On the night of Jan. 16, 1920, as the clock clicked toward midnight, the citizens of New York City were celebrating as if it was New Year’s Eve all over again. But, alas, it was not. It was ...

Anyone pulled out of the 1920s and dropped into 2025 would probably stare at our habits like they'd stumbled into a magic ...

For even the heartiest of souls, Syracuse’s long cold winters can take a toll. By late February, most of us are tired of cold ears, wet feet and frozen fingers. In the winter of 1920, the cold winter ...

In this beautiful little book titled La Culture Physique de la Femme Elegante, published in France in the 1920s, 12 plates offer exercises that a woman could do at home in order to stay fit. The book ...

Prohibition began in 1920, when legal saloons closed and drinkers turned to bootleggers, “medicinal” alcohol or illicit bars known as speakeasies, according to The Mob Museum, a nonprofit museum in ...