When World War I finished in 1918, society shifted gears and set itself up for the roaring '20s. 1921 was one of the first years to take advantage, and other than that pesky prohibition, people made sure to make the most of it.
Here are 21 photos showing what life looked like in 1921.
1
The Tulsa Massacre
The aftermath, 1921.
2
U.S. Marines
Deployed as mail guards to prevent theft, 1921.
3
Two Moonshiners
Sisters Florence Friermuth and Susie Friermuth Doffing, posing after they were arrested by federal agents near St. Paul, Minnesota, 1921.
4
Texas Snack Stand
Breckenridge, 1921.
5
Capital Snowball Fight
It was Dems vs Reps, 1921.
6
IRA Members Patrick Moran and Thomas Whelan
Shaking hands in prison, the day before they are to be executed for assassinating British Spies. March, 1921.
7
A Lamplighter
Paris, 1921.
8
An Atlanta Boy’s High School Basketball Player
Shooting a free throw against Tech High School in 1921.
9
An Anti KKK Group
Called the "Knights of the Invisible Jungle of the Tiger's Eye," circa 1921.
10
Georgian Anarchists From Khevsureti
Ready to fight against the Soviet army, 1921.
11
Car Crash
Washington D.C, 1921.
12
Winston Churchill and His Wife
On camels in front of the Sphinx. 15th of February, 1921.
13
Mechanic
Steam boiler at a power plant, circa 1921.
14
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Dedicated by President Warren G. Harding, 1921.
15
Ravindra Nath Tagore Visiting London in 1921
He was the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. He would later turn down knighthood due to British atrocities.
16
The Africville Sea-Sides
Of the Colored Hockey League of the Maritime, posing for a team photo in 1921.
17
Using a Two-Horn Listening Device
Bolling Field in Washington, D.C., in 1921, before the invention of radar, to listen for distant aircraft.
18
Girl With Her Tom Cat
Pets in 1921.
19
Fisherman Pose With a Massive Sturgeon
Weighing 1,224 kgs, taken from the Volga River in 1921.
20
School Classroom
Marey, West Virginia, 1921.
21
Officer Gibbons of the Chicago Police Department
Measuring the length of a woman’s swimsuit on the first day of his “swimsuit patrol.” This woman’s suit was deemed “too revealing. Chicago, 1921.
