The roaring ’20s weren’t all flapper girls at speakeasies. The latter half of the decade was still very much a simple time, with families spending quality time together, bootleggers trying to hide alcohol, and students packed into classrooms like sardines. These pictures depict the late 1920s, transporting us back in time.
1. Passengers Watching an In-Flight Film on an Imperial Airways Flight (1925)
2. Car Accident With a Postal Truck and a Tree in Boston (1927)
3. Sibling Love (1926)
4. Little Girl With Her Doll (1925)
5. Hanging Out at Venice Beach (1927)
6. Kids on Bourbon Street in New Orleans (1925)
7. Sun Rays at Grand Central Station (1929)
8. Michelin Mascot Standing Next to an Advertising Vehicle in Santa Clara (1926)
9. Lumber Truck Smuggling Alcohol (1926)
10. War Veteran Selling Matches on the Street in Canterbury, Kent (1928)
11. Christmas Eve in Warsaw (1926)
12. Totally Not a Bootlegger (1929)
13. Second Grade Classroom (1927)
14. Taking Ducklings for a Swim in Washington, D.C. (1927)
15. Woman With Her Baby in a Wooden Pram in the Netherlands (1929)
16. Drexel Institute Girls’ Rifle Team (1925)
17. Boys Playing in a Wagon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (1925)
18. Celebrating on New Year’s Eve (1929)
19. Native American Girl Holding a Baby at a Train Station (1929)
20. Macedonian Farmers in Traditional Dress (1926)
21. Couple’s Engagement Photo in Kokomo, Indiana (1927)
22. Making a GIANT Pot of Soup (1925)
23. Native American Family in Their Tipi in Montana (1927)
24. Old School Air Travel (1928)
25. Solarium for Sunbathing (1929)
26. Chicago Wedding Party (1927)
27. Mother and Daughter in Their Kitchen in Manitoba (1929)
28. The LA Public Library Bookmobile Program for the Sick (1928)
29. Cambridge Students Out for a Stroll (1926)
30. Tower Bridge in London on a Foggy Morning (1928)
31. Backyard Hangouts (1926)
32. Mobile Library at the Rockville Fair in Maryland (1928)
33. Toddler Playing Outside (1928)
34. Woman at the Entrance to One of Bordighera’s Gardens in Italy (1928)
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