With the world still in recovery from World War I, the roaring 20s were a time of living life to the fullest and partying hard... without legal alcohol.
Cars became mainstream, Babe Ruth played in the World Series, and prohibition kinda ruined all of it. (For the rule followers anyway.)
Here are 35 photos of what life looked like in 1924.
1
F. Scott Fitzgerald with his wife Zelda and their daughter Scottie on board a liner during a cruise, 1924.
2
Native Americans at the White House at the time of the passing of the Indian Citizenship Act, granting them full rights as US citizens, 1924, colorized.
4
A game of human chess, 1924, Russia.
5
Ms. America 1924, Ruth Malcomson.
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P.T. Barnum & Bailey's combined circus performers, New York, 1924.
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The last image taken of British explorers George Mallory and Andrew Irvine as they leave Camp IV on the morning of June 6, 1924, for their ill-fated attempt to summit Mount Everest. Mallory's body was found in 1999, Irvine’s body was never found.
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Young couple photographed by James Van Der Zee, 1924.
10
A color photo of Mao Zedong in 1924, Shanghai.
11
General view as Georges Andre leads the Olympic Oath during the opening ceremonies of the VIII Olympic Games, Paris, France 1924.
12
Cow shoes used by moonshiners in the prohibition days to disguise their footprints, 1924.
13
Eskimo medicine man exorcising evil spirits from a sick boy, Nushagak, Alaska, 1924.
14
President Calvin Coolidge throwing out the first pitch for game 1 of the 1924 World Series. October 4th, 1924.
15
Babe Ruth lying unconscious after running into a wall while chasing a fly ball. He would regain consciousness five minutes later and get two more hits in the game. July 5, 1924.
16
Mugshot of Sidney Kelly, charged with numerous offences such as shooting and assault. 25th, June, 1924.
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January 4th, 1924. Howard Carter, Arthur Callender and an Egyptian worker open the doors of the innermost shrine and get their first look at Tutankhamun's sarcophagus.
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A hippopotamus named Lotus pulls a man in a cart, 1924.
19
Mermaids on the film set for "Peter Pan," 1924.
20
Prince Ahmad Hassanein, an Egyptian nobleman, teacher, desert explorer, aviator and Olympic athlete. Photographed during his expedition to the Libyan deserts in 1924.
21
Old school boxer, 1924.
22
Adolf Hitler, age 35, on his release from Landesberg Prison, on December 20, 1924. He had been convicted of treason for his role in an attempted coup in 1923 known as the Beer Hall Putsch.
23
Bill Harley and Arthur Davidson, 1924.
24
Alvin "Shipwreck" Kelly, who, in 1924, began a fad of pole sitting.
25
A man in his Sunday best, 1924.
26
Beatrice Kyle in her high diving outfit, dove into eight-foot deep tanks of water from over 100 feet, 1924.
27
“My great-grandpa Earl in 1924.
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A tower built with barrels of alcohol, to be burned down during prohibition, 1924.
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A motorman operates a trolley car near the Williamsburg Bridge in NYC, September 25, 1924.
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“My great-grandmother was a stunt pilot in 1924.”
31
Three Ohio boys goofing around in their car, 1924, colorized.
32
“My uncle in Monrovia, CA in 1924.”
33
Two U.S. sailors in a firefighting vat and their guide at the Summer Palace in Peking, Beijing, China, 1924.
34
The Hollywood sign in 1924.
35
Jennie Macgregor, arrested by Minneapolis police for dispensing alcoholic beverages from life-preserver flasks on April 10, 1924.
