RADIO DOMINATED THE TWENTIES, WITH ROUGHLY 3 MILLION AMERICANS OWNING RADIOS BY 1923. MOST LISTENERS STILL USED CRYSTAL SETS WITH EARPHONES TO RECEIVE NEWS AND BULLETINS, ADVERTISING AND MUSIC.
Gangsters were everywhere, keeping the illegal speakeasies open and stocking Americans with illegal alcohol, much of which was not fit for human consumption
The Cotton Club was one of America's most famous nightclubs in the 20s and 30s. Most of the greatest black entertainers of the day played there, to all white audiences who came down to Harlem to slum.
A unique American tradition begins as a promotional gimmick when Atlantic City hotelmen decide to stage a flashy fall festival, or "pageant" to entice summer tourists to stay in town past Labor Day.