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On the date

Friday, January 5, 1900

From the day

Perspective: The Future Historian · Sight

Staring through the flicker of gaslight, I observe a woman adjusting her S-bend corset, her pouter pigeon silhouette casting a jagged shadow against the heavy lace curtains. The morning gazette screams that the Lawton Fund Now $45,097., a staggering sum that marks the precise fiscal dawn of a century defined by such concentrated capital. It is a bally strange sight to see the future etched into her high collar and the glint of a new Kodak camera on the sideboard. These primitive mechanical pulses are the first tremors of the technocratic empire I study from the far end of time.

Memories from that day

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Best-selling Sheet Music

A Bird in a Gilded Cage

Harry Von Tilzer

The must-have

Lionel Trains

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

bullyfit as a fiddleblockhead

Aristocrat

capitalmy wordbally

Working Class

gadzooksblimeychump

Catchphrases of 1900

  • Speak softly and carry a big stick

Tech Check

Kodak Brownie Camera, Zeppelin Airships & Escalators.

Style of 1900

Silhouette: S-bend corset and pouter pigeon chest

Material: Lace, silk, and heavy wool

  • Gibson Girl hair
  • Parasols
  • High collars

Cost of Living (1900)

Loaf of Bread

$0.05

Gallon of Gas

$0.10

Average Home

$3,200

New Car

$1,000

Time Elapsed

46,225 days ago

(126 years, 235 days)