I just received this in an email (author unknown) and couldn’t resist sharing, especially with Sheryl of 100 Years Ago.
1910 Ford
This has only been 103 years ago…Amazing!!!
Show this to your friends, children and/or grandchildren!
The year is 1910, over one hundred years ago. What a difference a century makes!
Here are some statistics for the Year 1910:
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The average life expectancy for men was 47 years.
Fuel for this car was sold in drug stores only.
Only 14 percent of the homes had a bathtub.
Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone.
There were only 8,000 cars and only 144 miles of paved roads.
The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph.
The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower !
The average US wage in 1910 was 22 cents per hour.
The average US worker made between $200 and $400 per year.
A competent accountant could expect to earn $2000 per year,
a dentist $2,500 per year,
a veterinarian between $1,500 and $4,000 per year,
and a mechanical engineer about $5,000 per year.
More than 95 percent of all births took place at HOME.
Ninety percent of all Doctors had NO COLLEGE EDUCATION!
Instead, they attended so-called medical schools,
many of which were condemned in the press AND the government as ‘substandard.’
Sugar cost four cents a pound.
Eggs were fourteen cents a dozen.
Coffee was fifteen cents a pound.
Most women only washed their hair once a month, and used Borax or egg yolks for shampoo.
There was no such thing as under arm deodorant or tooth paste.
Canada passed a law that prohibited poor people from entering into their country for any reason.
The five leading causes of death were:
1. Pneumonia and influenza
2, Tuberculosis
3. Diarrhea
4. Heart disease
5. Stroke
The American flag had 45 stars.
The population of Las Vegas Nevada was only 30!
Crossword puzzles, canned beer, and iced tea hadn’t been invented yet
There was no Mother’s Day or Father’s Day.
Two out of every 10 adults couldn’t read or write and only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated from high school.
Eighteen percent of households had at least one full-time servant or domestic help.
There were about 230 reported murders in the ENTIRE U.S.A. !
I am now going to forward this to someone else without typing it myself.
From there, it will be sent to others all over the WORLD…all in a matter of seconds!
Try to imagine what it may be like in another 100 years.
Related articles
- 1910 (irishradiohistory.wordpress.com)
Wow! What amazing information. 1910 is a special year to me: it was the year my Mom was born. At home. Two months premature. And she lived to be 85!
Thanks for sharing this. (And I just love Sheryl’s blog…!)
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Wow, that is so fascinating!! I can’t even begin to imagine what the world will be like in another 100 years, but a lot of the old science fiction stories come to mind LOL! I do know that the advances in technology over the last 30 years still blow my mind on a daily basis.
Hope you are having a great weekend so far Dor. My oldest son and his girlfriend came home from college yesterday for reading week, and we all sat together at the kitchen table for a rousing game of cards last night. It was a blast and we laughed so much that we wondered if the neighbours could hear us. So, my weekend has started off wonderful :).
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Wash your hair once a month? Yikes! Cooties!
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You’re welcome Dianna. And my Mom was born in 1909 and lived to be 83. No wonder you and I are both so great! 🙂
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What is reading week? Glad you are having a delightful visit with son and girlfriend. My weekend is quietly comfortable so far. Dinner out with hilarious friends this evening though, so it’s bound to be full of laughter. 🙂
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I have heard (even today) that infrequent washings are supposed to be good for your hair. But I agree – greasy hair? – Yikes! 🙂
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Reading week is a week off to study for midterm exams or for some, a week to party LOL! Have fun at dinner tonight :).
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Less frequently than us neurotic Americans do, probably. But once a month? I itch just thinking about it. Since retiring I have gotten used to every other day and I thought that was a big deal. I know it’s in my head (or on my head!).
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Those stats are really something! Only 8,000 cars? I think I pass that many on my way to work each day!
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Crazy!
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Even in the 60s, my aunt used eggs to wash her hair.
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Bet the “party” part is first! Love it. And yes, we did have fun at dinner and I talked about you! 🙂
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Imagine how good it would feel after a month to finally have clean hair? 🙂 Life’s big pleasures 110 years ago. 🙂
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It sounds like a different country doesn’t it? And that wasn’t so long ago really – a flash in time. 🙂
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Some of those old remedies and methods still work – but I wouldn’t want to wash my hair with eggs! Yikes.
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It was whipped up, so I guess it didn’t really feel eggy.
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Thanks for thinking of me. The statistics are amazing. Whew, a lot has changed in the last hundred. years. The shampooing information makes me think about the old shampoo advertisement that I recently posted. Maybe washing hair with a tar shampoo twice a month actually seemed modern back then when compared to borax or egg yolks once a month. 🙂
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You talked about me?!? Oh Oh 🙂
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Wonder if we could market this – maybe use powdered eggs? 🙂
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I still love some of the old ideas but forget washing my hair in egg yolks. I have a friend though who uses the pine tar bar soap for her hair and swears by it! 🙂
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It was all good Cindy! Well, almost. 🙂 Just kidding. I did ask Carl (a professor) if he knew what “reading week” was and he said it was for studying but probably mostly for partying. Then I got your answer too!
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That’s too funny :). Actually, I don’t have to worry about the partying aspect with Bryan and Cayley because neither one of them drinks. Something makes me think it might be a bit different when my younger son goes to college though LOL!!
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