Websites
PORTALS AND MEGASITES/PRIMARY SOURCES
**Eyewitness History
Best of History Websites
**Digital History
**Authentic History
**History Matters
**National Archives Collections of primary source material and government records
**American Memory Collections of primary source materials from the Library of Congress
Editorial Cartoons: 1900-1940
General:
Roaring Twenties: A plethora (look it up!) of links to all aspects of the 20's
1920's slang: The Bee's knees and 23-Skidoo!
Jazz-Age Slang: Even more!
Jazz-Age Culture: An extensive collection of links on flappers, gangsters, automobiles, prohibition and more.
The Twenties: A great video (click on the vod transcript on the left) and other links. From Annenberg.
**1920's: From the Authentic History Center. Information on various aspects of the 20's
Digital History: The Jazz Age Background to the 1920s
**The Way We Worked: Stunning photos from the National Archives. You'll need to hunt a bit to find photos specifically from the 20's, but if you click on one, it will give you the specifics.
**Photos from the Chicago Daily News: 1910-1930 Text gives recommendations for specific searches.
The Twenties Roar: PBS background information with images.
The Lawless Decade: Some great information, year by year, but you might want to turn your speakers off on this one. Plays rather annoying music!
Big Apple History: You won't find much in the first two links on the left, but the last four have great information, with a clickable timeline
1920's: The Decade That Changed London: OK, so it's the UK. A pretty cool exhibit, though.
**America in the 20's: Eyewitness history. Photographs on different topics. Use arrows or links at the top to navigate.
**Video: Streaming video of different historical events from the 20's
Prohibition
Prohibition: The Noble Experiment Good background info
**Anti-Saloon League: Primary sources
**Clash of Cultures: Prohibition. Primary source material
**Volstead Act: Background on prohibition with link to primary documents
**Prohibition: PBS site of general information, with images.
**Temperance and Prohibition: OSU site with good general info, great prohibition cartoons, etc.
**Alchol, Temperance and Prohibition: Archive of pamphlets, sheet music and government publications from Brown University. Click on 'Browse,' then 'Browse by Thumbnails' to get images of everything in the collection.
LINDBERGH
**Lindbergh Radio Broadcast: listen to Lindbergh's comments after his historic flight
**Lucky Lindy: Background info from PBS, with images
**Lindbergh: PBS site with general info and links to primary sources.
FLAPPERS
**Flapper Station: Links to all aspects of being a flapper!
Flapper Style: The 20's had a fashion sense all its own!
**The Jazz Age: Flapper Jane. An article printed in the Atlantic Monthly in 1925
The Jazz Age: Flapper Culture
",**Votes for Women: 1850-1920": Photographic archive from Library of Congress. This page is a guide for how to search the archive
**New Woman: great collection of primary sources showing flapper controversy
MEDIA:
**1920s radio ads: Listen to actual radio ads
**Radio ads-Beauty and Hygiene More radio ads--choose the ones for the 20's
In This Year: Internet Movie Database
Time Magazine: Search the various covers by year
Silent Movies: Great website with downloads of some important silent movies, and information on the stars, directors and more.
Capitalism and the Automobile
**Prosperity and Thrift The Coolidge Era. Advertising, pamphlets, videos and more from the library of Congress.
Slouching Towards Utopia: Economics and the Roaring 20s
**Classic car ads: VERY cool! Scroll down a bit to the 1920's timeline. You'll find a list of original advertisements. How were the cars described? What were the ads selling, besides the cars? (i.e. what kind of lifestyle?) How does this fit in with the values of the 20's?
**Classic cars from the 1920's: No info, just photos from the classic car museum
Henry Ford: Brief biography from PBS
Henry Ford and the American Vacation
Early Adventures with the Automobile
Harlem Renaissance
**Harlem 1900-1940: Primary source material
**Drop Me Off In Harlem: Music, text and images of the Harlem Renaissance. From the Kennedy Center.
Langston Hughes,
Jazz and the Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance: Excellent site with useful links.
**Web Guides: Harlem Renaissance: LOADS of links from the Library of Congress
Music
**Roaring 20's Concert Extravaganza: Links to several audio recordings
Duke Ellington: Fantastic interactive tutorial covering Ellington's career
**Top Hits from the 20's: Click on "track list" Highlighted songs can be previewed
The Devil's Music: PBS site on 1920's jazz
**Speakeasies,Flappers and Red Hot Jazz: Music of the Prohibition. Links to audio and video
**Flapper Music: more audio links
All That Jazz: Background info with focus on Louis Armstrong, from PBS
Law and Gangsters
Gangster Era: Background to key gangsters, from the FBI
Al Capone: From the Crime Library
St. Valentine's Day Massacre: Crime Library
Public Enemy #1: PBS site about John Dillinger
Bonnie and Clyde: Crime Library site
John Dillinger
Bugsy Siegel
Famous Trials: Links to excellent information on the Scopes trial, Sacco-Vanzetti trial and others. (Look about the third row down)
**Sacco-Vanzetti: Archive of documents from the trial
Scopes Monkey Trial: Background info
KKK
**Ku Klux Klan: A collection of 1920's documents from Michigan State
**Clash of Cultures: Images and documents relating to immigration and the KKK
Digital History: KKK
KKK--Good general background, along with some specifics relevant to the Dakotas.
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