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On the date

Thursday, April 16, 1908

From the day

Perspective: The Street Photographer · Sound

The heavy scent of gasoline and horse manure hangs thick over Broadway as the roar of these new motorcars drowns out the flower girls. I adjust my tripod, dodging a frantic newsboy shouting about that "autoist" Albro’s thousand-dollar fine while a nearby gramophone scratchily brasses out *Shine On, Harvest Moon*. A dapper gentleman in a starched collar buttons his wool coat against the spring breeze, looking as fit as a fiddle for his portrait amidst the chaos of clacking carriage wheels. I wait for the silver light to hit the pavement just right, capturing the grit of a city that's moving too fast for its own good.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Shine On, Harvest Moon

Nora Bayes & Jack Norworth

The must-have

Rook (Card Game)

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

bullyfit as a fiddleblockhead

Aristocrat

capitalmy wordbally

Working Class

gadzooksblimeychump

Catchphrases of 1908

  • Take me out to the ball game

Tech Check

Ford Model T (Assembly Line), Geiger Counter & Cellophane.

Cost of Living (1900)

Loaf of Bread

$0.05

Gallon of Gas

$0.10

Average Home

$3,200

New Car

$1,000

Time Elapsed

43,149 days ago

(118 years, 79 days)