collectivehistory: The Hollywood sign originally said “Hollywoodland” when it was installed in 1923. The last four letters were deleted when the sign was refurbished in 1949.
× 44883 × the letters were 'deleted' × is it a computer × hollywood × old hollywood × vintage × 1920s × black and white
lostsplendor: I’d Rather Charleston (via Buzzfeed)
× 2330 × yes i would × dancing × gif × 1920s × vintage × black and white
Fourteen year old Loretta Young in Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928)
× 3064 × SHE'S BEAUTIFUL × ok i did NOT look like that at 14 × loretta young × gif × vintage × 1920s × black and white
phenelethylamine: .
× 888 × vintage × 1920s × black and white
justlikesoup: theflapperfactor: Your Digital Flapper Dictionary Terms and Useful Phrases That’s bullshit!   -   Thats all wet! I’ve got a shitty date   -   I’ve got a flat tire Don’t be stupid   -   Don’t be sill Move your ass!   -   Get a wiggle! A car you had sex in   -   Struggle Buggy Wasted   -   Spifflicated (from the words spiffy and intoxicated) That Hobo on the corner  -  That Palooka over there Now you’ve got it!   -   Now you’re on the trolly! A Gangsta’s bitch   -   A Moll A slut   -  A Hotsy Totsy I’m Engaged!   -   I’m Handcuffed Beer   -   Giggle Water Legs   -   Gams Boobs  -  Ninny Pies Rich Person   -   an egg The Commen Jerk   -   A Drugstore Cowboy Don’t be a shit head!   -   Don’t take any wooden nickels! That’s fucking awesome!  -  That’s the Bee’s knees! Honey, I said NO   -   Bank’s Closed, hon Holy Shit!   -   Hot Socks! That’s Great!  -  That’s the Cat’s Pajamas! Classy   -   Swanky I need to get wasted   -   I need to see a man about a dog A woman’s Cigarette   -   A freedom Torch That girl is HOT SHIT   -   That dames got IT My Homage to an era (the Roaring Twenties) that had no end of wonderful slang, you can add some of your favorites to the list, lets see just how big this Hay Burner (a large object) can get! Time to update my vocabulary.
× 30991 × slang × 1920s × for future reference
funeral-wreaths: Silhouette by Arthur Rackham of Sleeping Beauty, 1920
× 745 × 1920s × art
× 42 × martha mansfield × aka perfectoin × 1920s × 1910s × antique × black and white × (can i be you)
lostsplendor: Marion Benda, 1920s via The New York Public Library
× 8298 × marion benda × 1920s × vintage × antique × black and white
× 283 × these two photographs describe how i want my entire life to be × FABULOUS!!!! × 1920s × future me
aninsaciableloveforthedead: Fun historical fact, there used to be more gay and lesbian content in early silent films until religious groups protested resulting in “decency standards.”
× 108602 × antique × gif × black and white × lesbian × kiss × girl × 1920s × or early 10s × they look so 20s though
× 15 × reblogging 95% for that first photo tbqh × SO FAB × 1920s × vintage × wedding
mllemia: silentladies:Evelyn Brent
× 535 × evelyn brent × what a beauty × 1920s × or late 1910s? × probably 20s × vintage × black and white
lostsplendor: Washington D.C, 1922 (via)
× 186 × WHY CAN'T WE HAVE NICE THINGS × washington d.c. × vintage × 1920s × black and white
dianevinter: Louis Icart, Zest (1928)
× 1984 × 1920s × art × artist: Louis Icart
workshopofthetelescopes: Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (1922)
× 3370 × film: nosferatu × 1920s × antique × vintage