yesterwire.comBack to search

On the date

Sunday, November 22, 1925

From the day

Memories from that day

No memories yet. Add yours if you remember this day.

The Headlines

MINNEAPOLIS GETS A $200,000 TITIAN; Painting Entitled "The Temptation of Christ" One of Great Master's Finest. TO BE IN INSTITUTE OF ARTS Acquired Through Reinhardt Galleries Where It Will Be Shown Until Dec. 5.

Read in The New York Times →

Best-selling Sheet Music

Yes Sir, That's My Baby

Walter Donaldson

The must-have

Radio Flyer Wagon

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

applesaucebaloneycheaterscrush

Flapper

bee's kneescat's pajamasgiggle watershebahotsy-totsy

Gangster

big cheesebump offstool pigeongatfall guy

Catchphrases of 1925

  • The business of America is business

Tech Check

Mechanical Television, The Leica I & Masking Tape.

Cost of Living (1920)

Loaf of Bread

$0.11

Gallon of Gas

$0.30

Average Home

$6,296

New Car

$575

Time Elapsed

36,720 days ago

(100 years, 220 days)