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Sunday, March 30, 1919

From the day

Perspective: The Street Photographer · Sound

The shutter clicks over a drab wool coat as "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles" whistles through the teeth of a passing newsboy. His stack screams that Magyars are not hostile to Allies, says Kun, but the boys in the Workmen's and Soldiers' Council look plenty ready to defend themselves if things get over the top. I adjust my lens, capturing the gray smog of coal and the sharp scent of six-cent bread drifting from a nearby bakery. Under the shadow of an electric sign, a young shop-girl in a starched cotton blouse pauses to read about the Sovietized press, her eyes darting like she's watching one of those new-fangled movies.

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The Headlines

MAGYARS NOT HOSTILE TO ALLIES, SAYS KUN; But They Will Defend Themselves, of Course, AgainstUnfrieldly Acts. MAGYAR PRESS SOVIETIZED. Staffs Have Representatives in Workmen's and Soldiers' Council. MISSIONS IN BUDAPEST SAFE. The Soviet Government Has Promised Them Protection.

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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

39,149 days ago

(107 years, 94 days)