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Prosperity and Thrift: The Coolidge Era and the Consumer Economy, 1921-1929
Digital History ID 4269

Library of Congress materials from the 1920s that document the widespread prosperity of the Coolidge years, the nation's transition to a mass consumer economy, and the role of government in this transition.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/coolhtml/coolhome.html

Chicago: Destination for the Great Migration
Digital History ID 4270

This Library of Congress site uses documents and images from its collections to describe the Great Migration from the South to Chicago.
http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/african/afam011.html

The Survey Graphic, Harlem Number, March 1925
Digital History ID 4271

The March 1925 edition of Survey Graphic magazine helped bring the work of the writers of the Harlem Renaissance to national attention.
http://books.google.com/books?id=eTfx4WoHwQIC

Temperance and Prohibition
Digital History ID 4272

This website is a project developed at Ohio State University, and explores why the U.S. adopted prohibition. It traces the growth of the brewing industry; examines the Woman’s Crusade of 1873 and 1874; analyzes the development of the Anti-Saloon League; and contains cartoons from the Prohibition party, images of old-time saloons, and arguments for and against prohibition.
http://prohibition.osu.edu/