[July 29th, 1923] Benito Mussolini on his 40th birthday, taking part in a celebration commemorating King Humbert I of Italy in Rome.

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[19 April 1921] Need Red Wine To Win, French Athletes Say

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[July 14th, 1923] Never Too Hot For A Girl To Dance!

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[May 23, 1921] Flora McDonald Denison, Canadian suffragette and author, dies from complications of the Spanish flu at 54.

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[March 22nd, 1920] The Accuser by Rollin Kirby, cartoon on the failure of the U.S. Senate to ratify the Versailles Treaty

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[September 19, 1920] Beans - Beans - Beans

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[June 21st, 1921] The R38 Airship seen above the Rialto Cinema in Beverly Street, Hull.

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[February 15th, 1923] Fascisti Chief Sees Peril in Ruhr. Interview with Adolf Hitler which was printed in the San Francisco Examiner and other American newspapers.

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[August 17th, 1922] The Inquiring Photographer asks Midtown Manhattan pedestrians what they think of young people referring to their parents as the old man and the old lady.

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[December 25th, 1922] Armenian Catholic priests in front of their chapel, Angora, Turkey.

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[May 27, 1920] Immigrants arriving at Ellis Island.

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[July 8, 1921] The Kansas City Star

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[November 16th, 1920] How to avoid the usual cold

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[May 4, 1919] Over 3000 students from universities in Beijing gather in front of Tiananmen to protest the signing of the Treaty of Versailles.

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[January 1, 1920] The first front page of the New York Times for 1920.

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[October 11th, 1921] $alesman $am by George Swan Swanson

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[December 26th, 1922] The Inquiring Photographer asks pedestrians in the Theater District what they think of the custom of making New Year's resolutions.

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[May 29, 1919] Irritated with burned toast that was served in the cafeteria at the manufacturing plant in Stillwater, Minnesota where he worked during World War I, Charles Strite invented a pop-up toaster with a variable timer. He filed a patent for the first pop-up toaster on this day.

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[April 21, 1921] Casey Stengel of the Philadelphia Phillies slides safely into home in a 6-5 win over the New York Giants at the Polo Grounds.

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[January 17th, 1922] Why We Catch So Many Colds.

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[May 24th, 1923] (Original Caption) Photo shows Benito Mussolini, acclaimed as the Theodore Roosevelt of Italy, caught by the camera in a rather picturesque pose in Rome, during the recent visit of the British Royal Family.

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[October 24th, 1921] The Outbursts of Everett True by A.D. Condo

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[January 3rd, 1923] The Inquiring Photographer asks NYC pedestrians if they think any man can become a millionaire by honest means without inheriting it.

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[November 17, 1918] Early dinosaur film The Ghost of Slumber Mountain was first shown to movie audiences

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[May 15, 1920] A girl dressed as Joan of Arc at a ceremony in New York honoring her death.

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[October 5th, 1923] The Inquiring Photographer asks, Who, in your opinion, is the greatest living American?

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[Aug. 21, 1921] The women's New Century Guild in Philadelphia offers 5 rules for how to catch a husband.

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[December 11th, 1921] The Inquiring Photographer asks pedestrians in Washington Square Park whether they'd prefer having a son or a daughter.

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[January 14, 1920] Ain't you going to do nothin'?, Evening Public Ledger, cartoon.

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[August 30th, 1922] The Fellow-Traveller Who Will Talk.

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[December 29th, 1922] The Inquiring Photographer asks Midtown Manhattan pedestrians how landlords who fail to provide heat for their tenants should be punished.

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[September 22nd, 1921] Pogo sticks in the Bois de Boulogne, Paris

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[January 16, 2023] Wireless Phone Predicted Soon, Indianapolis Times.

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[March 30th, 1924] When The Noble Art Is More Than A Coronet.

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[April 3rd, 1921] Home of Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt at 666 Fifth Avenue.

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[April 6, 1920] Jack Johnson shaking hands with Billy Silver, Deputy Sheriff of Imperial County, California. One step more and Johnson would be on United States soil and under arrest for bail-jumping in Chicago 8 years before.

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[April 9th, 1922] The Inquiring Photographer asks Long Island pedestrians what they think of the new Daylight Savings Time law.

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[July 15, 1919] An unidentified couple posed for a photo just after getting engaged on July 15, 1919.

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[August 22nd 1922] Michael Collins is killed in an ambush at Beal na Blath, County Cork. In his 32 years of life he fought during the Easter Rising in 1916, was a member of the delegation that negotiated the Treaty in 1921 and at the time of his death was Commander-in-Chief of the government forces.

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[August 4th, 1922] Sliced peaches with Kellogg's Corn Flakes! Well — just try them!

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[September 7th, 1922] The Inquiring Photographer asks pedestrians in Times Square what they think of the government injunction against the railroad strikers.

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[April 2, 1917] President Woodrow Wilson asking Congress to declare war on Germany

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[September 2nd, 1923] The Inquiring Photographer asks, Is a married woman, whose work in the business world is really important and worthwhile, justified in giving up children in order to continue that work?

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[July 27, 1921] Boys, if you're hunting an economical wife, move to West Philadelphia, Pa., begins this item about high school girls who have put on an economy fashion show with their handmade dresses. (Lafayette, Ind., Journal and Courier)

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[October 1st, 1920] Charles Ponzi was indicted on 86 counts of mail fraud.

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[September 21, 1919] 84 Years Old Civil War Veteran of Philadelphia, Wearing at the Fifty-third G. A. R. Reunion at Columbus, Ohio, the Exact Equipment with which He Marched Away to the War with the 71st Pennsylvania Regiment in 1861

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[July 9th, 1922] The Inquiring Photographer asks pedestrians by the Alexander Hamilton Customs House what could be done to make the subways safer.

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[September 12th, 1923] The Inquiring Photographer asks, Is a belief in God necessary to human happiness?

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[December 29th, 1923] One Effect Of New Year Resolutions.

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[May 22, 1921] Musicologist Charles Seeger on a family camping trip with his wife, classical violinist Constance, and children Charles Jr., John and, in dad’s lap, little Pete Seeger.

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[January 22, 1921] Excelsior on this day publishes this photo of a tank in Dublin. The British Mark V tank is being used as a battering ram to break down the door of a Johnston Mooney & O'Brien bakery at 153 Capel Street, Dublin, during the Irish War of Independence

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[February 18th, 1924] The popular U.S. comic strip Boots and Her Buddies, by Edgar Martin, was published for the first time.

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[February 18th, 1924] The Inquiring Reporter in San Francisco asks, Should the United States recognize Soviet Russia?

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[April 30th, 1922] The Inquiring Photographer asks pedestrians near New York City Hall what sort of man makes the best husband.

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[June 7th, 1917] Aftermath of 19 mines placed underneath German positions near Messines by the British on June 7, 1917. ~ 10K troops died. One of the biggest non-nuclear blasts ever, it was audible in Dublin & London.

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[September 14th, 1923] The Inquiring Photographer asks, Is the vast accumulation of wealth by a few people a benefit or a menace to the country at large?

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[April 2nd, 1923] The Inquiring Photographer asks Queens pedestrians if young girls of today take marriage as seriously as their mothers did.

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[April 29th, 1923] The Inquiring Photographer asks Lower Manhattan women if they'd rather work for a man or a woman boss.

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[February 18, 1921] Armenian revolutionaries oust the soviet regime from the Armenian capital Yerevan. Part of the February Uprising from February 13 - April 2.

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[July 12, 1921] The Evening World - New York

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[March 15th, 1921] Market Street, Manchester

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[February 7, 1920] Found this in my mom’s closet while cleaning the other day. Published 100 years ago today!

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[May 27, 1921] 100 Years Ago Today what is widely regarded as the first meme comic, how you think you look in flash photography vs. how you really look is published in Punch Magazine

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[January 12th, 1924] How To Keep From Winter Colds.

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[October 27, 1921] Life magazine.

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[February 14, 1921] The U.S. population center is placed by the Census Bureau in Owen County, Indiana, 10 miles west of its previous location.

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[September 23rd, 1922] The Inquiring Photographer asks SoHo pedestrians: what has been your experience in lending money to friends?

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[May 23, 1922] Lost life from accidental fire (7 year old pretending to smoke a cigarette)

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[June 12th, 1922] An ad for I.B.C. Root Beer - It's sterilized and you can Be Sure It's Pure.

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[October 22nd, 1923] Herr Hittler said the question was whether the soviet star or the swastika emblem of the national Socialists shall rule Germany. I am neither for a monarchy nor for President Ebert. I am for an immediate dictatorship of the swastika.

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[October 12, 1922] It's High Time He Was Getting Back!

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[September 13, 1922] Police Chief's Wife Conducts Rum Raid

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[March 14th 1922] Rome: Fighting breaks out between bands of Fascists and Socialists.

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[December 25th, 1921] The Inquiring Photographer asks NYC pedestrians if they've ever received something for nothing.

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[January 11th, 1924] The Inquiring Reporter asks, What do you think of the custom of tipping?

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[April 23rd, 1921] King George V (1865 - 1936) presents the cup to Tottenham Hotspur captain Arthur Grimsdell (1894 - 1963) after his team beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-0 to win the FA Cup Final at Stamford Bridge, London.

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[November 21st, 1923] Winston Churchill is seen with his wife Clementine Churchill at Leicester where he was adopted as Liberal candidate for the West Division.

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[July 10th, 1922] A scene from a Passion play depicting Mary anointing the feet of Jesus enacted in Los Angeles, California.

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[May 15th, 1921] Small path leading to a pasture, Isigny-sur-Mer, Calvados, Normandy, France

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[February 17th, 1923] A section of a large crowd at the 'Den' to watch a Cup Tie replay between Millwall (at home) and Southend at New Cross.

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[September 28th, 1923] The Inquiring Photographer in Los Angeles asks, What do you think of the present liquor laws?

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[July 14th, 1922] The Inquiring Photographer asks Midtown Manhattan pedestrians how the hot weather is affecting them.

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[October 31st, 1922] Vladimir Lenin, Grigory Zinoviev, Lev Kamenev and Andrey Vyshinsky during the session of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee

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[August 25th, 1923] The Inquiring Reporter in San Francisco asks, Is it proper for a man to leave on his hat in an elevator when ladies are present or should he remove it?

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[April 1st, 1924] The Inquiring Reporter asks, What new feature would you suggest for the Tribune's new radio station, W-G-N?

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[March 19, 1920] First Contact. Richmond Times Dispatch.

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[January 26, 1920] The New York Times reported over 2800 new influenza cases with around 8800 total in NYC.

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[May 13th, 1920] La Targette, France

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[November 17th, 1923] The Fierce Vegetarian— Or Giving Him Beans.

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[August 2nd, 1920] The Boston Post Publishes Story by William McMasters Revealing that Charles Ponzi Is Hopelessly Insolvent

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[December 23rd, 1922] The Inquiring Photographer asks Greenwich Village pedestrians what they consider the perfect way to spend Christmas Eve & Christmas Day.

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[October 10, 1922] Wife Ruins Hubby's Whisky Business

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[September 23rd, 1919] Italian poet seizes city from League

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[Decembre 1st, 1919] Nancy Astor enters the House of Commons on a monday morning, effectively becoming the first ever elected female MP to be granted a seat in the British Parliament. She would later bring about great changes within, among other things, women’s rights.

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[Nov 22 1921] Removing the Intoxicant

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[February 6th, 1923] The Inquiring Photographer asks Midtown Manhattan pedestrians what they think of Sen. Royal Copeland's statement that the youth need more courting places.

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[December 16th, 1922] Catches Hawk With Hands from The Woodville Republican

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[October 29th, 1922] Shop of a greengrocer, Constantinople (now Istanbul), Turkey colour photo (autochrome).

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[March 16, 1920] The unveiling of the monument to nurse Edith Cavell, executed by the Germans during World War One, by the Dowager Queen Alexandra in St Martin's Place, London

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[January 6th, 1924] There Ought To Be Another Disarmament Conference (Chicago Tribune cartoon)

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[October 27, 1922] Long Sentence Wanted

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[September 16th, 1922] The Inquiring Photographer asks pedestrians in Jamaica, Long Island if American girls would wear nose rings if Paris called it style.

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[March 5, 1920] This is a cat. Lots of rats here.

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[August 26th, 1923] Secret of the Rapid Changes in Women's Fashions.

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[February 27th, 1922] Youths confess murder of Brooklyn druggist. This youthful quartet from the notorious Navy Yard gang confessed yesterday that they took part in the attempted robbery in which Paul J. Gillman, druggist, was slain in his store at Court and Amity Streets, Brooklyn.

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[September 28th, 1922] The Inquiring Photographer asks pedestrians in front of an NYC courthouse if male stenographers are more efficient than women.

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[February 9th, 1923] The Inquiring Photographer asks Lower Manhattan women if they'd rather marry a romantic or a practical man.

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[October 30th, 1923] Towards A Universal Language.

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[November 1, 1922] Emperor is Felicitated

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[April 20th, 1923] A man demonstrating the new electric nerve line at a Home Exhibition, which causes his hair to stand on end.

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[March 16, 1921] President Warren G. Harding with a bunch of Eagle Scouts at the White House.

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[September 30th, 1919] Hollywood: Harold Lloyd victim of a gag that misfired

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[March 26, 1921] Winston Churchill meeting with Bishop MacInnes of Jerusalem on Mt. Scopus.

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[May 11, 1917] Kurdish girls carrying water, May 11, 1917

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[May 30th, 1923] The Inquiring Photographer asks Manhattan pedestrians if they think Prohibition has had any benefits.

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[March 16th, 1921] Things That Never Happen (caricature of Lenin and Trotsky)

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[February 21, 1922] Ex-Keeper of the sausage van in circuses now is 'wiener' man

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[November 22nd, 1922] The Inquiring Photographer asks Times Square pedestrians what they think of restaurants who list their menu items in French.

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[May 6th, 1922] The Inquiring Photographer asks Greenwich Village pedestrians what they do in their spare time.

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[June 6, 1919] Million Armenians slain; babies drowned and priests brutally tortured by Turks. Thousands of bodies in one pit. So many bodies hurled into one river that it overflowed its banks

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[April 19th, 1923] The Inquiring Photographer asks NYC pedestrians if they think young men are as gentlemanly and as well-mannered as they were back in 1898.

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[April 30th, 1921] Paul Journee posing for the French championship

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[February 10, 1920] Pig

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[February 25th, 1923] The Inquiring Photographer asks Greenwich Village pedestrians what should be done to punish those who sell moonshine and poison whisky.

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[December 10th, 1922] The Inquiring Photographer asks Brooklyn pedestrians what the most popular Christmas gift will be.

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[June 15th, 1922] The Inquiring Photographer asks NoMad pedestrians what annoys them most at NYC-area bathing beaches.

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[October 9th, 1921] M.F. Farley Killed By Anthrax Germ On Shaving Brush. Tammany Man and Former Representative Dies in 6 Hours After Reaching Bellevue.

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[November 23rd, 1921] The Inquiring Photographer asks the pedestrians of Brooklyn what their favorite motto is.

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[April 21st, 1922] What A Popular Boxer Has To Face On A Holiday.

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[January 20th, 1922] The Craze For Getting On The Films.

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[January 3rd, 1924] Why Not Warnings From Pedestrians?

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[April 14th, 1924] Debut of the comic strip Washington Tubbs II by Roy Crane

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[July 27, 1922] Bishops Act to Cut Out 'Obey' for Bride

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[December 16, 1919] Siberian Mother Mourns Sons Killed by Tsarist Troops

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[November 24th, 1921] The Inquiring Photographer asks the pedestrians of Brooklyn what they're most thankful for.

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[December 5th, 1922] The Craze For Ornamental Gifts.

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[October 19th, 1922] The Inquiring Photographer asks pedestrians in City Hall Park if they'd rather their first child were a boy or a girl.

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[November 30th, 1919] A destitute family in Fleet Street, London.

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[1923] The Year 1923 Predicts 2023

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[October 25, 1920] GOP presidential nominee Warren G. Harding arriving in Washington with his wife, Florence. Only 8 days until the election.

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[January 8th, 1920] In the Russian Civil War Admiral Alexander Kolchak, nominally the leader of the Whites (since Nov. 1918), is defeated at Krasnoyarsk and withdraws across Siberia to Irkutsk, where his Czech allies hand him over to the Bolsheviks. He is summarily executed (7 Feb.).

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[November 4th, 1923] Signs of Wealth We Needn't Take Too Seriously.

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[June 2nd, 1922] The Inquiring Photographer asks pedestrians in Bryant Park about their favorite refreshing summertime drinks.

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[December 2nd, 1921] Enter Miss Raffles: The New Lady Burglar.

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[July 30, 1923] Casper Daily Tribune: President's Illness Cancels Rest Of Trip.

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[November 22, 1919] A Black mother cries over Lynching in America

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[September 8th, 1922] The Inquiring Photographer asks pedestrians in the Theater District: should an engaged girl kiss her brother-in-law?

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