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On the date

Thursday, February 26, 1920

From the day

Perspective: The Street Photographer · Sight

The flashbulb pops, illuminating a dame in a beaded silk shift who’s tucked a fresh **Band-Aid** over her heel blister just to keep dancing. Rain slicks the pavement, reflecting the glow of a storefront where a new electric **hair dryer** sits like a chrome sculpture, promises of a perfect bob for every girl in a cloche hat. I lean against a brick wall, catching the tinny hum of a **KDKA** broadcast drifting from an open window, while nearby, a suffragist hawks headlines about the Oklahoma vote. Watching those straight, drop-waisted silhouettes cut through the winter fog, I’ve got to admit—this modern world is simply the **bee’s knees**.

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The Headlines

URGES OKLAHOMA TO RATIFY SUFFRAGE; President Sends Message of Appeal to the Speaker of the House. AMENDMENT LIKELY TO WIN With Oklahoma in Line, Only Three More States Would Be Needed by Suffragists.

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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

38,816 days ago

(106 years, 126 days)