For those with the means, the 1920s consisted of partying, traveling, and other general "roaring." Industry boomed, iconic American products rose to prominence, and the United States took full advantage of a wartime economy without the physical damages of war.
Here are 23 new photos of what life looked like in the roaring '20s.
1
Gasoline
Selling for two cents a gallon, 1920s.
2
New Year’s Eve
Pouring champagne, 1920s.
3
A Vertical Parking Lot
New York, 1920s.
4
Aircraft Accident
Pull up, 1920s.
5
Mounted Cop
Tremont Street, Boston 1920s. Photo by Leslie Jones.
6
Flapper
Getting a tattoo on her thigh in the 1920s.
7
Learning How to Swim
Kids in the 1920s.
8
Demonstration Against Prohibition
Chicago, 1920s.
9
Shoe Shine Boys
Talking to a Civil War veteran.
10
Lighting Up
In a Tattoo Parlor, circa 1920s.
11
A Hunger March
Staged by workers in Washington in the 1920s.
12
American Gas Station
Owned by Pan-Gas in the 1920s.
13
Inside Elizabeth Tower
London 1920s.
14
An American Methodist Missionary
Giving out leaflets in Japan, 1920s.
15
The Hindenburg’s Dining Room
Before disaster, 1920s.
16
A Japanese Couple
Taking a selfie together, Japan, 1920s.
17
Escaping
Two border patrol officers attempt to keep a fugitive in the US, 1920s.
18
A Woman
And her Harley Davidson.
19
Children Learn to Swim
A schoolyard in England in the early 1920s.
20
Hungarian Woman
On the Danube riverbank, 1920s.
21
"Diamond Joe" Esposito
He is credited by the FBI as being the first known Sicilian Mafia member to emigrate to the United States. He was murdered in 1928.
22
A Young Flapper
Posing by a Ford Model T, 1920s.
23
Barber Shop
Clanton, Alabama, 1920s.
