# Back to the Future 1955 -\> 1925

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-future-1955-1925/758917>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 2, 2016, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-future-1955-1925/758917 "2016-07-02T12:10:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![lew\_cody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e274bd/32.png) [@lew\_cody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lew_cody)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2016, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-future-1955-1925/758917/21 "2016-07-03T02:45:25Z")

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> [@NDP](#):
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> Was Louis Armstrong well known in 1925 or was that still a few more years away?

He had a reputation in jazz circles but really wasn’t a household name. VARIETY mentioned him once in a discussion of the best jazz musicians (7 Oct. 1925, page 49), and the first recording session under Armstrong’s name was held in November. But it took several years for his celebrity to build.

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**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2016, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-future-1955-1925/758917/22 "2016-07-03T14:51:00Z")

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> [@Lamia](#):
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> I’m imagining a '50s teen with a demure June Cleaver-esque mother being transported back to 1925 and discovering that she’d been a young flapper, sneaking out to jazz clubs to do the bunny hug!

After my sweet, white-haired grandmother (born in 1903) died, we discovered pictures of her from the 1920’s – on the back of some guy’s motorcycle, wearing plus fours and argyle socks! I also have a great picture of her and her sisters with bobbed hair and classic flapper dresses. She even wore a flapper wedding dress for her wedding in 1928.

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