1924)

Sylvie Leone

“In 1921, early suffragettes often donned a bathing suit and ate pizza in large groups to annoy men…it was a custom at the time” (via Cult of Aphrodite Vintaga)