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On the date

Sunday, April 6, 1913

From the day

Perspective: The Future Historian · Sound

The rhythmic rattling of a passing Ford and the distant, tinny melody of “Peg o' My Heart” drifting from a neighbor’s window create a frantic symphony of progress. I lean against the brickwork, scanning the morning paper for a glimpse of the shifting tides until my eyes catch the report of a NEW DESTROYER AFLOAT.; Sponsor a Relative of Silas Duncan, Whose Name Craft Bears. The low roar of the shipyards is a persistent reminder that the world is accelerating toward something far noisier than a night at the movies. Even the sharp clack of my typewriter seems small against this rising industrial thrum, echoing the metallic snap of a child’s new Erector Set building a future we can barely hear yet.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Peg o' My Heart

Fred Fischer

The must-have

Erector Set

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

lousysnapshotmovies

Soldiers

over the topblightyno man's landcooties

Suffragette

deeds not wordsvotes for women

Catchphrases of 1913

  • An apple a day keeps the doctor away

Tech Check

The Zipper, Refrigerator for Home Use & Crossword Puzzles.

Cost of Living (1910)

Loaf of Bread

$0.06

Gallon of Gas

$0.15

Average Home

$3,600

New Car

$950

Time Elapsed

41,333 days ago

(113 years, 88 days)