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  • n  the 1920s in the United States characterized in the novels of F. Scott Fitzgerald as a period of wealth, youthful exuberance, and carefree hedonism
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  • Street Style: Welcome to the Roaring Twenties
    Over the weekend, New Yorkers decked out in flapper finery traveled to Governor's Island by the boatload to celebrate summer's first Jazz Age Lawn Party. As the costumed attendees wandered about the tree-covered grounds (temporarily living in what appeared to be a real-life version of the party scene in Gatsby), ... More »
    June 18, 2013 - New York Magazine
  • Photos: Jazz Age Lawn Party Brings Governors Island Back In Time
      The weather was stellar for the 8th Annual Jazz Age Lawn Party this weekend on Governors Island, where sharply dressed gents and free-spirited flappers flocked for two days of dancing, picnicking and atavistic merriment. Headlined by the irresistible Michael Arenella and His Dreamland Orchestra, the whole affair was saturated in self-imposed sepia, with vintage beaded dresses and waxed ...
    June 17, 2013 - Gothamist

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