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Band-Aid
First invented by Earle Dickson, in 1920 a Johnson and Johnson employee from Highland Park, New Jersey for his wife Josephine who burnt herself. -
Bill Tiden
He was the first American tennis player to compete at Wimbledon—and the first American winner. During the 1920s, he was undefeated for seven years. His book The Art of Tennis is still regarded as a classic in the game. "In the 1920s and 1930s," wrote Kim Shanley on tennisone.com, "Bill Tilden was to tennis what Babe Ruth was to baseball." -
Gloria Swanson
She was a great actress . By the middle 1920s, she was the highest-paid actress in Hollywood. It has been said that Gloria made and spent over $8 million in the '20s alone. That, along with the seven marriages she had, kept the fans spellbound with her escapades for over 60 years. They just couldn't get enough of her. -
Maxfield Parrish
His lush coloristic effects with extraordinary detail and academic perfection were first broadly recognized by the American public in the 1920’s and they rewarded him with an unrivaled national popularity. In 1925, one out of every four households in the United States had a copy of one of his art prints hanging on their walls. In a survey taken at that time by a group of art print publishers, findings showed that the three favorite artists were Cezanne, van Gogh, and Parrish. -
1920 Fashion
The 1920's Fashion trends were the shorter, low-waisted dresses and revealing styles worn by the Flappers, the 'bobbed' hairstyles, cloche hats, the casual, haphazard fashion of a mixture of brightly colored clothes, scarves and stockings . Men wore well-tailored pinstripe suits, tuxedos, silk shirts and handkerchiefs, raccoon fur coats, fedora hats, suspenders, bow ties, black patent leather shoes and spats. -
Charlie Chaplin
Chaplin was known for his innovative film-making techniques, although he kept tight-lipped about how he achieved them. He said that revealing his methods would be akin to a magician spoiling his own illusion. -
F.Scott Fitzgerald
He was born in St.Paul,Minnesota in 1896 attended Princeton University and published his first novel, The side of Paradise in 1920. Fitzgerald was a major new literary voice, and his masterpiece included The Beautiful Damned, The Great Gatsby and The Tender Is The Night -
Babe Ruth
Babe Ruth is most recognized for his many record breaking accomplishments and for being a role model for any sport fanatic in the 1920s. He was known as the greatest player of the century. In 1920, Ruth helped the Yankees became the first team in baseball history to draw more than one million fans in one year -
Ernest Hemingway
Hemingway is among the most prominent of the "Lost Generation" of expatriate writers who lived in Paris in the 1920s. He was awarded both the Pulitzer Prize and the Nobel Prize in literature and several of his books were made into movies. After a long struggle with depression, Hemingway took his own life in 1961. -
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong was a trumpeter, bandleader, singer, soloist, film star and comedian. Considered one of the most influential artists in jazz history, he is known for songs like "Star Dust," "La Vie En Rose" and "What a Wonderful World."Louis Armstrong, nicknamed "Satchmo," "Pops" and, later, "Ambassador Satch,"An all-star virtuoso, he came to prominence in the 1920s, influencing countless musicians with both his daring trumpet style and unique vocals.
