The Lost Generation & Pop
Culture of the 1920’s
Writers who were disillusioned at what they saw in American society.
1896-1940
F. Scott Fitzgerald
“The Jazz Age”
Sinclair Lewis
1885-1951
Writers who were disillusioned at what they saw in American society.
Ernest Hemingway
John Steinbeck
1899-1961
1902-1968
Popular Culture
Magazines
Radio
Entertainment
1927
1928
Credit
Popular Culture
Sports
Airplanes
Charles Lindbergh (1927) – 1
st
Solo, Non-Stop flight over the
Atlantic Ocean in the
Spirit of
St. Louis.
Babe Ruth
Helen Willis
Popular Culture
Automobiles
Shortened the distance
between cities and towns.
Changed the way mass
production was done.
Changed the American landscape with paved roads, gas stations, repair shops,
public garages, motels, tourists camps, shopping centers, stop signs, traffic lights.