Dreams, Lies, and Flapper Girls: The Myth of the 1920’s.
Barbara Stanwyck, worked as a Ziegfeld Follies dancer in 1924, but the public identified her as a flapper girl. She later became a major Hollywood film star of the 1930's and 40's.
Barbara Stanwyck, worked as a Ziegfeld Follies dancer in 1924, but the public identified her as a flapper girl. She later became a major Hollywood film star of the 1930's and 40's.
House seance in the early 20th century.
WW 1 poster asking for support for the American Red Cross.
Abraham Lincoln’s sudden death on April 14, 1865 created a new level of concern to an already anxious nation. Just days before, President Lincoln had strolled triumphantly through the streets of the fallen Confederate capital. Richmond’s...
In 1900, some considered America a beacon of light to the rest of the world. Immigrants were flooding into the cities of our nation, and there was an impressive list of new innovations that had “made...
Picture of President Kennedy in the limousine in Dallas, Texas, on Main Street, minutes before the assassination. Also in the presidential limousine are Jackie Kennedy, Texas Governor John Connally, and his wife, Nellie.
National Home for Disabled Veterans, Ft. Monroe , Virginia , 1870-1880
In the early days (circa 1916) income tax filers lining up to enter a IRS office.
In the beginning of the 20th century there were countless changes happening in America. Social and economic advancements forced a re-examination of a number of long-held attitudes, such as gender equality. A handful of brave women...
In the early decades of the 20th Century the term ‘un-American’ was widely used to disparage those whose thinking deviated from mainstream America. The dark days of the Civil War were a distant memory, and the...