1920's in Pictures

1910s Purple chiffon blouse with beading and lace. Pinterest.

1914 c. Germany had "bell cemeteries" where confiscated church bells were stockpiled before being melted down for the war effort. From Images of Yore, FB.

1918 Bell Telephone ad during the Influenza. From Everything Victorian and Edwardian, FB.

1928 Hollywood, California. From Kenneth McIntyre, FB.

1930 c. The Nut Club in Greenwich Village, New York City, was originally a speakeasy and lasted into the 1950s as a club. From Karen Starr, FB.

1915 c. The Dolly Sisters simulate a carriage team of white horses in their act. Gettyimages, Pinterest.

1922 Georgia Hale won the Miss Chicago Beauty Contest. Her name should be familiar to any Chaplin fans as she was his co-star in "The Gold Rush". She also starred as Myrtle Wilson in the original 1926 version of "The Great Gatsby".

July 7, 1920 Washington, D.C. municipal bathing beach hired Etta McKay, professional woman champion swimmer, to teach children to swim. From the Rockford Morning Star newspaper. From America in the 1920s, FB.

1920 c. Nurse's uniform with white cap in linen and cotton. The dress has hook and eye closures up the front.

1927 c. Therese and Helene. From estellux, Pinterest.

1924 "Sweetheart" Bob. Pinterest.

1925 c. His Majesty King George V and his mother, Queen Alexandra. From Pinterest.

1920 c. Mamie smith, singer. From Pinterest.

1925 c. A model in a teddy (or teddy-bare as Gloria Swanson called them in her autobiography).