https://padlet.com/19monteggiak/ffdh5lswp3jt en-us 2018-02-14 16:44:20 UTC 2025-12-11 20:03:31 UTC hello@padlet.com 19monteggiak https://padlet.com/19monteggiak/ffdh5lswp3jt/wish/231588530 "The Phantom of the Opera" was a silent horror classic, and brought in two million dollars at the box office. It was also one of the first films to use Technicolor, and soon gained popularity. The movie became popular because it defined "terror" during the Jazz Age. ]]> 2018-02-14 16:51:19 UTC https://padlet.com/19monteggiak/ffdh5lswp3jt/wish/231588530 19monteggiak https://padlet.com/19monteggiak/ffdh5lswp3jt/wish/231591376 "Steamboat Willie" is an animated short film directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks in 1928. It was produced in black-and-white. It is considered to be the debut of Minnie Mouse and his girlfriend Minnie. It was the first fully synchronized sound cartoon.]]> 2018-02-14 16:56:03 UTC https://padlet.com/19monteggiak/ffdh5lswp3jt/wish/231591376 19monteggiak https://padlet.com/19monteggiak/ffdh5lswp3jt/wish/231597722 2018-02-14 17:06:55 UTC https://padlet.com/19monteggiak/ffdh5lswp3jt/wish/231597722 19monteggiak https://padlet.com/19monteggiak/ffdh5lswp3jt/wish/231598374 2018-02-14 17:07:57 UTC https://padlet.com/19monteggiak/ffdh5lswp3jt/wish/231598374 19monteggiak https://padlet.com/19monteggiak/ffdh5lswp3jt/wish/231600370 On June 14, 1922, President Harding addressed a crowd at a dedication of a memorial site for Francis Scott Key, the composer of the "Star Spangled Banner". This becomes the first time a president had his voice transmitted by radio. ]]> 2018-02-14 17:11:16 UTC https://padlet.com/19monteggiak/ffdh5lswp3jt/wish/231600370 19monteggiak https://padlet.com/19monteggiak/ffdh5lswp3jt/wish/231603371 The world's first commercial radio station, KDKA, began broadcasting in Pittsburg on November 2, 1920. They went on the air from a makeshift studio in a garage. They chose that date because it was election day, and the power of radio was proven when people could hear the results of the Harding-Cox presidential race before they read about it in the newspaper.]]> 2018-02-14 17:16:37 UTC https://padlet.com/19monteggiak/ffdh5lswp3jt/wish/231603371 19monteggiak https://padlet.com/19monteggiak/ffdh5lswp3jt/wish/232005024 2018-02-15 16:47:28 UTC https://padlet.com/19monteggiak/ffdh5lswp3jt/wish/232005024 19monteggiak https://padlet.com/19monteggiak/ffdh5lswp3jt/wish/232005922 Babe Ruth was an influential baseball star, who dominated the sport in the 1920's and early 1930's – setting new records and raising the popularity of the game. He was one of the first great stars to transcend sport and became a national icon for the ‘American Dream’ and the era of ‘The Roaring Twenties’. George (Babe Ruth became known as ‘the Babe’ when he was introduced to the older Baltimore players. They referred to him as “Jack’s newest babe”, and this nickname stuck with him throughout his career.]]> 2018-02-15 16:48:55 UTC https://padlet.com/19monteggiak/ffdh5lswp3jt/wish/232005922 19monteggiak https://padlet.com/19monteggiak/ffdh5lswp3jt/wish/232006011 The NFL was formed in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association (APFA) before renaming itself the National Football League for the 1922 season.  The league hired Jim Thorpe as its first president, and consisted of 14 teams. Only two of these teams, the Decatur Staleys (now the Chicago Bears) and the Chicago Cardinals (now the Arizona Cardinals), remain.]]> 2018-02-15 16:49:03 UTC https://padlet.com/19monteggiak/ffdh5lswp3jt/wish/232006011 19monteggiak https://padlet.com/19monteggiak/ffdh5lswp3jt/wish/232017505 2018-02-15 17:05:36 UTC https://padlet.com/19monteggiak/ffdh5lswp3jt/wish/232017505 19monteggiak https://padlet.com/19monteggiak/ffdh5lswp3jt/wish/232017874 The 1920's is the decade in which fashion entered the modern era. It was the decade in which women first abandoned the more restricting fashions of past years and began to wear more comfortable clothes (such as short skirts or trousers). Men also abandoned highly formal daily attire and even began to wear athletic clothing for the first time.]]> 2018-02-15 17:06:10 UTC https://padlet.com/19monteggiak/ffdh5lswp3jt/wish/232017874 19monteggiak https://padlet.com/19monteggiak/ffdh5lswp3jt/wish/232023811 Head wear was a vital part of the fashionable woman’s outfit. There several styles seen, some styled almost like bonnets, while others were very close fitting, called Felt Helmets. Many hats were adorned with silk roses, ribbons, buckles, pins, feathers and more. Some had a ribbon loop on the side, others were velvet with gold lace trim. ]]> 2018-02-15 17:14:48 UTC https://padlet.com/19monteggiak/ffdh5lswp3jt/wish/232023811 19monteggiak https://padlet.com/19monteggiak/ffdh5lswp3jt/wish/232026971 2018-02-15 17:19:23 UTC https://padlet.com/19monteggiak/ffdh5lswp3jt/wish/232026971 19monteggiak https://padlet.com/19monteggiak/ffdh5lswp3jt/wish/232028528 On September 3, 1928, Alexander Fleming began to sort through petri dishes containing colonies of Staphylococcus, bacteria that cause boils, sore throats and abscesses.Fleming published his findings in the British Journal of Experimental Pathology in June 1929, with only a passing reference to penicillin's potential therapeutic benefits. At this stage it looked as if its main application would be in isolating penicillin-insensitive bacteria from penicillin-sensitive bacteria in a mixed culture. ]]> 2018-02-15 17:21:49 UTC https://padlet.com/19monteggiak/ffdh5lswp3jt/wish/232028528 19monteggiak https://padlet.com/19monteggiak/ffdh5lswp3jt/wish/232028806 Police Officer William L. Potts of Detroit, Michigan, decided to do something about the problem caused by the ever increasing number of automobiles on the streets. Potts used red, amber, and green railroad lights and about thirty-seven dollars worth of wire and electrical controls to make the world’s first 4-way three color traffic light. The  traffic signal was a T-shaped pole unit that featured three positions: Stop, Go and an all-directional stop position. This “third position” halted traffic in all directions to allow pedestrians to cross streets more safely. ]]> 2018-02-15 17:22:14 UTC https://padlet.com/19monteggiak/ffdh5lswp3jt/wish/232028806 19monteggiak https://padlet.com/19monteggiak/ffdh5lswp3jt/wish/232174208 2018-02-15 22:02:09 UTC https://padlet.com/19monteggiak/ffdh5lswp3jt/wish/232174208 19monteggiak https://padlet.com/19monteggiak/ffdh5lswp3jt/wish/232174406 With the groundbreaking new music came a vibrant nightlife. While it was fashionable to frequent Harlem nightlife, entrepreneurs realized that some white people wanted to experience black culture without having to socialize with African Americans and created clubs to cater to them. The most successful of these was the Cotton Club. Some in the community believed it was a sign that black culture was moving towards greater acceptance.]]> 2018-02-15 22:03:03 UTC https://padlet.com/19monteggiak/ffdh5lswp3jt/wish/232174406 19monteggiak https://padlet.com/19monteggiak/ffdh5lswp3jt/wish/232174488 The music that percolated in and then boomed out of Harlem in the 1920s was jazz, often played at speakeasies offering illegal liquor. Jazz became a great draw for not only Harlem residents, but outside white audiences also. Louis Armstrong is one of the most appreciated jazz artists of the Harlem Renaissance, and of all times. People learned to appreciate both jazz, and African American music even more, because of this man.]]> 2018-02-15 22:03:25 UTC https://padlet.com/19monteggiak/ffdh5lswp3jt/wish/232174488 19monteggiak https://padlet.com/19monteggiak/ffdh5lswp3jt/wish/232178921 2018-02-15 22:22:00 UTC https://padlet.com/19monteggiak/ffdh5lswp3jt/wish/232178921 19monteggiak https://padlet.com/19monteggiak/ffdh5lswp3jt/wish/232179215 2018-02-15 22:23:04 UTC https://padlet.com/19monteggiak/ffdh5lswp3jt/wish/232179215 19monteggiak https://padlet.com/19monteggiak/ffdh5lswp3jt/wish/232179457 The Radiola 17 premiered in the fall of 1927 as RCA's first radio designed to operate on lighting circuit operation. Quite a heavy set in a long "coffin box", the case is made of solid mahogany except for the inlaid front panel and the rear cover. Simple to operate with only two controls (volume & tuning), these sets worked quite well with good sensitivity & selectivity. This became one of the most popular radios of the era.]]> 2018-02-15 22:23:59 UTC https://padlet.com/19monteggiak/ffdh5lswp3jt/wish/232179457 19monteggiak https://padlet.com/19monteggiak/ffdh5lswp3jt/wish/232193717 Pepsodent was a popular brand of toothpaste back in the mid-20th century. Pepsodent was owned by the company Unilever, and was advertised through commercials and ads to be able to fight tooth decay and whiten teeth. Its most popular slogan was the catchy phrase, “you’ll wonder where the yellow went, when you brush your teeth with Pepsodent”. Pepsodent was well-known for its minty flavor derived from sassafras.]]> 2018-02-15 23:44:03 UTC https://padlet.com/19monteggiak/ffdh5lswp3jt/wish/232193717 19monteggiak https://padlet.com/19monteggiak/ffdh5lswp3jt/wish/232198015 The Volstead Act was enacted to carry out the intent of the 18th Amendment, which established prohibition in the US. The Anti-Saloon League's Wayne Wheeler conceived and drafted the bill, which was named for Andrew Volstead, Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, who managed the legislation.While the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibited the production, sale, and transport of "intoxicating liquors", it did not define "intoxicating liquors" or provide penalties. It granted both the federal government and the states the power to enforce the ban by "appropriate legislation".]]> 2018-02-16 00:19:36 UTC https://padlet.com/19monteggiak/ffdh5lswp3jt/wish/232198015 19monteggiak https://padlet.com/19monteggiak/ffdh5lswp3jt/wish/232198744 America experienced the Jazz Age and the young who formed the basis of this period’s fame wanted alcohol. Al Capone was a United States gangster who terrorized Chicago during Prohibition until arrested for tax evasion. Capone was “Public Enemy Number 1”. Within 2 years, Capone was earning $60 million a year from alcohol sales alone. Other rackets earned him an extra $45 million a year. ]]> 2018-02-16 00:25:38 UTC https://padlet.com/19monteggiak/ffdh5lswp3jt/wish/232198744