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On the date

Thursday, June 23, 1921

From the day

Perspective: The Street Photographer · Sight

The flashbulbs ignite, capturing the King's velvet silhouette against the gray Belfast stone as he begs for peace. I squeeze through the crowd of starched collars and silk hats, looking for a frame that hides the tension blooming beneath this royal spectacle. Rumors of this new **insulin** treatment hum through the pharmacy windows, almost as strange as that Czech play's mechanical **robots** or the rattling **polygraph** some copper is touting. I’ve got a real **crush** on the light hitting the smoke today; it turns this grit into gold before the peace inevitably breaks.

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The Headlines

'FORGIVE, FORGET,' KING URGES IRISH; Opens Ulster Parliament With a Strong Plea for Recon-- ciliation and Peace. BELFAST HAILS ROYAL PAIR Ceremonies Carried Out Without Any Disturbance--Hostile Faction Admires the Show.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

The Sheik of Araby

Harry B. Smith & Ted Snyder

The must-have

Raggedy Andy

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

applesaucebaloneycheaterscrush

Flapper

bee's kneescat's pajamasgiggle watershebahotsy-totsy

Gangster

big cheesebump offstool pigeongatfall guy

Catchphrases of 1921

  • Ain't we got fun?

Tech Check

Robots (The Term 'Robot'), Polygraph (Modern) & Insulin (Medical Tech).

Cost of Living (1920)

Loaf of Bread

$0.11

Gallon of Gas

$0.30

Average Home

$6,296

New Car

$575

Meanwhile

  • Post-WWI RecessionSevere deflation and collapse of agricultural prices.

Time Elapsed

38,333 days ago

(105 years, 8 days)