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On the date

Wednesday, October 30, 1901

From the day

Perspective: The Teenager · Sight

I’m sportin’ my new high-collar coat and checkin’ the shop windows for those shiny new Meccano kits, lookin’ fit as a fiddle under the orange glow of the street lamps. Some chump at the bakery just tried to charge me an extra penny, but I kept my cool and tossed down exactly **$0.05** for a crusty loaf to tide me over. The rhythm of "Blaze Away" is thump-thumping from a nearby parlor as I dodge a fella lugging one of those massive new vacuum cleaners. Everything feels bully tonight, like the whole world is buzzin' with those fancy transatlantic radio signals flyin' right through the autumn air.

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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

45,509 days ago

(124 years, 249 days)