Calvin Coolidge, Thirtieth U.S. President
(1923-1929)
Statehood
48 Continental United States of America, see 1959 for next addition
Education: Tennessee school teacher John T. Scopes' trial for teaching
Darwin’s "Theory of Evolution" begins July 1925 resulting in
conviction. See 1968 for opposite ruling.
Source: Foundations of American Education, Sixth Edition / L. Dean Webb, Arlene Metha. Published by Pearson Education. 2010
see 1926 for next event...
Literature: F. Scott Fitzgerald publishes The Great Gatsby in 1925.
- Photography:
Edward S. Curtis
(American Photographer of Native Americans 1899-1929)
World Fair celebrating Modern Art
International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts
Paris, France in 1925
(April-October)
5th of 6 World Fairs held in Paris - 1867, 1878, 1889, 1900, 1925, 1937
Location: Esplanade des Invalides,
Avenue Alexandre III (57 acres) scaled down version due to Europe
being decimated due to WWI.
Architectural Wonder:
Art Deco and cubist paintings and tubular furniture with
industrialized and standard design were embraced.
Participating Nations:
18
Visitors: 5.8 million
Novelties: The Machine for Living (industrialized and
standardized design for a functional living environment), plywood
furniture
Mattie, Erik World's Fairs Princeton Architectural Press, 1998, New York: New York.
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