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1920: A Year in the Collections

With World War I in the rear-view mirror, a period of great economic growth was underway, along with the dawn of the Roaring Twenties and the Jazz Age—eras of great social change. Prohibition began as the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution went into effect on January 17. The 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote was ratified on August 18. On November 2, KDKA in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, became the first radio station to offer regular broadcasts. Enhance your exploration of related collection items by listening to a Roaring Twenties playlist from Smithsonian Folkways.


Verdun Medal #B (obverse)

Pen used to sign the ratification of the 19th Amendment, 1920

The Procession

Football Helmet

Georgia O'Keeffe

Clock used by the Citizen's Savings and Trust Company

Train in Motion

Alice Paul with Suffrage Banner, 1920

Baron Adolph De Meyer Self-Portrait

Mary Pickford

Harry Houdini

Steel Mill

Eletrical Tattooing

Point Lobos

Women of Rhode Island

Dr. Hand's Pleasant Physic

Two women in baseball uniforms

Norma Shearer

Dalton Extra Special Adding Machine

Untitled

Molino, corn grinder

K. & M. Effervescent Bromo Caffeine

Verville-Sperry M-1 Messenger

Abbott Handerson Thayer Self-Portrait

Drake Aspirin

James Weldon Johnson

Untitled (Cast Iron Eagle from White Eagle Oil Company)

Roosevelt's Haunts, Early Autumn

19th Amendment Pen

oscillating desk fan

HOSTESS Sandwich Toaster

“Tell Me Little Gypsy”

Fog on Tamalpais

Two Men

Samuel Gompers


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