When do you think people started calling the 1920s "roaring?" The '40s? The '30s? Wrong.
The 1920s were so cool that the term "roaring" burst into colloquial usage before the decade even finished. Coined by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the American author started with "Jazz Age," before the phrase morphed into its final form.
Check out what life looked like in 1923 at the onset of the roaring '20s.
1
A Couple
Riding together on an autoped, 1923.
2
“My Grandfather”
Surfing in Hawaii, 1923.
3
Miss Philadelphia, Ruth Malcomson in 1923
She was voted Miss America the following year.
4
Chuck Taylor
Playing an early game of basketball in Converse, 1923.
5
A Berlin Showgirl
Getting ready in 1923.
6
Liberals vs Conservatives
Snowball Fight at the Capitol, 1923.
7
Testing a Bulletproof Vest
Hopefully it worked, 1923.
8
An Early Selfie
A man in 1923.
9
Unique Roller Skates
Dude in the park, 1923.
10
A Car Crash
Washington D.C. roads in 1923.
11
Spanish National Football Team
Before the match against France in San Sebastian.
12
“A Smoky Day at the Sugar Bowl”
An indigenous man with a spear, 1923.
13
Refueling
Capt. Lowell H. Smith and Lt. John P. Richter performing the first aerial refueling on June 27th, 1923.
14
The Old Yankee Stadium
The Bronx in 1923.
16
A Teenager
New York, 1923.
17
Annette Kellerman
The first woman to wear a one-piece swimsuit. 1923.
18
Lou Gehrig in 1923
The day he played his last game for the Yankees.
19
Couple on a Zipline
A fair in 1923.
20
A German World War I Vet
Begging on the streets of Berlin.
21
Transporting Firewood
Vancouver, Canada, circa 1923.
22
Marie Curie
At work in her laboratory in Paris, 1923.
23
“My Grandmother and Her Brother”
In their Frankfurt apartment in 1923.
