Posted in New Jersey History July 21, 2021 by

These 14 Candid Photos Show What Life Was Like In New Jersey In The 1920s

The 1920s were 100 years ago now and looking at photos from that decade can feel like peering into an entirely new world. It’s always so fascinating to see how similar and yet so different New Jersey was during that time, so here are some fascinating candids of New Jersey during the 1920s.

1. These New Jersey suffragettes celebrating finally getting the right to vote.
Hulton Archive/Wikimedia Commons
2. Check out all the automobiles on this street in New Jersey.
National Photo Company/Wikimedia Commons
3. This was Mrs. Mina C. Van Winkle of Newark, New Jersey, in Uniform of Food Administration. She was President of Woman's Political Union of New Jersey and then became the Head of Lecture Bureau of Food Administration.
The U.S. National Archives @ Flickr Commons/Wikimedia Commons
4. A streetcar passes over Broadway Bridge (NJ Route on Passaic River.
Unknown Author/Wikimedia Commons
5. Hanging out on the Jersey Shore has been a popular activity in the state for decades!
Library of Congress/Wikimedia
6. Here's a professional football club back in the '20s.
Ghost of the Grid Iron/Wikimedia Commons
7. A man fixes a telephone line.
New York, American Telephone and Telegraph Co/Wikimedia Commons
8. Lieutenant John E. Murnane of the New Jersey State Police watches this system that alerted police to alarms and important messages at the time.
(New York, American Telephone and Telegraph Co/Wikimedia Commons
9. This is what a radio station looked like during the 1920s.
(New York, American Telephone and Telegraph Co/Wikimedia Commons
10. These photographers were recording footage at a boxing match.
Library of Congress/Wikimedia Commons
11. This strange invention is a cutting press.
Department of Labor. Women's Bureau/Wikimedia Commons
12. The 1920s was a heyday for streetcars and automobiles.
R.C. Maxwell Company/Wikimedia Commons
13. Here's what a studio in Fort Lee looked like at the time.
Exhibitors Magazinel/Wikimedia Commons

Which of these photos is your favorite?

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