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Thursday, November 20, 1913

From the day

Perspective: The Street Photographer · Sound

The click of my shutter snaps against the frantic clatter of iron-rimmed wheels on cobblestone, freezing a newsboy in his wool flat cap as he screams of the Panama Canal's uncertainty. I dodge a woman in a heavy velvet corset who is humming "Peg o' My Heart," her floral perfume cutting through the thick, metallic scent of coal smoke hanging over the city. Dropping **$0.06** on the counter for a warm loaf, I grumble at how the price pinches my pockets just to keep body and soul together. If this rain doesn't let up, I’ll be wishing for a ticket back to **blighty** before the evening fog rolls in.

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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

41,106 days ago

(112 years, 226 days)