Last Updated on July 30, 2025 by Colby Droscher
Slip on into your cloche hat or straighten out that bow tie, because these colorized photos are able to quickly whisk you back into the energetic dawn of the Roaring Twenties. So, buckle up and get ready to immerse yourself in an era of flappers, first flights, and also fast-changing fashion as it comes alive in ways that history books never could
1. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, 1921
2. Belgian National Team, 1921
3. Just another night in Washington, D.C.
4. Yeah, that’s a motorized unicycle
5. A musician on his way home in the morning hours
6. Countryside shenanigans out in Sweden look pretty decent
7. Yeah, that’s Washington, D.C. in 1921
8. The firehouse in 1921
9. Buster Keaton back in the early 1920s
10. A tavern in southeastern Austria in 1925
11. Gorman, New Wales, 1933
12. A cargo ship in the Tifu-Bay of Buru
13. Washington D.C. in 1924
14. The organ grinders were no joke, circa early 1920s
15. A hippo drawn circus cart, early 1920s
16. Big gun, Washington D.C., 1923
17. A 1923 Star Bus Line
18. A solid gathering by all indeed
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Whether it’s flappers crowding the dance floor or vintage roadsters gleaming in newfound color, these restored snapshots prove the Roaring Twenties were bursting with life worth revisiting. If you’re itching to see how the decade’s optimism carried on, dip into 20 Colorized Photos of the Mid to the Late 1920s for even more jazz-age vibrance. Then compare styles and streetscapes in 35 Vintage Photos Of The Early To Mid-1920s to trace how quickly trends evolved.
