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Showing posts with label 1924. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1924. Show all posts

Friday, November 2, 2012

Sunday, October 21, 2012

UNIA Parade

UNIA Parade, organized in Harlem, 1924; [One of the slogans carried in the parade; Harlem, corner of the 135th Street and Lenox Avenue. The Harlem Renaissance is regarded as the major and first cultural movement of African Americans which took place in a period between 1917 and 1935 throughout the USA. 
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Monday, September 24, 2012

Yvonne Printemps


Yvonne Printemps, sunbathing in Royan, France, c.1924 
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Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Sunday, September 2, 2012

Vintage Photo

U.S. President Calvin Coolidge with four Osage Indians after Coolidge signed the bill granting Indians full citizenship, 1924
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Saturday, September 1, 2012

Vintage Photo

Star Touring Car, 1924, 1926, Glen Knabenshue,  youngest son of pioneer aeronaut Roy Knabenshue at the wheel of a 1925 Star Four Touring, Los Angeles, California, c 1925 
Source: earlyaeroplanes

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Lupe Vélez


Lupe Vélez (July 18, 1908 – December 14, 1944) Lupe Vélez was a Mexican film actress. Vélez began her career in Mexico as a dancer, before moving to the U.S. where she worked in vaudeville. She was seen by Fanny Brice who promoted her, and Vélez soon entered films, making her first appearance in 1924.  By the end of the decade she had progressed to leading roles.
Source: wikipedia | theloudestvoice

Friday, July 20, 2012

Vintage Photo

The American Radiator Building (since renamed to the American Standard Building) is a landmark skyscraper located at 40 West 40th Street, in midtown Manhattan, New York City. It was conceived by the architects John Howells and Raymond Hood in 1924 and built for the American Radiator and Standard
Sanitary Company. The structural form is based on Eliel Saarinen's unbuilt competition entry for Chicago Tribune building.

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