#1920s New York

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Enforcement of Prohibition was set to begin at 12:01 a.m. on Jan. 17, 1920, and non-teetotalers prepared either by wallowing in denial or by partying until the last midnight. They also seized on a loophole in the 18th Amendment, which prohibited selling or transporting alcohol but said nothing about drinking what you already had.

Boozehounds pulled up to businesses eager to offload their soon-to-be-banned stock and filled their limousines with crates of hooch. One woman in California bought the entire contents of a liquor store and had it transported to her basement. Any alcohol that wasn’t secured could be seized by the authorities and destroyed—like these 749 cases of beer, which were found and smashed on November 21, 1923.

Photo & text: NY Times via Times Instagram

[alwaysalwaysalwaysthesea]

Clara Tice, maquette for the poster for the Insect Frolic costume ball at Webster Hall, New York, February 9, 1923.

(source: MoMA)

[gloryofluv]

The Bait and Switch

Chapter 12: Extraction

Probably the most violent and graphic torture scene I've written. Alastor sure lives up to his name of being difficult and insane lol.

[thursdaymurderbub]

Excerpt from Joan Blondell's fictionalised biography Center Door Fancy about her younger sister, Gloria Blondell (called Judy in the book). The character Nora is Joan, Scott is their younger brother Ed/Eddie, and Cecelia is their mother, Kathryn.

Gloria, Kathryn, and Joan

Gloria and Joan <3

[olganmwriter]

#TuesdayBookBlog The Orchid Hour by Nancy Bilyeau @Tudorscribe) (@lume_books)

Hi, all: I bring you a new novel by an author I met through Rosie’s book blog, and I am happy to report that she’s become a favourite of mine, and I hope to keep reading her for years to come. The Orchid Hour by Nancy Bilyeau The Orchid Hour by Nancy Bilyeau. Excellent historical fiction set in 1920s New York, with a great protagonist Featured in Town and Country’s ‘Must-Read Books of Summer…

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#TheLifeSheWanted #AnitaAbriel #AmazonFirstReads #July2023Books #HistoricalFiction #BookReview #LakeUnionPublishing #BrillianceAudio

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New York in the 1920s—a time when fortunes are made and a woman’s dreams are challenged against all odds in a sweeping historical novel by the international bestselling author of The Light After the War. 1926, Hyde Park, New York. Born to modest means but befriended by the wealthy, aspiring dress designer Pandora Carmichael has been surrounded by privilege yet never at home in it. That hasn’t…

[escapismsworld]

NYC's Grand Central Terminal, 1929 - before the sun's beams were blocked by surrounding skyscrapers.

These iconic images were taken by photographer Hal Morey.

Bonus Color Photo

[citizenscreen]

Coney Island’s world famous Cyclone roller coaster opened #OnThisDay in 1927.

[nyc-looks]

Oleg, 26

“I am wearing a 1920s (?) dress that I hand dyed from a spoiled olive color to this berry shade, an 80s handbag from Beacons Closet, and vintage reproduction shoes (if only I could fit into antique heels!). I have been wearing shades of red exclusively for a year now; it’s been the best sartorial challenge as I can no longer rely on color blocking to make an outfit. Instead it’s about the different shades of red (which there are many), silhouette, texture, etc. As always, the early 20th century has been my main inspiration, with my current obsession being drop waist cuts. Ugh, to be a flâneuse in 1920s Berlin! ”

Aug 29, 2023 ∙ Soho

[kafkasapartment]

Building a Babylon, Tudor City, N.Y.C, 1929. Martin Lewis. Drypoint.

[semioticapocalypse]

Ralph Steiner. Untitled (Clotheslines. Manhattan, New York. 1925

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[newyorkthegoldenage]

In the first national election held after the passage of the 19th Amendment, women line up to cast their ballots at 111th Street and Broadway, November 2, 1920.

Photo: Bettmann Archive/Getty Images/Fine Art America

[littlehorrorshop]

Lights of New York (1928)

[la-cocotte-de-paris]

Kae Carroll in the Ziegfeld Follies, c. 1925-1927

[vintagepromotions]

Cover of the menu at the Fountain Room, Hotel Pennsylvania (1922).

[theaskywalker]

Imagine being Jacob's sister and Newt asking you to help your brother feed the Mooncalves

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