Fashion for the women also started a drastic change in the Roaring 20s, with the coming of the flapper dress. The VCHS girls depicting their time period and doing the Charleston dance are (from left) Courtney King, Gracie Leach, Kiki Barlow, Grace Perry and Isabelle Acord. The decade was iconic in America, as the country was dry (no alcohol), crime-ridden, and saw notable inventions such as the radio, a major increase in automobile ownership, and a stock market phase that first meant easy money, and later a horrible crash. (Telegram Photo by Red Thompson, Jr.)