American History: APUSH 1920s

BECOMING MODERN presents an expansive collection of primary sources designed to enhance classroom study of the 1920s—a brief but defining period in American history, perhaps the first that seems immediately recognizable to us in the 21st century.

The Ad*Access Project, funded by the Duke Endowment "Library 2000" Fund, presents images and information for over 7,000 advertisements printed in U.S. and Canadian newspapers and magazines between 1911 and 1955.

Explore the DPLA collection by decade for primary source materials.

A wide array of Library of Congress source materials from the 1920s that document the widespread prosperity of the Coolidge years, the nation's transition to a mass consumer economy, and the role of government in this transition.

Supporting features such as complaints, documents, official responses, articles from the New York Times, newsreels, laws and Noise Abatement Commission (NYC) responses provide context to the historic view of the soundscape.

From the World Wide Web-Virtual Library. Documents, pictures, paintings, speeches and other primary sources from the decade.

Audio Recordings from 1920 - 1929.

Areas include: Culture, Music, Arts, KKK, Gangsters, Religion, Court Cases, People and much more.

From the LOC.

From Chicago Magazine.