Decade - 1920s

They played tag, jacks, jumped rope, football, baseball, marbles, shinny ( a form of hockey), charades, blind man's buff, annie-over, capture the flag, chess and checkers. They swam, ran races, ice skated, wrestled, rode horses, hunted and fished.

In the 1920s the most popular way to purchase expensive goods was through installment plans. Allowing people to purchase things through installment plans helped to fuel consumerism.

The Radio, A/C, Lightbulb, Neon Light, Airplane, Photography, Telegraph, Movie Picture, Automobile, Submarine, Tank, and Train already existed. The First Robot, & Lie Detector, both built in 1921. First 3D movie in 1922, Self Winding Watch, Traffic Signal, & Cathode Ray Tube invented in 1923. Loudspeaker 1924, Mechanical Television 1925. Liquid Fueled Rocket 1926. Technicolor, and Electronic TV invented in 1927. Car Radio invented in 1929.

The mass media o the 1920's was when radio ,tv and magazines and moving pictures,were being invented.It created many changes during the 1920s.

According to my grade 10 history text book, a hair dryer cost about $11.50 in 1920

There were several inventions and conveniences that made life easier in the 1920's. A couple were electricity and indoor plumbing. Some more was the mass produced Model-T automobile, and roads and highways.

the Installment Plan

vacuum cleaners, talkies(movies with audio sounds) safe shaving items, jazz, lots of things were invented in the Roaring Twenties.

because screw you. that's why

General Motors

A tv costed $600

dollars in the 1940

household products

Do you only get the benifit of a 1920 x 1080 resolution in hd format

The first working television wasn't actually made until 1926 so there was no price for a television in 1925 - they simply didn't exist.

When they went on sale for the first time in 1929, they were stunningly expensive at the equivalent of around $12000 today.

--T.S. Eliot (poet)

--F. Scott Fitzgerald ("The Great Gatsby")

--D.H.Lawrence ("Lady Chatterley's Lover")

--Robert Frost (poet)

--Agatha Christie ("Murder on the Orient Express")

--Edith Wharton ("The Age of Innocence")

--Eugene O'Neill (playwright--wrote "A Long Day's Journey Into Night")

--Hart Crane (poet)

--Ezra Pound (poet)

--Edna St. Vincent Millay (poet)

--H.G. Wells ("The War of the Worlds")

--Ernest Hemingway ("The Old Man and the Sea")

--Gertrude Stein ("The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas")

--Sinclair Lewis ("Main Street")

--H.L. Mencken ("The American Language")

and literary critical reviews of Mark Twain's work took center stage during the 1920's

I'm unsure as to the exact number of books published by these authors in the 1920's, but investigating through search engines would no doubt provide assistance.

Langston Hughes was a prominent American author who was part of the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s. His poetry and writing celebrated African American culture and advocated for social justice.

Some writers of the 1920s, including Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald, called themselves the Lost Generation because they felt disillusioned by the societal changes and devastation of World War I. They believed their generation had lost its traditional values, sense of direction, and faith in the established institutions.

One example of a revivalist preacher known for bringing showmanship to his readings is Aimee Semple McPherson. She was known for incorporating theatrical elements into her sermons, such as dramatic storytelling and elaborate props, to engage and captivate her audience. This approach helped her attract large crowds and establish a significant following during the early 20th century.

My family&friends, not to mention I, were very popular in the 1920's.

Yes they did but they were not allowed to go into contests.

Hello to all who may read this. The first black basketball player to sign an NBA contract was a man by the name of Harold " Wild Man" Hunter. He never got the opportunity to play on account of being cut from the team because of racial issues. The first black to actually play professional basketball was Bob " Robert Earl" Love.

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Some of the more famous boxers from Philly that fought in the 1920s include Strawberry Blitman, Lew Tendler, Tommy loughran, and Big George Godfrey. Click on the 'Philadelphia Boxing' link underneath the answer to go to a website about the history of boxing in Philadelphia.

During the 1920s, the nationwide count of facilities able to hold more than 70,000 spectators increased from one to seven. More importantly, fans who were unable to attend the games could follow their heroes' exploits through new technologies like radio and cinema newsreels.Through widely-watched events such as the Super Bowl-professional football's annual "world championship" game-and college football's various Bowl games on New Year's Day, football provides a stage for Americans to celebrate local, regional, national, ethnic, collegiate, and other identities, as well as a stage for American corporations and universities to promote themselves and their products.

Sports of the 20's had a long lasting social impact on America. Most notably, the success of athletes in the 20's inspired schools of all sizes to create their own teams. What would school have been like with no football or basketball season? Newspapers, magazines, and radio boosted the profile of athletes to almost cult like followings. In baseball, you had Babe Ruth breaking the HR record in '27. In football, Red Grange earned the moniker "The Galloping Ghost" and played in the newly formed NFL. The momentum created by athletes of the 20's helped to build the popularity enjoyed today. Sports have always been a human method of diversion from political and social issues that create stress. From the days of gladiators to modern day obsession with sports. Games are history's greatest distraction.