1920 A.D.

Nell Brinkley was an outstanding cartoonist of the 1910's and 1920's, finally gaining recognition (above all, thanks to the work of ...

In the 1920's, comics were widely read by children and adults alike. Somehow, a collective amnesia ensued after WW2 in the Western world...

Sessue Hayakawa , originally uploaded by punalippu . The Japanese-born Hollywood star in the silent film His Birthright from 1918.

The Jazz Age cartoonist par excellence, with a handsome doggy (from the Condé Nast archives, which for some reason won't work in my brow...

"Show Monsieur the sights?" , originally uploaded by punalippu . Very early cartoon by John Held Jr. in The New York Times , 1920....