The jazz age

St. Louis Cotton Club Band. Photograph by Block Brothers Studio, ca. 1925. Missouri History Museum Photographs and Prints Collections. Block Brothers Studio Collection. N27534.

As a way to look back on the Dirty Thirties and the dark era in history that it was, we’ve put together a list of the best modern TV shows set in the 1930s!

Erte's cover for the November 1933 issue of Harper's BAZAAR | The celebration of Harper's Bazaar's 150th anniversary continues with a look at the literary renaissance of the Roaring '20s as it appeared in the magazine's pages.

Good old times

We're gonna party like it's 1929 at Savory September: Gin & Jazz on September 28 at Piedmont Arts. Shine your spats an...

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Opened as the Piccadilly Theatre on September 27, 1924, the architects were Newton L. Schloss and Joseph Orlando (associate architects). It was bu...

THE SCARLET LADY; original poster

During its brief and rocky tenure from 1918 to 1924, pianist Gertrude Harvey Wright was one of four women in Seattle’s first black musicians’ union, the American Federation of Musicians’ Local 458. Wright, Virginia Hughes, a “Mrs. Austin,” and (Edythe) “Turnham,” all worked with their male counterparts at union headquarters and on the bandstand. After the demise of short-lived Local 458, they next joined and helped run Seattle’s follow-up segregated union, Local 493. This institution…

The 1920s was a decade of rapid change, and societal values – particularly among urban elites – quickly shifted from women being expected to be wives who are subordinate to their husbands to women valuing independence and breaking the rules. In other words, many young women became flappers. 36. Flappers…

Swing into style with Jazz Age glam! Our blog jazzes up your wardrobe with roaring '20s flair, blending vintage chic with modern twists.