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Instant nostalgia perhaps? But that time between the end of World War I and the stock market crash of 1929 left an indelible memory loop in books, movies ("Some Like It Hot," "Thoroughly Modern ...
In December 1905, England played New Zealand in the first-ever rugby test match between the two nations. The All Blacks, ...
Life in the 1920s looked vastly different than our world today. From fashion and music to sports and travel, here's how times ...
The Great Depression was the worst economic downturn in modern history, fundamentally reshaping the global economy. What began as the Roaring Twenties,a time of prosperity, jazz music, and wealth, ...
The Greatest Books has put together a ranking of the best classic novels of all time, with books across various genres making ...
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My June column highlighted French cultural and artistic influences in Iowa's courthouses. The latest counties under ...
Philly had killed it as host of the nation’s 100th birthday; the 1926 event went very differently, for a variety of reasons.
On the morning of July 17, 1929, American film industry titan William Fox and his treasurer Jacob Rubenstein were on their ...
Patricia Lockwood’s new novel reflects on the Covid-19 pandemic and the effect it had on her writing. "Someone from my lovely ...
A photographic history of train travel over the decades, from vintage railroad cars to the groundbreaking trains and ...