When Prohibition went into effect in 1920, it was meant to end the nation’s drinking habits. Instead, it created a whole new ...
When we talk about jazz standards, we’re really talking about a shared songbook—a common language that musicians use to ...
Listed below are full-length feature films that meet one or more of these criteria: The story is about jazz or jazz musicians; The film features performances by famous (or fictional) jazz musicians; ...
Anyone who watches “Boardwalk Empire,” about Atlantic City during the 1920s, when corruption ruled the boardwalk and Prohibition was basically ignored there, is familiar with Brooklynite Vince ...
See photos from the 1920s in. From Kentucky Derby styles to patients at Waverly Hills Sanatorium and the opening of The Brown ...
The Jazz Age was the period in the 1920s in which jazz music and dance became popular. It also had its own distinct look. Dennis Nothdruft is curator of 1920s Jazz Age Fashion and Photographs, an ...
These incredible IndyStar archive photos give a glimpse into daily life in the Circle City in the roaring '20s.
You’ve probably never thought, Oh man, I really wish I could hear a cover of “Gangsta’s Paradise” performed as a vintage jazz tune. But that wish has come true anyway, and the result is pretty great.
But to me, no piece represented unique home decor in the era more than the "Aviation Chair." Designed by Robert Bonfils for the Gobelins tapestry company in France, the upholstered chair is everything ...
New Orelanians board a streetcar in front of what appears to be the old Strand Theatre, which operated at the corner of Baronne and Gravier Streets, in a frame-grab from a film reel believed to be ...