Steam Roller

Steam Roller, 1920s, Hotwells, BS8 by Paul Townsend, Flickr 

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Chanel Evening Gown

Model Alden Gay Wearing Chanel Evening Gown

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The daughter of an Indian maharajah seated on a panther she shot, sometime during 1920s.

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Daisy and Violet Hilton

Daisy and Violet Hilton (1908-1969), British born conjoined twins abandoned by their mother and trained as entertainers by their exploitative caretakers. They were trained to play clarinets and saxophones for a jazz act in the 1920s. After breaking away from their caretakers, they toured in the U.S. sideshow and vaudeville circuit in the 1930s.

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African Americans

Two African American Men posing in the 1920s 

Pussycat Dolls

The Original "Pussycat Dolls", 1920s, African-American Vaudeville performers (showgirls/chorus line)dressed in very risque (for the time) feline (cat) costumes.

Raquel Meller

Raquel Meller, born Francisca Marqués López, was an Aragonese cuplé and tonadilla singer, and diseuse. She was an international star in the 1920s and 1930s, appearing in several films and touring Europe and the Americas.  Artists such as Charlie Chaplin and Sarah Bernhart considered Raquel Meller to have been genius. She performed extensively in the United States under contract for the Schuberts, and performances broke box office records at the time.

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Lon Chaney Sr

Lon Chaney, his bag of tricks and just a few of his many faces - c. 1920s,

London After Midnight (1927), He Who Gets Slapped (1924), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923), and The Phantom Of The Opera (1925) .

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Greta Garbo

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Buster Keaton

Buster Keaton, 1920s, Steamboat Bill Jr.

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Baby in Chicken Suit

Baby in a Chicken Suit!!! Baby in a Chicken Suit!!!! 1920s

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Vintage Fashion

Coat, 1920s, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Rin Tin Tin

Rin Tin Tin (often billed as Rin-Tin-Tin in the 1920s and 1930s) was the name given to a dog adopted from a WWI battlefield that went on to star in 23 Hollywood films, gaining worldwide fame.

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Marion Gee

This is a scan of an old, 1920's era, photograph of a black Vaudevillian actress named Marion Gee. She performed in musicals written by the famed team, Eubie Blake & Noble Sissle. From "Reminiscing With Noble Sissle & Eubie Blake."

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Nella Regini

Italian actress Nella Regini

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Stilt Man

circus act,  stilt man 1920s

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Great Depression Era

Sharecropper, a rehabilitation client, standing outside of shack he is
living in before obtaining a resettlement loan.

Homeless men living along the banks of the Seine River during the ongoing
French economic crisis.

Sharecropper Lonnie Fair's daughter sleeping in the sun with her
dogs at Mississippi plantation.

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Homeless family living in a shack.

Woman scooping water at backyard water supply in slum in Washington, DC.
Photos of great depression of the late 1920's and 1930's.

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Vintage Sport Stars

Sports in the 1920's grew in popularity in America. The most popular were Baseball, Football, and Boxing. Some other sports that were played then were tennis, polo, and golf. Here is a list of some Sport Stars from the 1920's:

• Babe Ruth
• Ty Cobb
• Lou Gehrig
• Red Grange
• Helen Wills
• Bill Tilden
• Bobby Jones
• Walter Hagen
• Jack Dempsey
• Benny Leonard
• Tommy Hitchcook
• Jim Thorpe

These players were looked upon as gods to the American populous.

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Jim Thorpe

American-Sports-1920s - Jim Thorpe

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Pandora's Eyes

Pandora’s eyes, take II

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