The 1920s was an era of fads and crazes. We already discussed the Charleston dance craze above, and the stock buying mania. Other fads included cross word puzzles, miniature golf, mah jong and many more. Here is the story of flag pole sitting, rivaling goldfish swallowing for the oddest of all, started by Alvin "Shipwreck" Kelly; interesting video about 10 minutes, from "Vintage Files" on youtube:
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