"Some of the most important issues of our time were no less important 100 years ago. America in 1919, at the close of World War I, was shaken from the events of large-scale warfare, fearing a Communist takeover, and facing an incredible amount of social and political change. From Prohibition to women's suffrage, the labor strikes to the violence of the Red Summer and the Red Scare, this book explores each major movement of 1919. Showing how these...

Ocean liner with gyroscopic stabilizers to eliminate rolling (and thus seasickness)

"The epic true crime story of bootlegger George Remus and the murder that shocked the nation, from the New York Times bestselling author of Sin in the Second City and Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy In the early days of Prohibition, long before Al Capone became a household name, a German immigrant named George Remus quits practicing law and starts trafficking whiskey. Within two years he's a multi-millionaire. The press calls him "King of the Bootleggers,"...

MS's of an American Indian (wearing war headdress) showing a group of scrawny white girls (some of whom wear Indian-associated accoutrements) how to shoot arrows.

Rodeo riders; voiceover of announcer using exaggerated cowboy dialect.

Snakeskin bags from Africa. Being manufactured, woman carrying snakeskin products.

Wacky aviation. Silly/funny inventions that didn't quite make it.

Young girl kneels at bedside and says her prayers, climbs into bed

Fur coats from 20s. Outrageous and fun