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Sunday, November 25, 1906

From the day

Perspective: The Street Photographer · Sight

The damp cobblestones catch the amber glow of the gas lamps, reflecting the heavy wool skirts and stiff celluloid collars of the Sunday crowd. Blimey, the grit on these newsboys' faces is a perfect contrast to the sharp black ink of the headlines screaming about Governor Higgins and the Patrick commute. I pause by a street vendor’s cart, my fingers numb as I fumble with my camera’s shutter while the scent of warm dough rises through the fog. It’s a steep $0.05 for a single loaf of bread these days, but the way the light hits that golden crust makes for a bully shot.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

You're a Grand Old Flag

George M. Cohan

The must-have

Rook (Card Game)

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

bullyfit as a fiddleblockhead

Aristocrat

capitalmy wordbally

Working Class

gadzooksblimeychump

Catchphrases of 1906

  • The Jungle

Tech Check

AM Radio Broadcasting, Victrola Phonograph & Sonar Concepts.

Cost of Living (1900)

Loaf of Bread

$0.05

Gallon of Gas

$0.10

Average Home

$3,200

New Car

$1,000

Time Elapsed

43,657 days ago

(119 years, 222 days)