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A Look Into The Past

The document summarizes events from the 1920s decade: - The 1920 Wall Street bombing in New York City killed 38 people and injured 400 when a horse-drawn wagon containing explosives detonated on a busy street near the JP Morgan building. Italian anarchists were suspected but never charged. - The bombing led to increased investigations of radical groups in the US and the development of the FBI's intelligence division. - The rest of the document presents photos documenting various events, inventions, and cultural aspects from the 1920s such as the Lincoln Memorial dedication, Charles Lindbergh's transatlantic flight, the stock market crash of 1929, and Al Capone's 1929 Valentine's Day Massacre in Chicago.

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A Look Into The Past

The document summarizes events from the 1920s decade: - The 1920 Wall Street bombing in New York City killed 38 people and injured 400 when a horse-drawn wagon containing explosives detonated on a busy street near the JP Morgan building. Italian anarchists were suspected but never charged. - The bombing led to increased investigations of radical groups in the US and the development of the FBI's intelligence division. - The rest of the document presents photos documenting various events, inventions, and cultural aspects from the 1920s such as the Lincoln Memorial dedication, Charles Lindbergh's transatlantic flight, the stock market crash of 1929, and Al Capone's 1929 Valentine's Day Massacre in Chicago.

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1920’s

A Look Into the Past


The Wall Street bombing was an incident that occurred at 12:01 p.m. on September 16, 1920, in the Financial District of New York
City. Thirty-eight were killed and 400 people were injured by the blast.

A horse-drawn wagon passed by lunchtime crowds. The wagon then stopped across the street from the headquarters of the J.P.
Morgan bank on the financial districts busiest corner. Inside, 100 pounds of dynamite with 500 pounds of heavy, cast-iron sash
weights exploded in a timer-set detonation, sending the slugs tearing through the air. The horse and wagon were blasted into small
fragment.

• A small group if Italian


Anarchists were suspected but
were never charged due to lack
of evidence. Their motive was
revenge for the deportation and
jailing of some of their group.

• The bombing caused renewed


investigation into the activities
and movement of foreign
radicals, stimulating the
development of the U.S. Justice
Department’s General
Intelligence Division of the
Bureau of Investigation
(forerunner of the FBI).

• One of the Directors assistants,


a fast-rising young civil servant
named John Hoover, was put in
charge of assembling all
information possible about
radical groups throughout the
United States.
Vintage RV - William Downer Auto Home, Gospel Car No. 1
Washington, D.C., 1921. Whistle Car - A Truck Filled
With Whistle, the Beverage Wrapped in Bottles
Mexico - 1922
Washington Taxi - 1922
Bathing Suit Contest, 1922
Law Officers Destroying a Moonshine Still, Gordon County, GA 1922
Lincoln Memorial Dedication, May 30, 1922
Before “Land” Was Removed From the Sign
1923 Duesenberg Model A Pace Car at the Indianapolis 500 – Note the Original Brick Track
1924 Joy Ride in an International Harvester
Girls Gone Wild – 1924
Day After the
June 28, 1924
Loraine, Ohio
Tornado
Toronto Noon Hour - 1924
Saturday Matinee, 1925
Cashmere, Oregon, 1925
This 1925 Model T Ford Sold For $260.00. It Had Sold For $950.00 in 1909.
25 Cent Gas, Washington D.C. - 1926
Early RV
Chicago
Traffic on
Bridge
1927
1927 Camping Trip in a Studebaker
Charles Lindbergh Before Attempting the First Trans-Atlantic Flight
Charles Lindbergh Lands Spirit of St. Louis in Paris on May 21, 1927,
Successfully Completing the First Trans-Atlantic Flight
USS Los Angeles Over Manhattan - 1928
South Street, New York -1928
1928 Picture of 39
Year Old Hitler at
Nazi Party Rally in
Nuremberg. His
Rise to Power
Would Begin After
the Beginning of
the Depression.
Ford Introduces the Model A in 1928
The February 14, 1929 Valentine's Day Massacre was ordered by Al Capone to eliminate competition from
George "Bugs" Moran's North Side Gang because they were encroaching on his territory. Capone delegated the
job to his murderous henchman, "Machine Gun" Jack McGurn and headed to his home in Miami to establish his
alibi. Mcgurn baited the Moran gang with the promise of a shipment of smuggled alcohol at a price too good to
pass up. The delivery was to take place at a garage at 2122 North Clark Street that Moran used to conduct his
business. McGurn distanced himself from the activities of that day by staying away and bringing in hit men from
the Detroit gang to carry out the executions. Moran himself was late getting to the garage and fled when he saw
the executioners, some dressed as police officers, entering the garage. Although he escaped, the damage was
done. Moran lost power and eventually control of the North Side.
• Moran's men were lined up
against the wall and the hit
men opened up with two
Thompson submachine
guns, backed up by pistols
and shotguns. Six men died
immediately and one
survived till he got to the
hospital in spite of 22 bullet
wounds, even reviving
briefly before dying. True to
the gangsters' code, though,
he went to his grave without
squealing. "I'm not gonna
talk. Nobody shot me," he
said before expiring.
October 29
1929
Decatur
Evening
Herald
Wall Street, New York City - 1929

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