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Native Americans won U.S. citizenship in 1924, but others in the world would soon find that more difficult, due to the strict quotas of the 1924 Immigration Act. (Ironically, the Statue of Liberty, once a beacon to immigrants, became a national monument.) Walt Disney released the first cartoon from his own studio, Macy’s staged its first Thanksgiving Day parade and the first crossword puzzle book was published. In fads, Alvin “Shipwreck” Kelly set the first record for flagpole sitting: 13 hours.
28th January 1924: The British Curling team during the Winter Olympics at Chamonix, France. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Defendants in the 1924 Beer Hall Putsch Trial. From left to right: Heinz Pernet, Dr. Friedrich Weber, Wilhelm Frick, Hermann Kriebel, Erich Ludendorff, Adolf Hitler, Ernst Rohm, Wilhelm Bruckner, Robert Wagner. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)
Immigrants arriving in the U.S., circa 1920.
Little Orphan Annie, lobbycard, far right: Mitzi Green, 1932. (Photo by LMPC via Getty Images)
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