Honoria Murphy was the daughter of Gerald and Sara Murphy, born into a family at the center of 1920s modernism in Europe. This wonderful historical object is a scrapbook of fashions from 1932, cut from magazines by Honoria Murphy. Honoria Murphy’s scrapbook of fashions from 1932 Only one is labeled “flapper” specifically, but the drawings as a whole do a wonderful job of conveying the new spirit, fashion, and music culture of the Jazz Age.Ĭall Number: Stephen Longstreet Papers, YCAL MSS 262, Box 1 His papers include some wonderful sketches made of Harlem during the Jazz Age. Stephen Longstreet was an American author and artist. The illustrations, by Glenn Sheffer, depict riotous scenes of flapper parties. It tells the story of Nan’s raucous youth and romantic adventures in her own words, featuring an abundance of capitalized words and exclamations. The book is written as the diary of Nan Livingstone, a young flapper in the 1920s. Flappers are once again associated with flames, though in this case it seems to be the smoldering flames of cigarettes. Published in 1928, this book is clearly influenced by Fabian’s Flaming Youth. Smoldering Flames is worth a read for its amazing record of contemporary slang alone. Smoldering Flames: Adventures and Emotions of a Flapper by Clara Palmer Goetzinger, with illustrations by Glenn Sheffer It gives a wonderful sense of a woman’s life in the 1920s. The album contains many photos of her friends, labeled in her own handwriting with names, locations, and even the occasional qualitative judgement about their fashion choices. The woman herself is unidentified, but throughout the album she exhibits wonderful flapper fashion. This photograph album depicts a woman’s life and travels through the west coast from 1923 through 1928. The Beinecke’s first edition copy is inscribed to Stephen Vincent Benet by the author. Scott Fitzgerald argued in his essay “Echoes of the Jazz Age” that the book and film changed the sexual mores of American culture. It was adapted into a silent film in 1923 starring Colleen Moore. It’s especially notable for its frank portrayal of female sexuality. Written by Samuel Hopkins Adams under the pseudonym “Warner Fabian,” the book portrays the life of a young flapper. When it was published in 1923, Flaming Youth shocked and scandalized audiences. The cartoons are arranged by year, running from 1927 to 1931. This wonderful collection includes hundreds of small postcard-sized images of flapper life, drawn by Faith Burrows for her cartoon series’ “Flapper Filosofy” and “Ritzy Rosey.” “Flapper Filosofy” was a newspaper comic panel distributed by several papers in the late 20s and early 30s. Drawings for “Flapper Filosofy” and “Ritzy Rosey”
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