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Gilded Age
George Pullman was born was born in 1831 in New York and grew up to be an industrialist. He later became a contractor. Before the Civil War, he experimented the “sleeping car.” However, he didn't get more success until after the Civil war. -
Gilded Age
Theodore Roosevelt was born in 1858 and became the 26th president of the United States of America. He was the first leader to become “popular” for the American civilians. He became popular for his contributions to the Spanish-American war. For some, he is considered the first progressive president. -
Gilded Age
Frank Norris born in 1870 in Chicago, he grew up to be an author with major pieces of work. He traveled everywhere, including South Africa to pursue his writing career. He rebelled against “over civilized” conditions in America. -
Lost Generation
Gertrude stein was a poet,novelist, and american writer. American writer Gertrude Stein was a central figure in the Parisian art world. Stein helped shape an artistic movement that demanded a novel form of expression and a conscious break with the past. -
Lost Generation
Thomas Stearns Eliot, was an essayist, publisher, playwright, literary and social critic, and "one of the twentieth century's major poets". He was born in America and then eventually moved and lived in britain. -
Gilded Age
"We are born in a Pullman house. We are fed from a Pullman shop, taught in a Pullman school, catechized in the Pullman church and when we die we shall be buried in a Pullman cemetery and go to a Pullman hell."
- Pullman employee on life in Pullman town, 1883 “I should welcome almost any war, for I think this country needs one.”
-Theodore Roosevelt 1897 -
Lost Generation
Ernest Hemingway, who helped popularize the term "Lost Generation" in his novel "The Sun Also Rises," was one of the leaders of this group of expatriates who fled to Paris. Hemingway's protagonists tended to be honest men who lost hope and faith in modern society. -
Lost Generation
“In those days we did not trust anyone who had not been in the war, but we did not
completely trust anyone.”
― Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast
That is what you are. That's what you all are...All of you young people who served in the war. You are a lost generation.
Gertrude Stein -
World War One
Woodrow Wilson was the US president during World War One. He decided to have the US hold a state of neutrality until the Britain's intercepted the Zimmerman telegram. This telegram brought the US into war officially. -
Roaring 20's
Babe Ruth was a professional baseball player whose career lasted 22 seasons. He originally played for the Boston Red Sox and later joined the New York Yankees. He was known for his tremendous baseball talent, both when pitching and when batting. -
Consumerism Movement
Charlie Chaplin was born in 1889 in England and worked with Children's dance before making it big. After seeing Charlie's mother succeed, he decided he wanted to make a business for himself. In 1914, he made a film debut. -
Lost Generation
This picture is from the lost generation and it is showing a soldier dying in a trench. Trench warfare was extremely unsanitary and unsafe. The trench held a large number of dead soldiers. -
World War One
General Aleksei Brusilov was a Russian commander, who is famous for new commander techniques. These tactics and techniques were later used by the Germans. “Historians portray him as the only WWI Russian general capable of winning major battles.” -
World War One
“This is a war to end all wars.”
— Woodrow Wilson, 1917
“The cries of the wounded had much diminished now, and as we staggered down the road, the reason was only too apparent, for the water was right over the tops of the shell-holes.”
— Captain Edwin Vaughan, 1917 -
World War One
Kaiser Wilhelm II he was the last german emperor. He formed a key alliance with Austria-Hungary. But, distrusted by Germany’s military leaders, he had little direct influence on the running of the war. -
World War One
This photo represents a Scottish hospital where woman would take in wounded soldiers during the battle. This painting was painted by a volunteer nurse during the war named Norah Neilson-Gray. She painted every night after she was finished on the battlefield. -
Prosperity - “Age of Prosperity”
Coco Chanel born in 1883, later became famous for creating casual and chic fashion for Women. One of her most famous creations was the Little Black Dress (during the World War 1 era.) Later on, she created sunscreen lotion which became famous during the 1920’s. -
Roaring 20’s
Zelda Fitzgerald was known as the “first american flapper”. She was married to F. Scott Fitzgerald and was also a writer and an artist. She believed in the idea that women should be more than wives and daughters, and was very famous for her actions. -
Roaring 20's
(…) She flouted Victorian-era conventions and scandalized her parents. In many ways, she controlled her own destiny.”
― Joshua Zeitz “In many ways my life has been rather like a record of the lost and found. Perhaps all lives are like that.”
― Lucy Foley “people are here to do reckless things, stupid things they might later regret, though the point of it all is in not regretting. For the idea of the party is youth.”
― Lucy Foley -
Prosperity - “Age of Prosperity”
Mary Louise Brooks also known as “Louise Brooks” was born in 1906 in Kansas. She began her career as a dancer in 1922, where she later landed a 5 year contract with Paramount Pictures in 1925. -
Consumerism Movement
The business of America is business."
- President Calvin Coolidge "Scopes isn't on trial, civilization is on trial."
- Defense attorney Clarence Darrow, on the Scopes "Monkey" Trial -
Prosperity - “Age of Prosperity”
"Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshiped."
Pres. Calvin Coolidge, address, 15th meeting of the Business Organization of the Government, June 11, 1928 "In short, the result has been that in this country today human beings have reached a higher state of material welfare than in any other era of world history or in any other nation of the world."
T. J. Wertenbaker, "What's Wrong with the United States?" Scribner's, October 1928 -
Roaring 20's
Dennis Alcapone, also known as “Scarface” was an American gangster and businessman. He gained notoriety during the prohibition era for illegally supplying alcohol as a crime boss. He was originally born in New York and was known as a “modern day robin hood” because of his donations to charity. -
Consumerism Movement
Al Jolson was considered “The World's Best Entertainer.” After having different partners in the entertainment work, he landed a solo act.
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