[March 8th, 1924] Franklin D. Roosevelt, prominent Democrat of New York state and former Assistant Secretary of the Navy, is caught unawares while painting chairs on his yacht in Biscayne Bay, where he is enjoying the winter, far from the whirl of Washington politics.1mo ⋅ michaelnoir ⋅ r/100yearsago
[February 11th, 1923] Women's football team at Stade Pershing, Paris.1yr ⋅ michaelnoir ⋅ r/100yearsago
[February 18th, 1923] Photo shows the arrival of Lord Carnarvon, noted British Egyptologist (left, wearing grey hat), with his daughter, (holding flowers), arriving at Luxor station. From here they proceeded to the tomb of Tutankhamun to examine the rich contents.1yr ⋅ michaelnoir ⋅ r/100yearsago
[December 28th, 1922] Miss Evelyn Law, an 18 year old Miss playing with the famous Follies, is soon to go to London, where she is to give a private performance of her terpsichorean artistry for H.R.H. King George and members of the Royal Family. Miss Law is able to kick two feet above her head.1yr ⋅ michaelnoir ⋅ r/100yearsago
[December 1, 1920] Five men pose together for a photograph on the roof of Marceau's Studio3yr ⋅ MonsieurA ⋅ r/100yearsago
[December 11, 1922] Motorcycle manufacturer William Henderson dies aged 40 after colliding with another vehicle whilst test driving a new model.1yr ⋅ B_C_S ⋅ r/100yearsago
[October 28, 1922] It Begins to Look As Though It's Only a Matter of Time1yr ⋅ Ggegfegds ⋅ r/100yearsago
[February 9th, 1923] A party of Bostonians visiting the gun captured by the British at Bunkers Hill in 1775 which stands in the parade ground of Quebec Citadel.1yr ⋅ michaelnoir ⋅ r/100yearsago
[May 21st, 1922] Anna (left) and Lilly Chow, of San Francisco's Chinatown, listen to the radio together.2yr ⋅ michaelnoir ⋅ r/100yearsago
[October 25th, 1922] The Inquiring Photographer asks Manhattan pedestrians if a husband should expect his wife to get up before him on a cold morning to cook his breakfast.1yr ⋅ Missy_Elliott_Smith ⋅ r/100yearsago
[November 16th, 1922] Benito Mussolini made his first speech as Prime Minister to the Italian Chamber of Deputies, flaunting his power and intimidating his political opponents by saying, I could have had a tremendous complete victory, but I did not want it. I have imposed on myself certain limitati1yr ⋅ Godly070 ⋅ r/100yearsago
[July 30th, 1922] A democratic youth organisation gathered outside the castle, Berlin, for a 'No More War' demonstration on the eighth anniversary of the outbreak of the Great War.1yr ⋅ michaelnoir ⋅ r/100yearsago
[April 15th, 1924] The Inquiring Reporter asks, Do you believe the Japanese should be prohibited from entering the United States?1wk ⋅ michaelnoir ⋅ r/100yearsago
[April 14th, 1923] A dance marathon in Baltimore was stopped by police after 53 hours. (Dancers at a 1923 dance marathon)1yr ⋅ michaelnoir ⋅ r/100yearsago
[June 10th, 1922] Frances Ethel Gumm is born in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, she'd go on to become Judy Garland and have an illustrious career as an actress and singer, her most iconic role being that of Dorothy Gale in The Wizard of Oz (1939)2yr ⋅ KawaiiPotato15 ⋅ r/100yearsago
[July 2nd, 1922] Texas: A Wedding Via Radio. At left, Miss Mable Brady, the bride. At the right, John H. Stone, the groom. They were married via Radio at different stations in Dallas, Texas. The minister who performed the ceremony was at a third station.1yr ⋅ michaelnoir ⋅ r/100yearsago
[December 10th, 1922] Vaudeville star Jeanette Hackett being cured of neuralgia by the 'zone therapy' of William S Thompson, known as 'Thompson the Egyptian', where she holds an aluminum comb and he exerts pressure on nerves in her back, New York.1yr ⋅ michaelnoir ⋅ r/100yearsago
[December 5th, 1922] Mothers and their babies Christmas shopping in London.1yr ⋅ michaelnoir ⋅ r/100yearsago
[May 23rd, 1923] In 1923, the Hollywood Association started a campaign to expel the Japanese from their community. Hollywood resident, Mrs. B. G. Miller, points to an anti-Japanese sign on her house. Signs like these are prominent throughout this community.1yr ⋅ michaelnoir ⋅ r/100yearsago
[June 18, 1922] Elmer McCollum announces the discovery of vitamin D and its role in promoting bone growth and preventing rickets.2yr ⋅ kthejoker ⋅ r/100yearsago
[June 1, 1922] Harvard president and major league asshole A. Lawrence Lowell proposes a quota on Jewish students at Harvard. It didn't take but 5 years later he got his way by adding an interview to the admissions process.2yr ⋅ kthejoker ⋅ r/100yearsago
[August 30th, 1922] The Inquiring Photographer asks Brooklyn pedestrians if they think it's a disgrace to be an old maid.1yr ⋅ Missy_Elliott_Smith ⋅ r/100yearsago
[October 11th, 1923] This is the first and only known photograph in existance of Adolph Hitler, the much talked of leader of the German National Socialist Party. The photo, an exclusive one, shows clearly the lines of a strong countenance and also a sturdy body.7mo ⋅ michaelnoir ⋅ r/100yearsago
[September 30, 1922] You Can't Do That to a Lion Very Long, Even Though He Has a Sore Foot1yr ⋅ Ggegfegds ⋅ r/100yearsago
[April 2, 1921] Albert Einstein arriving in New York where he spoke on relativity and support for Palestine.3yr ⋅ Scarlettail ⋅ r/100yearsago
[December 22nd, 1922] The Big Four leaders of Europe discussing reparations and allied debts after World War I. Premiers Poincare, France; Bonar Law, Great Britain; Benito Mussolini, Italy; and Theunis, Belgium (l. to r.).1yr ⋅ michaelnoir ⋅ r/100yearsago
[October 28th, 1922] With the march on Rome by thousands of fascist “black shirts” their leader, Benito Mussolini, forces the Italian government to resign. Two days later, Mussolini receives from King Victor Emmanuel III. the task of forming a government.1yr ⋅ michaelnoir ⋅ r/100yearsago
[May 22nd, 1922] Automobile girls hit trail for Far West. Helen and Jean Douglas, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton Douglas of Atlanta, Georgia, who have started on an automobile trip across the continent to Seattle, Washington.2yr ⋅ michaelnoir ⋅ r/100yearsago
[November 9th, 1923] Heinrich Himmler holding the war ensign of Germany during the Beer Hall Putsch6mo ⋅ lawrias ⋅ r/100yearsago
[January 10th, 1923] The Inquiring Photographer asks Times Square pedestrians what kind of life partner they'll choose when they get married.1yr ⋅ Missy_Elliott_Smith ⋅ r/100yearsago
[September 12, 1919] As an army political agent, Adolf Hitler was sent to report on an emerging far-right group, the German Workers' Party (later renamed the Nazi Party). Finding he agreed with their nationalist, anti-Semitic beliefs, he joins the obscure group as its seventh member.5yr ⋅ cabeachgal ⋅ r/100yearsago
[June 24, 1922] German Foreign Minister Walter Rathenau is assassinated in an anti-Semitic attack.2yr ⋅ MonsieurA ⋅ r/100yearsago
[December 18th, 1922] Santa Claus tells a story to three young children at the Stadium Club.1yr ⋅ michaelnoir ⋅ r/100yearsago
[December 20th, 1922] The English Christmas: Past and Present— No.2.1yr ⋅ michaelnoir ⋅ r/100yearsago
[October 8, 1922] Lillian Gatlin becomes the first woman to travel across the continental United States by plane.1yr ⋅ B_C_S ⋅ r/100yearsago
[July 29th, 1921] Adolf Hitler is elected party chairman of the NSDAP by the general assembly. He gains dictatorial power and sometimes uses violence to propagate political goals. (Hitler in 1921)2yr ⋅ michaelnoir ⋅ r/100yearsago
[January 17th, 1923] Dr. Emile Coue, French psychologist and pharmacist who introduced a popular method of psychotherapy and self-improvement based on optimistic autosuggestion.1yr ⋅ michaelnoir ⋅ r/100yearsago
[February 28th, 1922] Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen photographs two starving boys in Soviet Russia.2yr ⋅ MonsieurA ⋅ r/100yearsago
[May 9, 1921] Sophie Scholl, future anti-Nazi political activist, was born3yr ⋅ KyloTennant ⋅ r/100yearsago
[July 20th, 1921] Mug shot taken of home robbers Hampton Hirscham, Cornellius Joseph Keevil, William Thomas O'Brien and James O'Brien3yr ⋅ MonsieurA ⋅ r/100yearsago
[November 25th, 1922] A British family listens to the election results on a large radio in their sitting room. England, UK.1yr ⋅ michaelnoir ⋅ r/100yearsago
[November 18th, 1922] was the start of Benito Mussolini's term as the new Italian premier. He received strong support from the Parliament at this time, and served in the premier position until 1943.1yr ⋅ Godly070 ⋅ r/100yearsago
[February 9, 1920] My grandfather wanted to be a cartoonist. He worked for the railroad instead, sending home many letters.4yr ⋅ Ignorantsportsguy ⋅ r/100yearsago
[January 11th, 1923] French soldiers in Essen during the occupation of the Ruhr district by French troops.1yr ⋅ michaelnoir ⋅ r/100yearsago
[August 16th, 1922] Chicago: Enemy Of Crooks. A new system of police boxes for either fire or police calls is being installed in Chicago. A green light at night and a gong in the daytime will call the officer on beat to the box.1yr ⋅ michaelnoir ⋅ r/100yearsago
[Sept. 1, 1920] One Week, Buster Keaton's first short film, is released to cinemas3yr ⋅ Auir2blaze ⋅ r/100yearsago
[October 10th, 1922] Three Louisiana College Gals (Students at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Joyce Merritt, Regina Negrotto, Irma Simmons.)1yr ⋅ michaelnoir ⋅ r/100yearsago
[November 15, 1922] Ecuadorean military and police officers gun down at least 300 people after large crowds gather to strike for higher pay.1yr ⋅ B_C_S ⋅ r/100yearsago
[May 19th, 1922] The latest Flapper Fad in Chicago, is an Orney Chain worn above the knee in the place where Grandma wore a garter. Decoration can be the only excuse for the chain though. Surely the socks never reach that high.2yr ⋅ michaelnoir ⋅ r/100yearsago
[July 26, 1920] The “Pickle Sisters,” a vaudeville group named after the expression for when two women have sex with the same man.4yr ⋅ NordyNed ⋅ r/100yearsago
[December 23rd, 1921] Sarah Doherty poses beside her conical cake on her 100th birthday.2yr ⋅ michaelnoir ⋅ r/100yearsago
[January 25th, 1923] The Inquiring Photographer asks Lower Manhattan pedestrians how they think women will change over the next ten years.1yr ⋅ Missy_Elliott_Smith ⋅ r/100yearsago
[September 23rd, 1922] The Keeper of the Gates (Chicago Tribune cartoon).1yr ⋅ michaelnoir ⋅ r/100yearsago
[June 26, 1922] Prince Albert I of Monaco dies after surgery in Paris at 73. He ratified Monaco's first constitution, created the Monte Carlo Rally, and was a noted oceanographer and paleontologist.1yr ⋅ kthejoker ⋅ r/100yearsago
[November 26th, 1922] The intact necropolis seal and cord fastening on the third (of four) great gilded shrines surrounding Tutankhamun's sarcophagus in the Burial chamber. The unbroken seal confirmed that the King's body remained undisturbed.1yr ⋅ michaelnoir ⋅ r/100yearsago
[January 12, 1920] Within Our Gates, director Oscar Micheaux's response to the racist message of The Birth of a Nation, is released. Today it is believed to be the earliest surviving film made by an African-American director4yr ⋅ Auir2blaze ⋅ r/100yearsago
[June 16, 1922] This Wasn't the Way Johnnie Had Planned Vacation At All2yr ⋅ Ggegfegds ⋅ r/100yearsago
[April 11th, 1923] Sir Malcolm Campbell, English sportsman known for breaking various land and water speed records, surrounded by well-wishers as he sits in a Peugeot car at Brooklands.1yr ⋅ michaelnoir ⋅ r/100yearsago
[August 27th, 1922] The Inquiring Photographer asks women in the Bowling Green park how a woman can keep a man in love with her after marriage.1yr ⋅ Missy_Elliott_Smith ⋅ r/100yearsago
[December 7th, 1922] The first Christian refugees from Asia Minor to arrive at Salonika, where an average of five ships a day arrive with refugees. This photo was made at a Near East Relief soup kitchen where the refugees were provided with food and shelter.1yr ⋅ michaelnoir ⋅ r/100yearsago
[October 14, 1922] Mayor Theodore Schierlman was kidnapped and beaten by members of the Ku Klux Klan after speaking negatively about the group.1yr ⋅ B_C_S ⋅ r/100yearsago
[August 13th, 1922] The Inquiring Photographer asks Manhattan pedestrians how a girl should be properly entertained when taken out on a date.1yr ⋅ Missy_Elliott_Smith ⋅ r/100yearsago
[June 28th, 1923] The Inquiring Reporter in Chicago asks women, Do you wish you were a man?10mo ⋅ michaelnoir ⋅ r/100yearsago
[December 14th, 1922] Officials examining a 1000 HP engine on a bi-plane at Hamble.1yr ⋅ michaelnoir ⋅ r/100yearsago
[May 7th, 1922] What The World Will Be Like In A Hundred Years from the New York Herald.2yr ⋅ michaelnoir ⋅ r/100yearsago
[September 4, 1923] In the immediate aftermath of the Great Kanto Earthquake, Japanese police and vigilantes massacred Koreans living in Japan. Between 6,000-10,000 people are murdered. Bamboo spears are commonly used to execute victims.8mo ⋅ ghostsofplaylandpark ⋅ r/100yearsago
[July 23rd, 1922] Why An Old-Fashioned Husband Changes His Mind (from the Sunday Pictorial)1yr ⋅ michaelnoir ⋅ r/100yearsago
[April 26th, 1922] The Women Are Uniting Against War (Chicago Tribune).2yr ⋅ michaelnoir ⋅ r/100yearsago
[November 15th, 1922] The Inquiring Photographer asks Times Square pedestrians what they do when they feel lonesome.1yr ⋅ Missy_Elliott_Smith ⋅ r/100yearsago
[July 24th, 1922] Beauty Contest at Coney Island. Ed Tilyon, owner of Steeplechase, presents the winner, Miss Elva Lloyd, with a diamond ring.1yr ⋅ michaelnoir ⋅ r/100yearsago
[October 14th, 1922] The Inquiring Photographer asks pedestrians in the Financial District if they think women should be able to serve on the juries of murder trials and other serious cases.1yr ⋅ Missy_Elliott_Smith ⋅ r/100yearsago
[June 8th, 1923] Children queuing on a street corner to hire scooters at a penny per hour at Mr Plumb's shop.11mo ⋅ michaelnoir ⋅ r/100yearsago
[June 21st, 1923] Two wealthy women walking briskly away from a woman begging at the Ascot Horse Race.11mo ⋅ michaelnoir ⋅ r/100yearsago
[January 17, 1920] Prohibition begins: Chicago police show off their first day of alcohol seizures.4yr ⋅ NordyNed ⋅ r/100yearsago
[December 26th, 1922] Mussolini Orders New Coinage for Italy (Italy's Premier Benito Mussolini ordered a new design for Italian coinage that would bear the fasces.)1yr ⋅ michaelnoir ⋅ r/100yearsago
[June 4th, 1920] The Treaty of Trianon is signed - Hungary loses 60% of its population and over 70% of its territory, becoming a small landlocked country4yr ⋅ MonsieurA ⋅ r/100yearsago
[April 27, 1923] The rise of the Nazis continue as Hitler sympathizers attack a Socialist meeting in Munich.1yr ⋅ kthejoker ⋅ r/100yearsago
[October 27th, 1922] Babe Ruth being shaved by a barber in Omaha, Nebraska.1yr ⋅ michaelnoir ⋅ r/100yearsago
[December 13th, 1922] An Indignant Steno takes offense to the Inquiring Photographer column from Dec. 6th.1yr ⋅ Missy_Elliott_Smith ⋅ r/100yearsago
[July 11th, 1922] Nelson Rockefeller, 14, son of John D. Jr., in a wheelchair at the Presbyterian Hospital. He was a victim of an air gun pellet discharged from a rifle of a playmate (into his right foot). Mrs. Rockefeller is seen reading to the heir to the Rockefeller millions.1yr ⋅ michaelnoir ⋅ r/100yearsago
[June 27, 1922] Shoeless Joe Jackson, banned from Major League Baseball since 1919, plays centerfield in a semi-pro game in Hackensack, New Jersey under the alias Josephs. He goes 3 for 3 with a home run and throws a runner out at home.1yr ⋅ kthejoker ⋅ r/100yearsago
[November 27th, 922] Why Women Often Miss Appointments (Daily Mirror, London)1yr ⋅ michaelnoir ⋅ r/100yearsago
[February 4, 1922] Silent film star and Charlie Chaplin's girlfriend Florence Deshon dies at 29 of accidental gas asphyxiation.2yr ⋅ kthejoker ⋅ r/100yearsago
[January 11, 1920] The Garage was released to movie theaters. It was the last movie Buster Keaton made with Roscoe Arbuckle before striking out on his own4yr ⋅ Auir2blaze ⋅ r/100yearsago
[October 25th, 1922] Although born above the Arctic Circle of Eskimo parents, the two Eskimo girls shown here are very much Americanized after a three month sojourn in Seattle, Washington. The girls are Betty Call, at left, and her sister Olga.1yr ⋅ michaelnoir ⋅ r/100yearsago
[December 13th, 1922] The Inquiring Photographer asks Midtown Manhattan pedestrians what they think of Georges Clemenceau's warning that Germany is arming for another war.1yr ⋅ Missy_Elliott_Smith ⋅ r/100yearsago
[July 3rd, 1922] The Inquiring Photographer asks pedestrians near New York City Hall if they would rather travel to Europe on a wet ship that served liquor or a dry ship that didn't.1yr ⋅ Missy_Elliott_Smith ⋅ r/100yearsago
[May 10, 1920] The Flapper, starring Olive Thomas, was released, helping to introduce the concept of the flapper into American popular culture4yr ⋅ Auir2blaze ⋅ r/100yearsago
