Roaring 20s new york

Wanamaker's Department Store in NYC at Christmas time, 1930’s.

Cotton Club November 4, 1927 Duke Ellington’s big band opened at the famed Cotton Club in Harlem. It was the first appearance of the Duke’s new and larger group.

The city has undergone some major changes since the Roaring '20s. Then: Battery Park (1922) Now Then: Lower Manhattan No...

The premiere of The Jazz Singer at the Warners' Theatre, Broadway, New York City. October 6, 1927.

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Immortalized in movies and magazine covers, young women’s fashion of the 1920s was both a trend and social statement, a breaking-off from th...

Checker taxi cabs on 34th Street. I found Dad's diary and he wrote on August 16, 1938: “We swung across town and in a bit were on the Henry Hudson highway leading south. And believe it or not, first thing you know we were once again at the Hotel New Yorker. On the way down, we had a thrill as we passed by a huge ocean liner, all lit up, as it lay at the dock. It was the Normandie.”

New York circa 1920. Palais Royal, Broadway.

The Cotton Club in Harlem, new York — James Van Der Zee, was there in the early 60's. great venue.

The Cotton Club was a famous night club in New York City that operated during Prohibition. While the club featured many of the greatest African American entertainers of the era, such as Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Bessie Smith, Cab Calloway, The Nicholas Brothers, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Nat King Cole, Billie Holiday, and Ethel Waters, it generally denied admission to blacks. During its heyday, it served as a chic meeting spot in the heart of Harlem, featuring regular "Celebrity…