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Ladies' hairstyles of the 1920s

by Katie Rudolph on November 20, 2014

Roaring Twenties

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Dancers from the Georgia Land School of Dancing pose for a group photo in Denver, Colorado. The women, part of the Georgia Lane Group, wear short fringed skirts, bikini tops with sheer fabric overlays, and have their hair marcelled (waved). The woman posed at the extreme left is Sarah Francis "Sally" Orr.

Portrait of Denver Community Players in Denver, Colorado; William Myatt is in a jester costume, a woman in a satin flapper outfit looks on.

A studio portrait of Grayce Smith a possible student at North High School and a member of the Kismet Club. She has her hair slicked back and is wearing a black stain top with white lace pinned to it. She wearing a triple strand pearl necklace.

A woman wearing a costume of sleeveless dress, headband, and earrings poses in Denver, Colorado.

Margie, June and Charlotte, three teenage African American girls, pose in front of the home of Virginia Woodward, their Sunday School teacher, in Denver, Colorado. They wear dresses and stockings; one wears a jacket; they stand in a circle and hold hands.

Dorothy Adler poses for her South High School senior portrait in Denver, Colorado. Adler's hair is styled in a wavy bob and she wears a blouse with sheer gathered sleeves, and a pearl necklace.

Elizabeth Kieffer poses for her South High School senior portrait in Denver, Colorado. Adler's hair is styled in a wavy bob with bangs and she wears a scooped neck blouse with a beaded flower, and probably a bead necklace.

Evelyn Tunstall poses for her South High School senior portrait in Denver, Colorado. Tunstall's hair is styled in a bob with a barrette clip and she wears a frock with a rounded collar and a row of pearl buttons on the side.

Frances Marie Kober poses for her South High School senior portrait in Denver, Colorado. Kober's hair is styled in a curly bob with a barrette clip and she wears a sailor style blouse with piping on the lapels, and a double strand pearl necklace.

A woman poses in front of a gnarled bush outside Keota, Colorado in Weld County. She wears a flapper-style dress sleeveless bodice and pleated skirt; her hair is in a bob.

Anna Berggren poses for her South High School senior portrait in Denver, Colorado. Berggren's hair is styled in a wavy bob and she wears round eye glasses.

Anna May Bornhauser poses for her South High School junior portrait in Denver, Colorado. Bornhauser's hair is styled in a wavy bob and she wears a woven long sleeved blouse and a pearl necklace.

Grace Bedford poses in Keota, Weld County, Colorado, wearing black shoes, stockings, skirt, and fur coat. She has black hair, cut in a "bob." Windows in a frame wall are behind her.

Women pose in outfits that include mink, fox, ermine, lynx, and ocelot fur coats, high heeled shoes, and marcel hair styles. Mickie Mackie (Shirly Copping) or Linay (?) Mackey is one of the group.

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