Ted Slampyak has been bringing back Jazz Age Chronicles on Substack, and there is plenty to catch up with, right now ...

Archibald J. Motley Jr., “Blues” 1929. Oil on canvas, 36 x 42 inches (Collection of Mara Motley, MD, and Valerie Gerrard Browne) (image courtesy the Chicago History Museum, Chicago, Illinois) (© ...

STOCKBRIDGE — A lanky, wide-eyed man decked out in a tuxedo and top hat scans his surroundings. His companion, dressed for a masquerade, in a yellow ball gown, mask and black veil, is just as ...

New printing technology raised commercial artwork to a new standard in the 1920s. A 1922 cover of a Marshall Fields fashion catalogue. "Springtime" by Joseph Bolegard. DELAWARE ART MUSEUM / Courtesy ...

It’s a skinny storefront much like any other in Harper Court. There are folding chairs set up in front of a projection screen, and announcements for various upcoming cultural events in Hyde Park ...

In the glittering world of the 1920s, cocktails were more than drinks — they were cultural statements. Despite Prohibition, or perhaps because of it, Americans of the Jazz Age elevated cocktail ...

The book traces how swing, bebop, and big band music arrived in Bombay in the early 20th century, shaped the city's nightlife, and eventually found their way into the DNA of Bollywood film scores.

This essay has been adapted from the research behind Laurie Gwen Shapiro’s book The Aviator and the Showman: Amelia Earhart, George Putnam, and the Marriage That Made an American Icon. (Viking) New ...

A century ago, when women could be arrested for smoking in public and the manufacturing and distribution of alcohol was illegal, there was an artistic and social revolution in this country. You can ...