1924                 Documents in Year 1925                      1926


Document

Person

State

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1861-1930

Senator James Kimble Vardaman
(Spanish American War Veteran, Prior Mississippi Senator & Great, Great Grandson of John II Vardeman "the pioneer")

64 years old - Mississippi

Photos
1867-1956

Ernest Johnson Vardiman
(son of John Thomas)

58 years old - Missouri

Photos
1869-1945

John Peter Vardiman
(son of John Thomas)

56 years old - Missouri

Photos
1871-1949

Richard Henry Vardiman
(son of John Thomas)

54 years old - Missouri

Photos
1872-1966

Luella "May" Smith
(Wife of John Peter)

53 years old - Missouri

Photos
1873-1959

Jeremiah "Jerry" Vardiman
(son of John Thomas)

52 years old - Missouri

Photos
1875-1945

Hiram Botts Vardiman
(son of John Thomas)

50 years old - Missouri

Photos
1878-1952

Grace Truman Vardiman
(daughter of John Thomas)

47 years old - Missouri

Photos
1880-1949

Miles Standish Vardiman
(son of John Thomas)

45 years old - Missouri

Photos
1882-1958

Bonnie Stanley Vardiman
(daughter of John Thomas)

43 years old - Missouri

Photos
1885-1980

Mary "Mollie" Josephine Harris Vardiman
(wife of Miles Standish)

40 years old - Missouri

Photos
1885-1964

Margaret May "Maggie" Vardiman
(daughter of John Thomas)

40 years old - Missouri

Photos
1887-1977

Elizabeth "Lizzie" Gaimes Vardiman
(Daughter of John Thomas)

38 years old - Missouri

Photos
1890-1970

Frances Laura "Fannie" Vardiman
(Daughter of John Thomas)

35 years old - Missouri

Photos
1890-1985

Emma Henriette Jensen Vardiman
(Wife of Charles Henry)

35 years old - Missouri 

Photos
1893-1972

Captain James K. Vardaman Jr.
(Future Naval Aide to President Truman during WWII & Son of James Kimble Vardaman)

32 years old

Photos
1896-1962

Charles Henry Vardiman
(son of John Peter)

29 years old - Missouri

Photos
1899-1984

John Wesley Vardiman "Johnny"
(son of John Peter)

26 years old - Missouri

Photos
1905-1972

Miles Edman Vardeman "Eddie"
(son of John Peter)

20 years old - Missouri

Photos
1908-1986

Gladys Elizabeth Babler
(future wife of  Miles Edman "Eddie" Vardeman)

17 years old - Missouri

Photos
1913-1985

James Ross Vardiman
(son of Miles Standish)

12 years old - Missouri

Photos
1915-1968

Phillip Harris Vardiman
(son of Miles Standish)

10 years old - Missouri

Photos
1917-2000

Frances Louise Carter
(Future Wife of Phillip Harris)

8 years old - Missouri

Photos
1920-2008

Luetta Doris Ballard
(Future Wife of John Wesley "Johnny")

5 years old - Missouri

Photos
1924-1990

Harry Lee "Bud" Vardiman
(Son of Charles Henry)

1 year old - Missouri

Photos
1924-Current

Jesse Harris "Jack" Vardaman
(5x Great Grandson of
William I Vardeman &
Bridgit Tinkler)

1 year old - Ohio

1925 Newspaper Clippings

Links of Interest:

  • 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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