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Tuesday, October 6, 1925

From the day

Perspective: The Street Photographer · Sight

The flashbulb pops, catching a dapper gent in a pin-striped suit sidestepping a sleek **Radio Flyer Wagon** abandoned on the damp sidewalk. Manhattan looks thin today—voters must be sleeping in—but the way that dame's cloche hat catches the morning glare is simply the cat’s pajamas. I’m framing the grit of the subway grates against the silk of a passing hem, capturing a world where even the low registration numbers can't dampen the city's shimmer. The Leica feels heavy and right in my hand, freezing this silver-nitrate dream before the headlines turn to tomorrow’s baloney.

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The Headlines

REGISTRATION LIGHT ON THE FIRST DAY; 151,291 Qualify to Vote in Mayoralty Race, Compared With 162,208 in 1921. MANHATTAN LOSES 9,950 Brooklyn Decrease Is 4,088 -Queens Gains 2,958, Bronx 136 and Richmond 27. REGISTRATION LIGHT ON THE FIRST DAY

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Yes Sir, That's My Baby

Walter Donaldson

The must-have

Radio Flyer Wagon

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

applesaucebaloneycheaterscrush

Flapper

bee's kneescat's pajamasgiggle watershebahotsy-totsy

Gangster

big cheesebump offstool pigeongatfall guy

Catchphrases of 1925

  • The business of America is business

Tech Check

Mechanical Television, The Leica I & Masking Tape.

Cost of Living (1920)

Loaf of Bread

$0.11

Gallon of Gas

$0.30

Average Home

$6,296

New Car

$575

Time Elapsed

36,767 days ago

(100 years, 267 days)