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The Black Pirate, 1926

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 08:01:48 -0400

The Black Pirate, 1926

mothgirlwings: Gloria Swanson on the radio

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:02:29 -0400

mothgirlwings:

Gloria Swanson on the radio

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Mon, 29 Apr 2013 08:02:02 -0400

retrowunderland: During the 1920’s, printed, patterned &...

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 16:02:55 -0400

retrowunderland:

During the 1920’s, printed, patterned & embellished stockings were all the rage.

lexgurst: Few artists define an age as thoroughly as John Held...

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 08:01:51 -0400

lexgurst:

Few artists define an age as thoroughly as John Held Jr. defines the “Roaring Twenties.” Born in 1889, he was the right age at the right time with an outlook and sense of humor that shaped as well as recorded a generation.

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Sat, 27 Apr 2013 14:14:13 -0400

Try to look Vampy, we might get a lift!

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 08:01:46 -0400

Try to look Vampy, we might get a lift!

Marion Byron and Anita Garvin in Feed ‘Em and Weep (1928)

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 16:02:38 -0400

Marion Byron and Anita Garvin in Feed ‘Em and Weep (1928)

whataboutbobbed: four of a kind

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 08:02:00 -0400

whataboutbobbed:

four of a kind

florencecaplain: games on Flickr.

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:02:56 -0400

florencecaplain:

games on Flickr.

creativeandcurious: Exercising 1920s style

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 08:01:58 -0400

creativeandcurious:

Exercising 1920s style

intothebeautifulnew: Roxie Hart (Phyllis Haver) shows leg in...

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 16:02:42 -0400

intothebeautifulnew:

Roxie Hart (Phyllis Haver) shows leg in Chicago, 1927.

cabbagingcove: “They brought along with them a great many...

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 08:01:56 -0400

cabbagingcove:

“They brought along with them a great many beautiful shells…”

From the tale called “The Pomegranate Seeds.”

Tanglewood Tales. Nathaniel Hawthorne, illustrated by Virginia Frances Sterrett, 1923.

lostsilentfilms: Window card for His Jazz Bride (1926). Sold...

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:02:46 -0400

lostsilentfilms:

Window card for His Jazz Bride (1926). Sold here.

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Wed, 10 Apr 2013 08:01:51 -0400

kingjackalope: From Slate Magazine: These speakeasy cards,...

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 16:02:33 -0400

kingjackalope:

From Slate Magazine:

These speakeasy cards, collected between 1920 and 1933, served as certificates of membership and admission for illegal drinking establishments during Prohibition. While bouncers at some speakeasies could recognize all of their customers and other clubs used passwords, these cards were one more method of identifying the person standing at the door as somebody who should be let inside.

These cards represent clubs both famous and obscure. The card on the upper right would have admitted a partygoer to the glamorous Stork Clubin its second home, which it moved into after it had been “raided out” of its first on West 58^th Street. The Stork would stay at this East 51^stStreet location for only three years before moving up to East 53^rd Street, where it would remain until its closing in 1965.

All of these cards are for establishments located on roughly the same latitude in midtown Manhattan. In the Prohibition years, according to Irving L. Allen, the blocks between 40^th and 60^th streets in Manhattan were rife with speakeasies. Fun with Google Maps reveals that the buildings housing these underground clubs now contain a variety of banks (Epicure), doctors’ offices (Kean’s), synagogues (Tree Club), and businesses offering search engine optimization and pest control (Club Entre Nous).

saveflowers1: Art by Decie Merwin (c. 1920s) from the magazine...

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 08:01:59 -0400

saveflowers1:

Art by Decie Merwin (c. 1920s) from the magazine PICTORIAL REVIEW.

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