The Roaring 20s
New Inventions Henry Ford began mass production of the "Model T" automobile, the first car priced so the average man could afford one.
Other well-known inventions of the decade included band-aids, kleenex, and zippers.
New food products introduced during the 1920's included Welch's Grape Jelly, Wrigley's chewing gum, and the Eskimo ice cream pie.
Famous Celebrities Jack Dempsey (boxer) Babe Ruth Charlie Chaplin
Gloria Swanson Clara Bow Louise Brooks (silent movie star)
MUSIC AND ART Famed composer George Gershwin merged traditional elements with American Jazz Painters like Edward Hopper depicted the loneliness of American life Georgia O’ Keeffe captured the grandeur of New York using intensely colored canvases Radiator Building, Night, New York , 1927 Georgia O'Keeffe Gershwin Hopper’s famous “Nighthawks”
Betty Boop, the cartoon flapper, in Hollywood. (Cartoonist: Max Fleischer)
Jazz Bessie Smith Duke Ellington Cover of Life, 2/18/1926 illustration by John Held.
The Charleston "Flappers"
F. Scott Fitzgerald Zelda Sayre