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1910 Ford
Make sure you read all the statistics under the photo.
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. !
(yes,
people have changed)
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
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Sylvia's world in thoughts and pictures
Dog-gon e-it, the Ford picture did not come up on my computer, but the rest did and made my morning :-) genie
ReplyDeleteWell, shoot, things were very different in the 50s and 60s from what they are today, too. I remember spending $25 at the grocery store and wondering how we'd make it the rest of the week. Our first home in Arizona cost $11,500. We didn't have furniture in the living room for 5 years 'cause we couldn't afford it.
ReplyDeleteThings change very fast. A few years back when I taught school, I used this statistic: 75% of everything we know today (1995) came to us since 1950!
Thanks for the memory jerker and I hope that your life is following a happy and serene path this week!
Really makes you think...
ReplyDeleteMersad
Mersad Donko Photography
what a different world it was.
ReplyDeletehow good is is to go down memory lane from time to time, it does open one's eyes
Just imagine what it will be like in 100 years time! What a great post, Sylvia. I hope you're having a great day. Greetings, Jo
ReplyDeleteNo bathtub? No deodorant? No, thanks!
ReplyDeleteExcellent..
ReplyDeleteI wonder whether the world a century from now will look more like The Jetsons - or again like it did in 1910.
ReplyDeleteMy goodness, and today kids go to school and still cannot write, lol !
ReplyDelete"And the government was at work"!!
ReplyDeleteGreat set of stats.
Cheers - Stewart M - Melbourne