yesterwire.comBack to search

On the date

Saturday, September 9, 1916

From the day

Perspective: The Street Photographer · Sound

The rhythmic *clack-clack* of my shutter cuts through the brassy wail of "Poor Butterfly" drifting from a nearby gramophone. I’m framing a shot of a newsie shouting about British ship clearances, his tweed cap pulled low over eyes that have seen too many Saturday rushes. I duck into the bakery to dodge a soot-stained Ford, grumbling as I drop my last **$0.06** on a loaf that was cheaper just last month. Between the screech of the streetcars and talk of whether we'll ever catch the **movies** tonight, the city feels like it’s vibrating toward a breaking point.

Memories from that day

No memories yet. Add yours if you remember this day.

Best-selling Sheet Music

Poor Butterfly

Raymond Hubbell

The must-have

Lincoln Logs

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

lousysnapshotmovies

Soldiers

over the topblightyno man's landcooties

Suffragette

deeds not wordsvotes for women

Catchphrases of 1916

  • He kept us out of war

Tech Check

Toggle Light Switch, Electric Clock & Submachine Guns.

Cost of Living (1910)

Loaf of Bread

$0.06

Gallon of Gas

$0.15

Average Home

$3,600

New Car

$950

Time Elapsed

40,081 days ago

(109 years, 296 days)