1920's in Pictures

1918 c. Evening/Dinner dress. From Didine Bar, Pinterest.

1915 c. Doctor Louisa Garrett Anderson was a suffragist and a doctor who established and ran Endell Street Military Hospital during World War One. Pictured with Dr. Anderson is Dr. Flora Murry, her life and work partner. Pinterest.

1930 c. Stephanie Saint-Claire, Harlem mob queen. Pinterest.

1920s French postcard. Pinterest.

1918 Another delightful and successful summer annual revue show on Broadway was "The Passing Show". Here are Misses Marie Grey, Lotta Morse and Dolores Mendez photographed by Apeda, New York. From David Shields, Pinterest.

1925 c. "Sisters S" in bathing suits, photo Madame d'Ora. From Art Deco Around the Globe, FB.

July 16, 1929 Looking south on the Grand Concourse from Kingsbridge Road. Poe Park is on the left, Fordham Road lies ahead. On the right is preliminary excavation for the subway. From New York City-Vintage History, FB.

1917-18 c. Pink silk and cotton lace frock. From witness2fashion, wordpress.

1930 Hairstyle, Pinterest.

1925 c. Automat at Times Square, New York City. From The Roaring 1920s, FB.

1930 Clark Gable in "Love, Honor and Betray", on Broadway just before he was tapped to go to Hollywood. Pinterest.

1929 Women flyers assembled at the Breakfast Club for the first National Women's Air Derby from Clover Field in Santa Monica, CA to Cleveland, Ohio. Left to right: Louise Thaden, Bobbie Trout, Patty Willis, Marvel Crosson, Blanche Noyce, Vera Dawn Walker, Amelia Earhart, Marjorie Crawford, Ruth Elder, Florence Lowe Barnes. Thaden finished first, Earhart third. From Gettyimages, Pint.

1918 Evelyn Cavanaugh appeared in the Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic. Photo by Sarony Studios. From David Shields, Pint.