Timecapsule:America 1910s
1910-1919
  • Population: 92,407,000
  • Life Expectancy: Male 48.4 Female: 51.8
  • Average Salary $750 / year The Ziegfeld girls earned $75/week.
  • Unemployed 2,150,000
  • National Debt: $1.15 billion
  • Union Membership: 2.1 million
  • Strikes 1,204
  • Attendance: Movies 30 million per week
  • Divorce: 1/1000
  • Vacation: 12 day cruise $60
  • Whiskey $3.50 / gallon, Milk $.32 / gallon
  • Speeds make automobile safety an issue
  • 25,000 performers tour 4,000 U.S. theaters

 


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