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The 1920s Changed Our Daily Lives - and Not How You Might Think

Updated on Jan 07, 2021. Originally added on Apr 20, 2020 by Kathy Pinna

Women finally had the vote, more people began living in cities rather than on farms, alcohol was illegal (leading to lots of illegal drinking and sin taxes), the beginning of jazz, hems got short and women showed some skin . . . many thought it was the beginning of immorality.

This was the roaring 1920’s - the decade that influenced all decades that followed.

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Daily Life Photos of the 1920s

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The quintessential flapper with a spit curl - 1924

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Showing some leg - scandalous!

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Love Mom's hat and purse in 1924

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Photo of Bill Kecel Bill Kecel
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Who needs bathing suits?

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Don't try to limit me!

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Yep - gotta love those knickers

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Mama became stylish

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Allyson Garcia
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shared on 06/18/2014
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Baby wore short pants

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Sweet Mom and Son in 1923

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Mom and daughter were stylin’

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Pets weren’t only for the farm

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Hunting bear was still a pastime for some.

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Regina Storey
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shared on 12/27/2015

Little boys still played “Indian”

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Cars stood in for studio backdrops for families

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Men's toys became cars

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Sheri Johnson
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shared on 06/15/2014

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