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The 1920s were prosperous years for Los Angeles, California, United States, when the name "Hollywood" became synonymous with the U.S. film industry and the visual setting of Los Angeles became famous worldwide. Plentiful job openings attracted heavy immigration, especially from the rural Midwest and Mexico.
The Modern Temper: American Culture and Society in the 1920s. 1995; Fass, Paula. The Damned and the Beautiful: American Youth in the 1920s. 1977. Fuess, Claude Moore (1940). Calvin Coolidge: The Man from Vermont. Little, Brown. ISBN 978-1-4067-5673-9. Geduld, Harry M. (1975). The Birth of the Talkies: From Edison to Jolson.
The Wein Bar, [16] located in Cincinnati, Ohio was started in 1934 by Joseph Goldhagen, who during the 1920's, was active in the commercial production of illegal alcohol until the Prohibition period ended and the bar was opened. During the 1930's, the bar had multiple live performances daily, and over time, the bar evolved into an R&B live ...
1920s California elections (9 C) S. 1920s in sports in California (10 C) Pages in category "1920s in California" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 ...
The roaring (19)20s were famous for jazz, prohibition, speakeasies that defied prohibition -- and the biggest stock market crash ever. ... a 1920 Indian Head Gold Coin in circulated condition is ...
The company went on to pave roads and highways in Northern California in the 1920s and took its ventures from Southern California to Oregon and Nebraska in the 1950s. ... the speakeasy-style ...
Historic bars and saloons in San Francisco were some of the earliest businesses during the formation of the city. Many of the first businesses to spring up in San Francisco during the California Gold Rush era (1848–1855) supported the influx of new men, including bars and saloons, [1] breweries, [2] horse racing tracks, [3] and others forms of entertainment.
1920s: Alcohol Prohibition & Organized Crime. America's Temperance Movement achieved its primary goal Jan. 16, 1920, when the 18th Amendment's ban on making and selling intoxicating liquors took ...