The Roaring Twenties

The glory of the 1920s with some 1910s thrown in for good measure Curated by vanessa jane If you think this is the cat's pyjamas, you might also like: The Dirty Thirties The Fabulous Forties The Nifty Fifties The Swinging Sixties Super Seventies Eighties Redux Comically Vintage and Wicked Knickers (NSFW) Follow on: Twitter Facebook

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Hoop girl.

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Girl on a motorcycle

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A handful....April 25, 1924

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Louise Brooks

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Joan Crawford, March 1927

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Greta Garbo photographed by Clarence Sinclair Bull for 'The Kiss', 1929.

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Sears, Roebucks and Co. children's wear catalogue, 1923

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The Isolator - a helmet designed to help you focus by rendering you deaf with limited vision, whilst piping you full of oxygen, 1925.

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Josephine Dunn, 1927

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Harold Lloyd and Mildred Davis - detail from a lobby card for 'From Hand To Mouth', 1919.

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An official measuring bathing suits to make sure they are no higher than 6 inches above the knee, 1920s.

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Colleen Moore

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A woman wears a swimming mask designed for sun protection, 1920s.

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Alyce Mills autographed photo to Max Factor, 1920s.

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A couple goes ziplining, 1923.

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Dorothy Sebastan

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The LA Public Library Bookmobile programme for the sick, 1928.