Monday, March 8, 1915

From the day

Perspective: The Street Photographer · Sight

The slush on Broadway carries a biting chill, reflecting the flickering marquees off the puddles where men in stiff wool bowlers crowd around newsstands. I frame a snapshot of a woman clutching a new Raggedy Ann doll, her face tightening as she reads the headlines about old men being called to the German front. The copper taste of the morning air sours when I realize the nickel in my palm isn't enough; the baker demands another penny now that a loaf has climbed to $0.06. I'll have to skip the bread if I want to save my last plate for the boy humming that new "Soldier" tune by the telephone booth.

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The Headlines

GERMANS UP TO 55 CALLED.; Many Recently Declared Unfit Are Now Said to be in Training.

Best-selling Sheet Music

I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier

Al Piantadosi

The must-have

Raggedy Ann Doll

Slang

Tech Check

Pyrex Glass, Transcontinental Telephone Call & Sonar (Active).

Cost of Living (1910)