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The Flappers! The Flappers!
flap*per n. 1. A broad flexible part, such as a flipper. 2. A young woman, especially one in the 1920s with disdain for conventional dress and behavior. [Sense...
Updated 47 days ago | Flappers1920 flapper cartoons
Edie Sedgwick Edie Sedgwick
Born: Edith Minturn Sedgwick April 20, 1943, Santa Barbara, California, U.S. Died: November 16, 1971 (aged 28) Santa Barbara, California, U.S. Occupation:...
Updated 47 days ago | Edie Sedgwickedie
The Talking Machine The Talking Machine
victrola (plural victrolas) In common usage, any upright or console model phonograph from the early 1900s, usually with a wooden cabinet body and an interior...
Updated 21 days ago | talking machine20th century
Leigh Bowery Leigh Bowery
Leigh Bowery (26 March 1961 - 31 December 1994) was an Australian-born, London-based performance artist, club promoter, actor, aspiring pop star, model and fashion...
Updated 56 days ago | Leigh Boweryaids-related deaths
Countess di Castiglione Countess di Castiglione
Virginia Oldoini, Countess de Castiglione (1837-1899), better known as La Castiglione, was an Italian courtesan who achieved notoriety as a mistress of Emperor...
Updated 43 days ago | Castiglioneadolphe yvon standing portrait napoleon iii
Claude Cahun Claude Cahun
(October 25th, 1894 - December 8th, 1954) Claude Cahun was a French artist, photographer and writer. Her work was both political and personal, and often played...
Updated 47 days ago | Claude Cahunandre breton women
The Pansy Craze The Pansy Craze
The Pansy Craze was a period in the late 1920s and early 1930s in which gay clubs and performers (known as pansy performers) experienced a surge in underground...
Updated 47 days ago | The Pansy Craze1920s and 1930s jazz
Ruth Etting Ruth Etting
Ruth Etting (November 23, 1896 – September 24, 1978) was an American singing star of the 1930s, who had over sixty hit recordings. Her signature tunes...
Updated 31 days ago | Ruth Etting1920's
THE JAZZ AGE THE JAZZ AGE
The Jazz Age describes the period from 1918-1929, the years between the end of World War I and the start of the Roaring Twenties; ending with the rise of the...
Updated 47 days ago | The Jazz Age1920's
Olive Thomas Olive Thomas
OLIVE THOMAS B. October 20, 1894 D. September 10, 1920 was an American silent film actress and socialite. She was a Ziegfeld girl and an original flapper. She...
Updated 47 days ago | Olive Thomasactress olive thomas
Marlene Dietrich
Marlene Dietrich (December 27 1901-May 6 1992) was a German-born American actress, singer and entertainer. She is considered to be the first German actress to...
Updated 55 days ago | Marlene Dietrich1920s
Bix Beiderbecke
Birth name: Leon Bismark Beiderbecke Born: March 10. 1903 Origin: Davenport, Iowa, U.S. Died: August 6, 1931 (aged 28) Genre(s): Jazz / Dixieland Occupation(s):...
Updated 56 days ago | Bix Beiderbecke20s jazz
Louis Armstrong
 Birth Name  Louis Daniel Armstrong Also known as Satchmo, Pops Born August 4, 1901 New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Died July 6, 1971 (aged 69)
Updated 408 days ago | Louis Armstrong20'sjazz
Tiny Tim
Birth Name: Herbert Butros Khaury Born: 12 April 1932, New York, NY Date of Death: 30 November 1996, Minneapolis, MN Herbert Khaury (April 12, 1932 - November...
Updated 209 days ago | Tiny Tim80s singer tiny tim
Red Hot Jazz
JAZZ -noun 1. music originating in New Orleans around the beginning of the 20th century and subsequently developing through various increasingly complex styles,...
Updated 99 days ago | Jazz Agebessie smith
Robert Desnos
Robert Desnos (July 4, 1900 - June 8, 1945) Robert Desnos was a son of a café owner. He was born in Paris on July 4, 1900. Desnos attended commercial...
Updated 224 days ago | Robert Desnosautomatic
Anita Berber
Anita Berber (June 10, 1899 - November 10, 1928) was a German dancer, actress, writer, and prostitute who was the subject of an Otto Dix painting. She lived...
Updated 47 days ago | Anita Berberandrogynous
The Ziegfeld Follies
The Ziegfeld Follies were a series of elaborate theatrical productions on Broadway in New York City from 1907 through 1931. They became a radio program in 1932...
Updated 137 days ago | The Ziegfeld Folliesfollies
Vintage Sheet Music
People have always loved music. It is said that almost anywhere one goes in the world, there will be somebody playing some kind of rhythm and tune, even if it...
Updated 47 days ago | Sheet Music1910's
Dorothea Tanning
Dorothea Tanning (born August 25, 1910) is an American painter, printmaker, sculptor and writer. She has also designed sets and costumes for ballet and the...
Updated 408 days ago | dorthea tanningartist tanning
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