Jazz Age Slang. Below you will find an alphabetical listing of slang words used in the "Jazz Age" (generally taken to mean the years of the Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression).
The Jazz Age was the first modern era to emphasize youth culture over the tastes of the older generations; the flapper sub-culture had a tremendous influence on main stream America--many new words and phrases were coined by these liberated women. These are the most common words and phrases of the time, many of which you may be surprised to note are still very much in use today! Some entries were the exclusive domain of students (or rather, those of student age; only a very small percentage of the population attended college) or flappers and have been indicated as such with italicized monikers. Also, the words that emerged in a particular year are noted appropriately. Famous freaks and prodigies. Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /home/vhosts/monstrous.com/httpdocs/freaks/plugins/content/pagebreakext.php on line 125 Since man is able to record history, there has been prodigies and defects in the millions of human births that happened on Earth.
The exhibition of freaks, monstrosities or marvels of nature were essential components of travelling exhibitions in Europe and America throughout the Victorian period. When the freak show was no longer a popular attraction many naturally born and self-made freaks took to museums and traveling street fairs. Memorabilia from many of these acts can still be seen in museums today.
2012-06-13 Tea Leaf Reading Symbols and Meanings. Tea Leaf Reading: A Fortune in a China Cup © Cheryl Lynne Bradley 2001-2012. Divining a fortune from tea leaves has probably been around as long as there has been tea - over five thousand years.
Tea Leaf reading is also known as Tasseomancy or Tasseography and probably had its origins in ancient China. The Chinese would often read the dredges of their cups for symbols, omens or unusual patterns. Tea Leaf reading is considered to be one of the most creative and intuitive forms of divination as much of the quality of the reading is based on the seer. Success in this divinatory art is often attributed to the seer's ability to concentrate. Concentration is important to enable the seer to see beyond the symbols and work with true intuitive knowledge or clairvoyance. All that is required to begin is loose tea (1/2 teaspoon), hot water and a real cup and saucer. ...........www.showhistory.com.................. Sideshow World, Sideshow Pictures, Sideshow History, at Sideshow World.
The Sideshow Lexicon. AB (Amusement Business) - The magazine of the trade.
In the old days, before its name change, it was The Billboard. Many, if not the majority, of traveling showmen would have Billboard as their address; that is, they could be contacted while on the road care of the forwarding services offered to the showmen by the trade journal. AGENT - Any carnival game operator. Sawdust in the blood. JACKPOTS definition. Classic American Cars of the 1920s Photo Gallery by Richard Doody at pbase. 1920 kenworthy. 1920's Automobiles. The rapidly growing automobile industry led by Henry Ford and the Ford Motor Company produced new and better models every year to supply the insatiable public demand.
Increased wages and lower cost vehicles made possible through mass production meant that cars became increasingly affordable, although 3 out of 4 cars were bought on installment plans. Roads that had been designed for horse transport began to deteriorate under the steadily increasing load of traffic. In 1906 local governments supplied 96 per cent. of the road funding.
In 1927 the State governments supplied about 37 per cent., the Federal Government 10 per cent., and the local governments 53 per cent. While horse-drawn traffic prevailed, roads were a matter for local administration, but the motorcar brought the question into a broader jurisdiction. The funding problem for building and maintaining roads suitable for motor cars was largely solved by the introduction of a tax on gas. Vintage Car Clubs Vintage Car Show. Top names of the 1920s. Freak Show: The 1920s. Printable versionBack to index "Freak Show" begins in February or March of 1928.
That means all the things you think of when you think of the 1920s were in full force, but were only about a year and a half from crashing to a halt when the Great Depression hit in 1929. But I doubt this yarn will span a year and a half. (I have an ongoing yarn that started at the end of 1995, and, even with a few skips of days, weeks, and months, less than 2 years game time have passed). Even if we were to get to 1929 and beyond, your character probably won't be thinking that far ahead, or expect anything bad to happen in the future. The Roaring Twenties. The Twenties: A Decade of Turmoil Twenties Introduction The “Roaring Twenties” was a decade in which nothing big happened—there were no major catastrophes or large events—at least until the stock market crash of 1929—yet it is one of the most significant decades in U.S. history because of the great changes that came about in American society. The Twenties were known by various images and names: the Jazz Age, the age of the Lost Generation, flaming youth, flappers, radio and movies, bathtub gin, the speakeasy, organized crime, confession magazines, Hemingway and Fitzgerald, Charles Lindbergh, Babe Ruth, Bobby Jones, the Great Crash, Sacco and Vanzetti, Al Smith, cosmetics, Freud, the “new” woman, the Harlem Renaissance, consumerism—all these images and more are part of the fabulous Twenties!
The 1920s provided something of a roller coaster ride for the American people. Demobilization from World War I proceeded more or less haphazardly. 1920s Timeline - History Timeline of the 1920s. Education 20th Century History Share this page on: Send to a Friend via Email Your suggestion is on its way!
An email with a link to: was emailed to: Thanks for sharing About.com with others! The 1920's - Roaring Twenties - The Nineteen Twenties in History. NJ/Red Bank. Kid's Parade, Broad St., Red Bank, NJ 1920s - Dorn's Classic Images. Count Basie. William James "Count" Basie (August 21, 1904 – April 26, 1984[1]) was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer.
His mother taught him to play the piano and he started performing in his teens. Dropping out of school, he learned to operate lights for vaudeville and to improvise accompaniment for silent films at a local movie theater in his home town of Red Bank, New Jersey. By 16, he increasingly played jazz piano at parties, resorts and other venues. In 1924, he went to Harlem, where his performing career expanded; he toured with groups to the major jazz cities of Chicago, St. Louis and Kansas City. Biography[edit] Early life and education[edit] William Basie was born to Harvey Lee and Lillian Basie in Red Bank, New Jersey.[2][3] His father worked as a coachman and caretaker for a wealthy judge.
Not much of a student in school, Basie dreamed of a traveling life, inspired by touring carnivals which came to town. Though a natural at the piano, Basie preferred drums. History of Ku Klux Klan in New Jersey. The Ku Klux Klan has had a history in the U.S. state of New Jersey since the early part of the 1920s.
The Klan was active in the areas of Trenton and Camden and had a presence in several of the state's northern counties in the 1920s. 1920 – 1929 World History. Clash of Cultures Homepage. 1918 flu pandemic. Prohibition: The Noble Experiment. So convinced were they that alcohol was the cause of virtually all crime that, on the eve of Prohibition, some towns actually sold their jails. 1 During the early 1800's, temperance societies offered two pledge options: moderation in drinking or total abstinence.
After those who pledged the preferred total abstinence began writing "T.A. " on their pledge cards, they became known as "teetotalers. " 2 Although the temperance movement claimed Dr. Benjamin Rush (1745/46-1813) as one of its primary inspirations, he actually promoted moderation rather than prohibition. Because the temperance movement taught that alcohol was a poison, it insisted that school books never mention the contradictory fact that alcohol was commonly prescribed by physicians for medicinal and health purposes. 7 Temperance Leader Lucius Manlius Sargent tried to get secondary schools, colleges and universities to eleminate all references to alcoholic beverages in ancient Greek and Latin texts. 7a.
Al Capone: Chicago's Most Infamous Mob Boss — Made In America. Al Capone's mugshot, with his fedora hat Quite a lot has been written and said about Al Capone in newspaper and magazine articles, books, and movies that is completely false. One of the most common fictions is that like many gangsters of that era, he was born in Italy. Absolutely not true. This amazing crime czar was strictly domestic -- taking the feudal Italian criminal society and fashioning it into a modern American criminal enterprise. Certainly many Italian immigrants, like immigrants of all nationalities, frequently came to the New World with very few assets. Gabriele Capone (not Caponi as often claimed) was one of 43,000 Italians who arrived in the U.S. in 1894. Modern Sexuality. Christina Simmons Excerpts: pages 17-20 For twentieth-century Americans the first sexual revolution popularized the image of the flapper, an ideal of youth, beauty, and freedom of action for women, but also one of sexual vitality.
"The emancipated flapper is just plain female under her paint and outside her cocktails," explains a flapper's father in Gertrude Atherton's best-selling novel of 1923, Black Oxen. "More so for she's more stimulated. Where girls used to be merely romantic, she's romantic. . .plus sex instinct rampant. " WOMENS MAGAZINES OF THE 1920`s 1930`s, 1940`s, role of women, women in society. OF THE 1920's, 1930's, and the 1940's another "content over style" web page from Steve Johnson Cyberheritage or "how to " with cherries and custard! Or all about constipation and hot flushes! E-mail Steve. Best Books of the Decade: 1920's (207 books) F. Scott Fitzgerald Biography. Category:1920s books. 1920's. 100 Greatest Popular Songs of the 1920s. Free 20s Jazz Collection : Gathacol Radio. 1920s Culture - Music, Movies, Literature. The Free Online Encyclopedia of Washington State History.
HistoryLink.org Essay 5534 : Printer-Friendly Format Dance Marathons (also called Walkathons), an American phenomenon of the 1920s and 1930s, were human endurance contests in which couples danced almost non-stop for hundreds of hours (as long as a month or two), competing for prize money. Dance marathons originated as part of an early-1920s, giddy, jazz-age fad for human endurance competitions such as flagpole sitting and six-day bicycle races. Lillian la France. Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald. Beautiful and Damned: Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald by Flapperjane Copyright 2004 by Sarah Baker. All rights reserved. Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald, circa 1918. Lois Long - Vassar College Encyclopedia - Vassar College. You are here: Home / Distinguished Alumnae/i / Lois Long.