Algoma High School Graduating Class of 1920

Important Note:    This was such a wonderfully produced annual and such an interesting find that we put the entire annual online here in the form of PDF.  Algoma High School  - Cresent Beach Echoes 1920

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The Cresent Beach Echoes Staff A Special Memoriam from the 1920 Annual Cresent Beach Echoes, Class of 1920 Pictures Pictures from Ackerman/ Dorothy through Shaw/ Mildred Pictures from Schillin/Rudolph through Wulf/Amanda Complete 1920 Annual in PDF format - 4 MB   1920 School Board Members AHS 1920 Principal 1920 Teaching Staff Members

The first radio broadcast occurred on Nov 2, 1920 when President Warren Harding made a speech.   1920 was also the year that the 19th amendment to the Constitution gave Women the right to vote! Most entertainment was local and in the area of Algoma, transportation was mainly still the horse and buggy although the automobile "Tin Lizzy" was making it's entrance.  No TV, No Radio, so the entertainment consisted largely of people visiting friends and relatives, playing games, singing and dancing largely to the local dance bands in the area.  Algoma, and the surrounding area, had a lot of bands that played mostly polka and waltz music.  Any reason to have a party, a kermiss, or some other festival would bring out the bands and the food, drink and of course the local people to enjoy! 1920 Top Twenty Hits

Back in 1920, gasoline cost 18 cents a gallon.   The price of a new Chevy half-ton pickup truck was only $650. A used Ford was only $57.50 cents. Algoma's 4th  Street  - circa 1920 - Note, Dark building was to the right of where Katch's Department store used to be.