early 1900s
Century's first decade
The early 1900s refers to the first years or decades of the twentieth century, roughly 1900 to 1920 or 1930.
The phrase is elastic—context determines the boundaries.
Fashion in the early 1900s favored long skirts and high collars.
Also written early nineteen-hundreds.
- CubismFragmented geometric abstraction
- Art NouveauCurvilinear decorative movement, 1890s
- Progressive EraUS social reform period
- Teddy RooseveltTwenty-sixth American president
- Boxer RebellionChinese anti-imperialist uprising, 1900
Wright brothers · Edwardian era · gaslight era · mustache wax · Panama Canal · Model T · horse and buggy · ragtime · Russo-Japanese War · suffragette movement · Ellis Island · Industrial Revolution · assembly line · vaudeville · silent film · imperialism · tuberculosis · world's fair
early 1900s1990s
Final twentieth-century decade
1980s · mid-century · 1950s · mid-century modern · postwar era
early 1900scontemporary times
The current period
modern era · 21st century · contemporary era · today · digital age
early 1900sdigital age
Epoch of computerized life
information age · space age · atomic age · smartphone era · jet age