1930
Pre-war decade's start
1930 refers to the year between 1929 and 1931, often evoked as part of the early Great Depression era.
More broadly, the 1930s designates the decade marked by economic collapse, the Dust Bowl, and the buildup to World War II.
In casual speech, something from the 1930s suggests vintage style or outdated attitudes.
1930s global economic crisis
- stock market crashRapid decline in share prices
- Black TuesdayHistoric stock market crash
- unemploymentBeing without paid work
- breadlineQueue for free food
soup kitchen · Hoovervilles · bank failures · economic crisis · deflation · Dust Bowl · Okies · migration
Pioneering jazz trumpeter, singer
- Harlem RenaissanceBlack arts explosion, 1920s
- swingSuspended recreational seat
- hot jazzEarly improvisational American music
- scat singingNonsense-syllable jazz vocals
Duke Ellington · Cotton Club · big band · phonograph · ragtime · blues · Cab Calloway · Bessie Smith
Twenties unconventional young woman
- CharlestonSouthern Atlantic port city
- silent filmSoundless motion picture
- talkiesMovies with audible dialogue
- Model TFirst mass-produced automobile
Gatsby · F. Scott Fitzgerald · Charlie Chaplin · Lindbergh · aviation · radio · vaudeville · newsreel
Illicit liquor establishment
- bootleggerIllegal liquor trafficker
- moonshineIllegally distilled spirits
- bathtub ginAmateur-made illegal liquor
- rum-runningIllicit alcohol trafficking
Eighteenth Amendment · temperance · Al Capone · gangster · smuggling · raid · repeal · Twenty-first Amendment
Art Deco Manhattan skyscraper
- Empire State BuildingTall NYC landmark structure
- skyscraperVery tall urban building
- geometricRelating to mathematical shapes
- streamlineRemove unnecessary elements
chrome · sunburst · chevron · ziggurat · terrazzo · Bauhaus · symmetry · ornament
Great Depression
1930s global economic crisis
- stock market crashRapid decline in share prices
- Black TuesdayHistoric stock market crash
- unemploymentBeing without paid work
breadline · soup kitchen · Hoovervilles · bank failures · economic crisis · deflation · Dust Bowl · Okies · migration · Hoover
Louis Armstrong
Pioneering jazz trumpeter, singer
- Harlem RenaissanceBlack arts explosion, 1920s
- swingSuspended recreational seat
- hot jazzEarly improvisational American music
Duke Ellington · scat singing · Cotton Club · big band · phonograph · ragtime · blues · Cab Calloway · Bessie Smith · ballroom
flapper
Twenties unconventional young woman
- CharlestonSouthern Atlantic port city
- silent filmSoundless motion picture
- talkiesMovies with audible dialogue
Gatsby · F. Scott Fitzgerald · Charlie Chaplin · Model T · Lindbergh · aviation · radio · vaudeville · newsreel · zeppelin
speakeasy
Illicit liquor establishment
- bootleggerIllegal liquor trafficker
- moonshineIllegally distilled spirits
- bathtub ginAmateur-made illegal liquor
rum-running · Eighteenth Amendment · temperance · Al Capone · gangster · smuggling · raid · repeal · Twenty-first Amendment · dry
Chrysler Building
Art Deco Manhattan skyscraper
- Empire State BuildingTall NYC landmark structure
- skyscraperVery tall urban building
- geometricRelating to mathematical shapes
streamline · chrome · sunburst · chevron · ziggurat · terrazzo · Bauhaus · symmetry · ornament · glamour