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On the date

Tuesday, February 4, 1919

From the day

Perspective: The Street Photographer · Sight

The slush is thick on Broadway, catching the yellow flicker of the midday lanterns and the sharp silhouettes of men in heavy wool overcoats. I lean against a newsstand, where the ink on the headlines about Senator Hale’s fears of internationalism is still damp enough to smudge a thumb. I take a quick snapshot of a young woman in a cloche hat as she digs through her purse, grumbling that **$0.06** is a steep price for a simple loaf of bread these days. She sighs, her breath a white plume in the freezing air, while the distant, tinny melody of "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles" drifts from a nearby doorway.

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The Headlines

HALE FEARS LOSS OF SOVEREIGNTY; Suggests That Wilson's Plans Tend to a Dangerous Internationalism. CHANGED OVER THERE His Ideals as Voiced in Fine Phrases Not This People's Ideals, Maine Senator Insists.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles

John Kellette

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 1919

  • The Red Scare

Tech Check

Pop-Up Toaster, Shortwave Radio & Arc Welding.

Cost of Living (1910)

Loaf of Bread

$0.06

Gallon of Gas

$0.15

Average Home

$3,600

New Car

$950

Time Elapsed

39,204 days ago

(107 years, 149 days)