The 1920s ushered in a new era for women, especially when it came to fashion and footwear. After World War I, Western society began to shift away from the strict Victorian era and into the swinging ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Life in the 1920s was defined by many cultural, political, and economic developments. Jazz music and flapper fashion defined the ...

In “Pole Royale,” director Lee Hirsch explores the 1920s trend known as pole-sitting. Through extensive interviews with historians and archival footage, see why this cultural fad became all the rage ...

In the 1920s, Indianapolis was one of the most innovative cities in the nation. If not quite the Silicon Valley of its day, the city held a rank similar to Seattle or San Diego today. But after “the ...

The second in a series of quick peeks into the world of commercial vehicles through the lens of Commercial Carrier Journal After World War I, the U.S. economy entered a recession as it transitioned ...

There are some eerie similarities between the 1920s and 2010s. Many of the patterns that played out in the 1920s have been playing out in recent years and decades. Accommodative monetary policy fueled ...

A year ago, when most of the country was under stay-at-home orders and people were losing jobs at an unprecedented rate, we asked three people who study economic history to explain whether the ...