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1927: A Year in the Collections

May 20–21, 1927, Charles Lindbergh made his famous solo, non-stop transatlantic flight in the Spirit of St. Louis. Philo T. Farnsworth transmitted the first electronic TV image, physicist Heisenberg developed the Uncertainty Principle, and the Harlem Globetrotters took to the road for the first time. The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 was the largest river flood in American history. Anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were executed despite public outcry, Joseph Stalin consolidated power, and the US Food, Drug and Insecticide Administration was formed. There was no doubt that Clara Bow was the “It” Girl, and the film The Jazz Singer wowed with synchronized sound.


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Woman Washing Clothes

Photograph of airmail planes at Omaha, Nebraska

Hoboken

Seattle

Design for Saks Fifth Avenue Advertising Brochure

There'll Be a Hot Time in Old Town Tonight; Alexander's Ragtime Band

Minneapolis

Eastman and Son, The London Dyers and Cleaners

“Sonny Boy”

Eagle Dancers

"The Tramp and the Girl" Mutoscope Movie Poster

Toastrite Electric Toaster

Clock, Spirit of St. Louis, Lindbergh, 1927 Paris Flight

Photograph of Spiral Staircase in Robert Mallet-Stevens House, Paris

Skyscraper

Blue Box Thermos

1917-1927

Trasparente

The Lindbergh

Pendant Design

Vase

Alice Pike Barney, 1927

Calpet Gasoline Will Be Used Sunday, January 16, 1927 By the Hollywood Movie Flyers who will fly from McNab Field

Upholstered Armchair

Watt Steam Engine Indicator (Replica, 1927)

Radio Room

Janet Gaynor

Le Grand Raid de L'Oiseau Blanc 8/9 Mai, 1927

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Louise Hellstrom

Patty Stringing Beads

Sketch for a Safety Razor with Notes


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