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Thursday, January 10, 1901

From the day

Perspective: The Street Photographer · Sight

The January slush spatters the hem of a lady’s wool walking skirt as she pauses under the glow of 34th Street, her silhouette sharp against the gaslight. I adjust my tripod, framing the chaos at Koster & Bial’s where a bally crowd hovers near the glass. Inside, the scene is a real picture: a United States Marshal sits right in the box office, Klune himself taking possession and hawking tickets to pay off Jennie Joyce’s judgment. It’s a bully bit of drama for the camera, seeing the law count out receipts while the city hums like a new Lionel engine.

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The Headlines

MARSHAL IN BOX OFFICE; Klune Takes Possession and Sells Tickets at Koster & Bial's. Levies on Receipts to Satisfy a Judgment Obtained by Jennie Joyce.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Blaze Away

Abe Holzmann

The must-have

Lionel Trains

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

bullyfit as a fiddleblockhead

Aristocrat

capitalmy wordbally

Working Class

gadzooksblimeychump

Catchphrases of 1901

  • Good to the last drop

Tech Check

Transatlantic Radio Signal, Vacuum Cleaner & Meccano.

Cost of Living (1900)

Loaf of Bread

$0.05

Gallon of Gas

$0.10

Average Home

$3,200

New Car

$1,000

Time Elapsed

45,803 days ago

(125 years, 178 days)