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Nineteen twenties 1920s: The Decade That Changed London 
 The site is a companion to an exhibit from the Museum of London that "offers you a panorama of this colourful decade of change and choice. It also invites you to think about your own life. How did the 1920s shape the London we know today?" Features annotated images of selected items in the areas of politics, beliefs, empire, lifestyle, people, machines, streets, and the future. Also includes materials for teachers. http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/archive/exhibits/1920s/pages/home.asp Topics: History By Place Last updated Nov 13, 2007 Le Tumulte Noir: Paul Colin's Jazz Age Portfolio
Website companion to a 1997 exhibit of a 1929 "portfolio of vividly colored lithographs titled 'Le Tumulte Noir' ('The Black Craze') which captured the exuberant jazz music and dance that dazzled Paris" when Josephine Baker and her troupe, La Revue Négre, performed in Paris in the mid-1920s. Includes historical background and images of 14 lithographs, which are a "marvelous achievement of Art Deco graphic design." From the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/noir/ Topics: Schools of Art Last updated Mar 2, 2006 |
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