The Look Of The 20’s

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A Few Photographs Worth a Few Thousand Words

August 1965

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Volume

16

Issue

5

Stories published from "August 1965"

Tempest Over Teapot

Authored by: Bruce Bliven

When the wheeling and dealing of some of President Harding’s closest friends was revealed, the mud spattered Cabinet members, the heads of oil companies, the chairman of the Republican party, and eventually the President himself

“Program coming in fine. Please play ‘Japanese Sandman.'”

Authored by: Robert Saudek

The author recalls the early years of radio in the 1920s. He was one of the first people to sing on radio and later became an editor at KDKA, the first commercial radio station in the U.S.

The Restless Decade

Authored by: Bruce Catton

All the old rules seemed to be vanishing in the Twenties. In exchange came a strange new world both gaudy and sad

The Look Of The 20’s

Authored by: The Editors

A Few Photographs Worth a Few Thousand Words

Long, Hot Summer In Indiana

Authored by: William E. Wilson

It was 1924 and the Klan was riding high. The author’s father, a congressman, wouldn’t join, and this Is how It felt to be an outcast in one’s own home town that summer.

Dream World Of Advertising

Authored by: The Editors

Soap was more than a cleansing agent, and an automobile gave you more than a ride. Here are the ideals of the 20’s in the slightly bent mirror of the

The Bubble In The Sun

Authored by: George B. Tindall

Under the Florida palms William Jennings Bryan orated and Gilda Gray shimmied while real-estate promoters hawked lots. It was the greatest land boom in our history

“the Overloved One”

Authored by: M.m.marberry

A SEQUEL TO “THE SON OF THE SHECK”
featuring the death of RUDOLPH VALINTINO
and its REMARKABLE AFTERMATH 10 DAYS ONLY
Based on the actual events —With— POLA NEGRI
Screenplay for AMERICAN HERITAGE

Good-bye To Everything!

Authored by: Thomas Fleming

For the first half hour on that fateful Thursday, stock prices were steady.

The Look Of The 20’s

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