Barely two decades separated the two worst wars in history, so what were they like? In short, completely different.
Barely two decades separated the two worst wars in history, so what were they like? In short, completely different.
The fun-loving prosperity of the roaring 20s quickly gave way to the worst economic downturn in American history. That fallout rippled around the world, and an already tense-Europe blew up by the decade's end.
Here are 20 photos of the 20-ish years in between World War I and World War II.
1
A Man and His Car
LA in the 1920s.
2
Women on the Beach
Scandalous in the 1930s.
3
A Picnic
Friends in 1920.
4
Couple on the Beach
Going for a stroll in the early ‘30s.
5
A Motorcycle Rider
With a racing bike in 1935.
6
The Golden Gate Bridge
By Robert Vere, 1937.
7
A Family of Three
August, 1929.
8
U.S. Border Guard
And Mexican men behind the border.
9
Herding Sheep
A farmer in the 1930s.
10
Men
Posing with five trucks on a dirt road. 1930s.
11
Showing Off Swimwear
Evolution in the 1920s.
12
Watching the Bird Bath
A woman in the 1930s.
13
A Girl’s Birthday
The struggles of the 1930s.
14
Crowds Gather to Watch
The southern cross plane, early 1930s.
15
Posing on a Rock
Budapest in the 1920s.
16
Al Capone’s Soup Kitchen
Feeding the poor in the 1930s.
17
A Circus
On the move in the 1930s.
18
Tourists
The pyramids in the 1920s.
19
A Flapper on the Beach
The 1920s.
20
Charles Clyde Ebbets
Behind the famous Empire State Building photo, 1932.
