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Category Archives: Social Customs of the 1920s
Hallowe’en How-To: Tell The Future at Your Vintage Halloween Party
One hundred years ago, Halloween was about…love? ❤ ~*~ Maidens their fate may tell on this Hallowe’en. Of him they love so well learn on this Hallowe’en. Learn what his trade may be, If he’ll be true to thee. Maybe … Continue reading
Some Old-School Superstitions for Valentine’s Day
“Valentines? Why, I never get a valentine,” said a teenage debutante to a Tribune society reporter in 1931.1 “Young men don’t even know that Feb. 14th is Valentine’s Day anymore.”2 Her counterpart in 1922 agreed. The practice of sending and … Continue reading
“Books for Every One”: A Christmas Gift Guide from 1928
Scrambling for a last minute Christmas gift? Why not try a book recommendation from 1928? What do you think was the most popular Christmas gift in 1928? If you said “a book,” you’d be right! 🙂 Books were extremely … Continue reading
The “New Woman” Series Strikes Again: The Flapper Bob
Remember my friend Sarah’s series on The New Woman that I posted about earlier here and here? Well, Sarah came out with another post yesterday in this series that was too hard to pass up. If you’re wondering, it was … Continue reading
Posted in 1920s fads, Social Customs of the 1920s
Tagged 1920s social customs, bobbed hair 1920s
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Do you have what it takes to be a 1920s telephone operator? Play this unique video game and find out!
Think you’ve got what it takes to be a 1920s telephone operator? That’s the question behind Mike Lazer-Walker’s unusual new video game Hello Operator, which uses a real live vintage 1927 telephone switchboard to play a time-management game akin to Diner Dash or Tapper. … Continue reading
Taxi Dancing: Endurance Dancing’s Disreputable Cousin
Remember that post I wrote about endurance dance contests for Jazzfeather’s “Give In to the Feeling” blog tour? Well, it turns out there was another equally bizarre form of dance hall entertainment that was also common during the 1920s and 30s: taxi … Continue reading
“She Needs a Hat”: 1920s Easter Bonnets!
“Has any one a brown turban or soft hat that I might touch up a little for a girl of 19 years? She needs it, and I should like to make her happy for Easter Sunday. I will gladly pay … Continue reading
Posted in holiday post, Social Customs of the 1920s
Tagged 1920s Easter bonnets, Easter in the 1920s
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“How Long Will They Last?” Endurance Dance Contests: Jazz-Age Reality TV
~*~ 572 hours and thirty-one minutes: almost twenty-four whole days. That’s how long “Chicago’s first all-Negro endurance dance contest” lasted.1 Starting July 1st, 1928 at the 8th Regiment Armory in the heart of Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood, and ending on July 25th at the Savoy … Continue reading
Etiquette Guides From the 1920s and Beyond
Old etiquette guides act as fascinating windows into the past. Not only do they give insight into how people behaved at the time, but they also show how people back then thought they should behave, which can be just as enlightening—-especially if … Continue reading
Bring on the Bubbly: Ring In The New Year, 1920s Style!
Here’s to champagne, the drink divine, That makes us forget our troubles; It’s made a dollar’s worth of wine, And three dollars’ worth of bubbles. —Toast from Harry Montague’s The Up-to-date Bartenders’ Guide: a Valuable Ready Reference Guide to the Art … Continue reading
Posted in 1920s vintage recipes, holiday post, list post, Social Customs of the 1920s
Tagged 1920s champagne cocktails, 1920s cocktail recipes, 1920s New Years Eve, 1920s social customs, Chicago 1920s New Years eve, E. C. Yellowley Prohibition agent, lobster recipes 1920s, oyster recipes 1920s, Roaring Twenties New Years Eve cocktails, vintage cocktail recipes
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