In 1920, young Ed Carr left home to attend college at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.  Here are some of the letters that he wrote to his family in Brooklyn...

• January 23rd
   
• February 6th
   
• February 8th
   
• February 10th
   
• February 29th
   
• March 5th
   
• March 9th
   
• March 30th - Final Exams
   
• April 12th
   
• April 27th
   
• May 4th

Edward spent the summer in Saratoga working with his father...

• August 14th - A letter that Edwards's father, Michael, sent to Mrs. Carr, back in Brooklyn

Edward then went to work as a merchant marine...

• November 26th - from Christiana, Norway
   
• December 26th - from Helsinki, Norway

1920 Milestones

Born this Year...

The World in 1920...

• Powder magazine found in bomb search of squatters on Plumb Beach, off Sheepshead Bay
   
• N.Y. Yankees buy Babe Ruth from Boston with a salary of $20,000 per year.
   
• Women in the United States win the right to vote.

1920 Photo Gallery...

1920 at the track...

• In a 1962 NY Daily News article,
  Sunny Jim remembers the 1920 Dwyer Handicap

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