1. 1920’s Automobiles The automobile industry boomed after World War I. Ownership of an automobile aside from making everyday life more convenient came to symbolize economic status and independence. Gatsby might have driven a Rolls-Royce like this one.

2. For the first time in history, women got behind the wheel and learned to drive in greater numbers than ever before.

3. The most popular car in America was the Ford Model A. Ford and Chevrolet dominated the auto market until the stock market crash.

4. ART DECO American style during the 1920’s owes much of its glamour to the Art Deco design movement. Art Deco derived its name from the 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs Industriels et Modernes, held in Paris to celebrate modern technological growth and innovation. Daisy Buchanan might have worn an Art Deco brooch similar to this one.

5. F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Later Years March 1920: first novel This Side of Paradise, published. 1924: Zelda and Scott move to France. 1925: The Great Gatsby is published. December 21, 1940: Fitzgerald dies of alcohol- related illnesses. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/fitzgerald_f_timeline_flas h.html