Following the War to End All Wars, humanity needed a more light-hearted decade to take the edge off. Enter the Roaring '20s, which did it all without alcohol. Legal alcohol, that is.
From fancy dress parties to modern music to flirtatious flappers, the 1920s put it all on the line.
Here are 20 photos of what that looked like.
1
New Year’s
Pouring a bottle during prohibition.
2
Posing With a Cop
Los Angeles, California, 1920s.
3
Rolled Stockings
And bathing suits. How risky!
4
Charles Lindbergh
With the Spirit of St. Louis.
5
MGM Chorus Girls
Fashionable dresses.
6
Beach Day
Look at those bathing suits!
7
Babe Ruth
In all his glory.
8
Flappers
With their car.
9
Christmas Party
Decorated in the 1920s.
10
Flappers
Riding their motorcycle.
11
“Our Dancing Daughters”
A movie from 1928.
12
British Suffragette
Giving out newspapers.
13
Painted Knees
A trend to show off high stockings.
14
“The Painted Flapper”
A movie from 1924.
15
Drag Party
Men in the 1920s.
16
Silent Movie
Actors in their roles.
17
Showing Some Stocking
How scandalous!
18
Boudoir Doll Addict
The 1920s.
19
Fixing an Officer
A woman in 1929.
20
Triadisches Ballet Costumes
Inspired by the Bauhaus movement.
