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MOVIES

187690577 — 2024-02-09 21:20:10 UTC

People of all ages attended the movies with far more regularity than today, often going more than once per week. By the end of the decade, weekly movie attendance swelled to 90 million people. The silent movies of the early 1920s gave rise to the first generation of movie stars.

RADIOS

187690577 — 2024-02-09 21:22:48 UTC

The first radios were sold in the United States for home use in 1920. By mid-decade, a decent radio could be purchased for about $35, with higher quality models being sold for up to $350. By the end of the decade, more than five million of the battery-powered radios were sold.

JAZZ

187690577 — 2024-02-09 21:26:23 UTC

Jazz became very popular in the 1920s. It was played widely in speakeasies throughout the United States. it was also the first African American form of music to become widely popular with white Americans.

AVIATION

187690577 — 2024-02-12 21:14:01 UTC

In the 1920s, the design of the airplane was changing. Airplanes were growing larger and faster. This is because the use of airplanes was becoming more commercialized. Mail was being carried by plane. Aviators were also interested in making faster airplanes since people began to grow interested in racing airplanes.

FADS

187690577 — 2024-02-12 21:15:34 UTC

The flagpole sitting fad began in 1924 when a friend dared actor Alvin “Shipwreck” Kelly to sit on a flagpole. Kelly took on the dare and commenced to sitting on a flagpole for 13 hours and 13 minutes. During the next five years, flagpole sitters set records of 12 days, 17 days, and 21 days.