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On the date

Sunday, September 7, 1913

From the day

Perspective: The Street Photographer · Sound

The rhythmic *click-clack* of my shutter cuts through the Sunday bustle as I frame a newsboy hawking papers about the Yankees’ lousy defeat by Washington. A pair of suffragettes in stiff starch collars march past, their cries of "votes for women" mixing with the tinny refrain of "Peg o' My Heart" drifting from a nearby open window. I duck into the bakery to escape the dust of a passing motorcar, grumbling as I fish out **$0.06** for a single loaf that used to cost far less. Adjusting my lens, I capture the light hitting a fresh crossword puzzle discarded on a bench, a silent testament to this modern, frantic age.

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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

41,179 days ago

(112 years, 299 days)