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5 days ago · Hexagonal Tile. Think beyond squares and rectangles! Hexagonal tiles were another popular choice in 1920s interior design, often seen in bathrooms and sunrooms. Whether in stark black and white or in a more muted palette, these tiles add a touch of whimsy and geometric flair to your floors.
3 days ago · The late 1920s were a time of great optimism in the United States, and few in public life expressed this optimism more clearly than Herbert Hoover. Even before becoming president in 1928, Hoover was one of the most respected men in the country, if not the world.
2 days ago · In fact, many viewed Warren G. Harding’s landslide victory in 1920 (see U.S. presidential election of 1920) as a repudiation of Woodrow Wilson’s internationalism and of the reforms of the Progressive era.
1 day ago · The Roaring Twenties, sometimes stylized as Roaring '20s, refers to the 1920s decade in music and fashion, as it happened in Western society and Western culture.
4 days ago · First, the Roaring Twenties was roaring indeed. From 1920 to 1929, New York built over 740,000 housing units (when New York’s population was one-third less than today!). On the other hand, from 2000 to 2009—during the great housing “boom” of the early 2000s—New York built less than 200,000 units. (Data sources can be found here.)
2 days ago · The Great Depression ruined a large part of the decorative glass industry, which depended upon wealthy clients. Some artists turned to designing stained glass windows for churches. In 1937, the Steuben glass company began the practice of commissioning famous artists to produce glassware. [146]
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5 days ago · The exhibition Power & Light: Russell Lee’s Coal Survey debuted at the National Archives in Washington, DC, on March 16, but the entire archival series is substantially larger than the 200 images on display. Archivists recently completed a months-long project to make the entire catalog digitally available to the public. Women pick foreign ...
