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  • Captain Billy's Whiz-Bang, January 1922
    History Captain Billy's Whiz Bang gave a pastor's Egypt trip the pulp treatment in 1922 Ellsworth Toohey
  • Houdini Mackenberg seance busts
    psychics The ghost-busting duo: Harry Houdini and Rose Mackenberg's crusade against fake psychics and spiritualists Carolyn Townsend
  • Correct Postures for Housework (1920s)
    Vintage Weird 1920s guide on the correct postures for housework Popkin
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    Coffee Caffe Reggio brought the Cappucino to the USA Popkin
  • History Enjoy this first-ever filming of Appalachian musicians Mark Frauenfelder
  • History Peek at the party inside a real Prohibition Era speakeasy in this 1920s film clip (video) David Pescovitz
  • cartoons This 1923 cartoon predicted the 2023 advent of generative AI Mark Frauenfelder
  • science fiction Metropolis (1927) enters the public domain on January 1, 2023 Mark Frauenfelder
  • art The Voice of the Nightingale (1923) Popkin
  • france Time travel back to 1920s Paris, in color Popkin
  • Japan Watch: 1926 surreal film from Japan called "A Page of Madness" Mark Frauenfelder
  • 1920s Cover from 1922 zine called The Flapper Mark Frauenfelder
  • movies Did Hollywood give the 1920s a boob job? "Gatsby" costume designer tells all Mark Frauenfelder
  • Entertainment Disney World's "Carousel of Progress" now to include progress Ruben Bolling
  • Logos generated by the Sinclair-o-Matic
    websites Make your own futuristic computer logo with the Sinclair-o-Matic Rob Beschizza
  • Judge magazine 1925
    politics How 1925 press dismissed the Klan at peak power Ellsworth Toohey
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    History 1920s library sticker told kids to wash their hands before touching Popkin
  • Minneapolis, Minnesota (Sean Pavone/shutterstock.com)
    guns in a lake Guns discovered in Minneapolis lake reveal unusual move by police in 1927 Jason Weisberger
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    politics Pittsburgh Post-Gazette bought by nonprofit Rob Beschizza
  • From “Thirty-six Views of Evil Gods” by Goki Yamada,
    art Artist paints Lovecraft's Great Old Ones into all 46 of Hokusai's woodblock prints Ellsworth Toohey

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