To some social observers, petting parties of the 1920s were a natural, post-First World War outgrowth of a repressed society. To others, the out-in-the-open hug-and-kissfests were blinking neon ...

The brand new automobile led 1900s Cincinnati parents to suspect the backseat would be used for lustful purposes around Valentine’s Day… and they were right. Young “sheiks” and “flappers” were quick ...

A rush of adrenaline flowed through Deputy Schuman’s body after he spotted the car parked on the side of Huntington Pike with its lights out. His new job could be tedious and boring, but it was ...

Automobiles had become a “menace to morals, and are wrecking the lives of so many girls,” the Spokane County sheriff said. Why? Because young people were driving out on highways and having “petting ...