1920's in Pictures

1925 c. Silk plain weave with metallic thread supplementary-warps with metallic thread and silk satin (lame) and metallic thread embroidery evening gown with train by design house of Louise Boulanger France. From LACMA.

1930 c. Perfume bottle in the Duncan model crafted by Rene Lalique for collection, inspired by Isadora Duncan. From Art Deco Around the Globe, FB.

1910-15 c. Platinum, sapphire and diamond brooch. From Art Deco, Art Nouveau & 20th Century Decorative arts Group, FB.

1919 Locomobile Model 48 Series 6 Town Car by Demarest. From Pre-War Automobile Classic Images, FB.

1925 c. Bronze statue known as "Dancing Girl" by French artist Marcel Andre Bouraine. Facial features and hair are rendered in the Cubist style. The bronze rests atop a stepped white onyx base which itself rests on dark brown plinth. From Art Deco, Avant Garde and Modernism, FB.

Mia Farrow and Robert Redford in "The Great Gatsby" with fabulous costumes by Theoni V. Aldridge.

July, 1919 Capes from "Elite Styles" magazine. From Awesome Attic, FB.

1925 "Buses in the Square" (Washington Square) by John French Sloan. From New York City History and Memories, FB.

July 5, 1926 Vito Genovese was found unconscious in his home's hallway by his father Felice at 5:00 a.m. with a gunshot wound to the neck. Vito lived, but only two weeks earlier a friend of his, Arnello Albertini, was shot to death. Police claimed a bootleg feud was responsible for the attacks. Between 1920 and 1930, a thousand plus known gangsters were killed in the bootleg wars. That's not counting the low-level unknowns like Vito and Arnello. From The American Mafia, FB.

1920-29 c. "Jenny Wren" brand shoes lined with leather and linen and decorated with a contrasting, hole-punched cream leather around the throat. The button is plastic and the Louis heel is 2.1 inches. From the Staffordshire Museum Service, England.

1927 Lalique "Avallon" vase. From Art Deco, Art Nouveau & 20th Century Decorative Arts Group, FB.

1930 Al Capone in white hat on right. From The American Mafia, FB.

1930 Cartier jabot pin of platinum, diamond and ruby. From Art Deco, Art Nouveau & 20th Century Decorative Arts Group, FB.

July 4, 1914 Cover of "Judge" magazine. From Pinterest.

July 4, 1916 Crowd gathered for the holiday in Union Square. From New York City Images: 1850-1980, FB.