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On the date

Sunday, February 22, 1920

From the day

Perspective: The Teenager · Sight

I caught my reflection in the shop window, adjusting my cloche hat over my fresh bob until the beaded silk of my straight-waist dress shimmered under the hazy streetlamps. My brother is obsessed with that news headline about Anglo-Celtic unity, but I’d rather stare at the T-strap heels in the window or the way my new cheaters make me look like a real swell. The melody of John Schonberger’s "Whispering" drifts out from a passing motorcar, and I can't help but hum along to that dreamy tune while I fiddle with a loose Band-Aid on my finger. This new jazz age is truly the bee’s knees.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Whispering

John Schonberger

The must-have

Raggedy Andy

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

applesaucebaloneycheaterscrush

Flapper

bee's kneescat's pajamasgiggle watershebahotsy-totsy

Gangster

big cheesebump offstool pigeongatfall guy

Catchphrases of 1920

  • Return to normalcy

Tech Check

Commercial Radio Stations (KDKA), Hair Dryer & Band-Aid.

Style of 1920

Silhouette: Straight and drop-waisted (Flapper)

Material: Beaded silk and rayon

  • Bobbed hair
  • Cloche hats
  • T-strap heels

Cost of Living (1920)

Loaf of Bread

$0.11

Gallon of Gas

$0.30

Average Home

$6,296

New Car

$575

Meanwhile

  • Post-WWI RecessionSevere deflation and collapse of agricultural prices.

Time Elapsed

38,820 days ago

(106 years, 130 days)