[January 3rd, 1924] This photograph shows how the tube of the Hudson vehicular tunnel between New York and New Jersey will look when completed. Two cars can pass abreast with plenty of room to spare.4mo ⋅ michaelnoir ⋅ r/100yearsago
[April 11, 1919] In Lens, France, a married couple living in the cellar of their former home, which is in complete ruins. (Library of Congress)5yr ⋅ cabeachgal ⋅ r/100yearsago
[June 2, 1919] After having abandoned his first wife Mileva Maric and two children, Albert Einstein remarries with Elsa Lowenthal, his double cousin, on June 2, 1919. Indeed, their two mothers, Pauline and Fanny, were sisters, while their two fathers were first cousins.5yr ⋅ cabeachgal ⋅ r/100yearsago
[March 27th, 1922] The Inquiring Photographer asks Manhattan pedestrians if the justice system should encourage mixed-gender juries.2yr ⋅ Missy_Elliott_Smith ⋅ r/100yearsago
[4 Feb. 1920] U.S. businessman Ohio Columbus (called O.C.) Barber (b. 20 April 1841) died. He was called America's Match King because of his controlling interest in the Diamond Match Company which had 85% of the market in 1881. By 1894 his manufacturing plant produced 250 million matches a day.4yr ⋅ cabeachgal ⋅ r/100yearsago
[February 21, 1920] Dora (another envelope drawn by my great-grandfather)4yr ⋅ Ignorantsportsguy ⋅ r/100yearsago
[August 8th, 1922] The Inquiring Photographer asks Midtown Manhattan pedestrians if the return of longer skirts means the passing of the flapper.1yr ⋅ Missy_Elliott_Smith ⋅ r/100yearsago
[June 8th, 1922] The Inquiring Photographer asks schoolchildren in Washington Square what school subject they like studying best.2yr ⋅ Missy_Elliott_Smith ⋅ r/100yearsago
[October 7th, 1923] A Plan To Protect Poor, Defenseless Men- Handcuffs, Armor and Other Novel Suggestions to Prevent Them From Being Accused of Undue Interest in the Women Sitting Next to Them at the Movies.7mo ⋅ michaelnoir ⋅ r/100yearsago
[September 21st, 1922] Kolze S Park, Indians Hold Pow Wow, Chief Cayou At Chicago.1yr ⋅ michaelnoir ⋅ r/100yearsago
[November 11th, 1918] Cheering crowds on a London bus greet the signing of the Armistice, 11 November 1918. At last the war was over- and in time for Christmas, though four years too late to save 10 million lives.5yr ⋅ michaelnoir ⋅ r/100yearsago
[September 11th, 1923] The Inquiring Reporter asks, Do you dislike the use of slang?8mo ⋅ michaelnoir ⋅ r/100yearsago
[May 14th, 1923] The Inquiring Photographer asks Manhattan pedestrians: If you had the opportunity to speak personally to a movie star, whom would it be, and why?1yr ⋅ Missy_Elliott_Smith ⋅ r/100yearsago
[December 17th, 1921] Production & Distribution, A Map of the World, A.D. 1921 (from The Communist)2yr ⋅ michaelnoir ⋅ r/100yearsago
[Mar 21, 1920] Dan O'Brien, 'King of the Hoboes,' addresses a gathering of his colleagues on the steps of the Capitol Building, Washington DC4yr ⋅ Its_Happning_Again ⋅ r/100yearsago
[September 23rd, 1923] The Inquiring Photographer asks, Can people of two different faiths be happily married?7mo ⋅ michaelnoir ⋅ r/100yearsago
[November 21st, 1921] The Inquiring Photographer asks the pedestrians of Brooklyn what their idea of happiness is.2yr ⋅ Missy_Elliott_Smith ⋅ r/100yearsago
[July 5] I just got a German WWI gas mask, and the filter is dated 100 yeard ago today.6yr ⋅ herrtable ⋅ r/100yearsago
[May 18th, 1922] Charles Atkins, a 15-year-old African-American boy suspected of killing a white woman was tortured and then burned to death by a lynch mob in Davisboro, Georgia.2yr ⋅ michaelnoir ⋅ r/100yearsago
[February 27th, 1922] The Inquiring Photographer asks pedestrians in Madison Square if married men should wear wedding rings to keep them from flirting.2yr ⋅ Missy_Elliott_Smith ⋅ r/100yearsago
[January 18th, 1924] Senator Royal S. Copeland of New York, sponsoring a bill to restrict the selling of pistols. The law would place a tax of $100 on each pistol manufactured in the United States and an additional tax on each loaded cartridge.3mo ⋅ michaelnoir ⋅ r/100yearsago
[June 3, 1919] Vegetarian Cafeteria at the corner of 3rd and Hill Streets, downtown Los Angeles5yr ⋅ Thats_JustGreat ⋅ r/100yearsago
[June 6, 1918] 2 time Medal of Honor recipient, Sergeant Major Daniel Joseph 'Dan' Daly, yelled at the men of the 73rd Machine Gun Company “Come on you sons of bitches, do you want to live forever?”6yr ⋅ Thats_JustGreat ⋅ r/100yearsago
[November 13, 1919] Protest by the Anti-Vaccination League outside of Old City Hall in Toronto, Canada4yr ⋅ Its_Happning_Again ⋅ r/100yearsago
[December 10th, 1921] The Inquiring Photographer asks NYC pedestrians whether they think people should be paid per week or per item produced.2yr ⋅ Missy_Elliott_Smith ⋅ r/100yearsago
[March 2nd, 1924] French contenders lined up at the 1924 French Championships in Olympic weightlifting (right to left): Monnet, Rigoulot, Vandeputte, Decottignies.1mo ⋅ LeftyRhee ⋅ r/100yearsago
[November 25th, 1923] Omaha Sunday Bee 17 year old goes on crime spree with 14 holdups and shooting an officer inspired by “dime novels.”5mo ⋅ tjnato ⋅ r/100yearsago
[September 5th, 1923] The Inquiring Photographer asks, Is a young woman wise to confess any missteps she has made in life to the man she intends to marry?8mo ⋅ michaelnoir ⋅ r/100yearsago
[November 3rd, 1922] Northwestern University Dean Peter C. Lutkin declares that jazz is dead, but its effect will be permanent.1yr ⋅ Missy_Elliott_Smith ⋅ r/100yearsago
[July 19th, 1922] Rome: Leader of Fascisti Threatens Revolt. Mussolini, Warning Against Repression of His Comrades, Startles Italian Chamber. (Fascist leader Benito Mussolini warns the Italian government against suppressing his supporters.)1yr ⋅ michaelnoir ⋅ r/100yearsago
[September 20th, 1922] The Inquiring Photographer asks pedestrians in Jersey City what causes most marriage failures.1yr ⋅ Missy_Elliott_Smith ⋅ r/100yearsago
[May 22nd, 1923] The Inquiring Photographer asks NYC pedestrians if they'd support a law that would add 10 years to a criminal's sentence if they were found in possession of a revolver upon arrest.1yr ⋅ Missy_Elliott_Smith ⋅ r/100yearsago
[April 4th, 1923] Hittler Ready for War on Reds in All Germany. Adolf Hitler told the Chicago Tribune that rumours he was planning a march on Berlin to overthrow the government were fairy tales and asserted that his only fight was against bolshevism.1yr ⋅ michaelnoir ⋅ r/100yearsago
[December 8th, 1918] Paris boy views the celebration of the signing of the armistice in the Place de la Concorde from the retrousse nose of a German trophy5yr ⋅ MonsieurA ⋅ r/100yearsago
[April 24, 1920] British armoured cars provide reinforcements to the troops guarding the 104 Sinn Fein prisoners who are on a hunger strike in Dublin Prison, Dublin, Ireland4yr ⋅ Its_Happning_Again ⋅ r/100yearsago
[April 15, 1920] The Duesenberg that Tommy Milton used to set a new world land speed record on Daytona Beach. The car featured two eight-cylinder Duesenberg blocks mounted on a common crankcase geared to run together4yr ⋅ Its_Happning_Again ⋅ r/100yearsago
[October 4th, 1923] Germany To Have Dictator. Stresemann to End 8 Hour Day and Fix Prices. Cabinet Resigns. Reichstag to Go./Bombard Felons at Bay in Prison. 3 Kill Guard; Shoot It Out with Kentucky Troops.7mo ⋅ michaelnoir ⋅ r/100yearsago
[July 10, 1919] Author Aldous Huxley marries Maria Nys, a wartime Belgian refugee. 0ne year later they had a son named Matthew. It is said that their marriage was intensively close and happy. The marriage age lasted until 1955 when Maria died breast cancer.5yr ⋅ cabeachgal ⋅ r/100yearsago
[January 30th, 1920] J.B. Hayes, White House messenger, 1/30/20. This is J.B. Hayes who for 16 years has been employed at the White House as a messenger. It is Mr. Hayes who carries all official communications to congress from the president.4yr ⋅ michaelnoir ⋅ r/100yearsago
[August 19th, 1920] Antwerp Olympic Games - Men's 200 Metres. Many empty seats in the grandstands of the Stadium greet a heat of the men's 200 metres event during the Antwerp Olympic Games on 19th August 1920.4yr ⋅ michaelnoir ⋅ r/100yearsago
[August 21 1919] Which does she want? Which way will Mexico go?5yr ⋅ Its_Happning_Again ⋅ r/100yearsago
[March 23rd, 1922] The Inquiring Photographer asks pedestrians near Madison Square Garden if Babe Ruth is really worth his $60,000/year salary.2yr ⋅ Missy_Elliott_Smith ⋅ r/100yearsago
[June 20th, 1923] U.S. President Warren G. Harding left Washington D.C. for the last time, and would never return. President Harding embarked on a cross-country speaking tour which he called the Voyage of Understanding, set to take him through much of the 48 U.S. states.11mo ⋅ michaelnoir ⋅ r/100yearsago
[January 26th, 1923] The Inquiring Photographer asks Midtown Manhattan pedestrians if the title or the star of a movie interests them most.1yr ⋅ Missy_Elliott_Smith ⋅ r/100yearsago
[January 17th, 1924] The Inquiring Reporter from the Chicago Tribune asks, Do you approve of women patronizing barber shops instead of beauty parlors for hair bobs?3mo ⋅ michaelnoir ⋅ r/100yearsago
[February 5th, 1917] The American Immigration Act of 1917 passes through congress and becomes law, overriding President Wilson's veto.7yr ⋅ fromSean ⋅ r/100yearsago
[July 11th, 1922] The Inquiring Photographer asks pedestrians on Manhattan Beach if working men should be given at least two weeks' vacation every summer.1yr ⋅ Missy_Elliott_Smith ⋅ r/100yearsago
[January 25, 1920] US government set to deport 3,000 people living in America as they are members of a political party4yr ⋅ Its_Happning_Again ⋅ r/100yearsago
[May 13th, 1918] British soldiers with their rabbits and fowls and the improvised pen in which they are kept. Near Albert, 13 May 1918. Note a pot full of eggs laid by the hens.6yr ⋅ michaelnoir ⋅ r/100yearsago
[January 27, 1920] Three children were on their way by rail after being “shipped by express from Paris to Spokane” at a cost of $507.30. Their parents had left them to live with an uncle near Paris in 1911 and had intended to fetch the kids much earlier, but the world war intervened.4yr ⋅ cabeachgal ⋅ r/100yearsago
[November 27th, 1923] War Toys Fall Off Ninety-Five Per Cent As Christmas Gifts.5mo ⋅ michaelnoir ⋅ r/100yearsago
[April 20th, 1920] April 20 to September 12: At the Olympic Games in Antwerp, the Olympic flag is hoisted for the first time and - by Victor Boin - the Olympic oath is spoken for the first time. (General view of the Opening ceremonies of the VII Olympic Games on April 20, 1920 in Antwerp, Belgium.)4yr ⋅ michaelnoir ⋅ r/100yearsago
[June 12th, 1922] The Inquiring Photographer asks pedestrians in Union Square if parents should interfere in the love affairs of their children.2yr ⋅ Missy_Elliott_Smith ⋅ r/100yearsago
[August 15th, 1922] Photo shows Mrs. Ivy Giberson, charged with the murder of her husband, William Giberson.1yr ⋅ michaelnoir ⋅ r/100yearsago
[January 30th, 1922] Dr. Grant Attacks New Jazz Music. Prominent New York Rector Declares That It Is Taking Us Back to the African Jungle- Asks if It Is the National Anthem.2yr ⋅ michaelnoir ⋅ r/100yearsago
[June 22, 1922] Noted white supremacist and Lost Cause sympathizer Mildred Rutherford publishes her Truths of History, arguing (among other things) slaves preferred life before the Civil War and the North caused the War by disregarding Supreme Court decisions upholding slavery.2yr ⋅ kthejoker ⋅ r/100yearsago
[May 11th, 1922] HP O'Reilly is typing a written version of President Harding's inaugural speech which was recorded on a Telegraphone, Washington DC. This is a new invention that uses ten miles of steel wire to record the speech and then it can be played back through a reproducing machine.2yr ⋅ michaelnoir ⋅ r/100yearsago
[July 28, 1919] “The color line has reached the north” cartoon from the Chicago Tribune newspaper while the 1919 Chicago race riots were still raging on5yr ⋅ Its_Happning_Again ⋅ r/100yearsago
[February 8th, 1923] The Inquiring Photographer asks Union Square pedestrians what they think of Magistrate Joseph Corrigan's statement that half of the NYPD are themselves bootleggers.1yr ⋅ Missy_Elliott_Smith ⋅ r/100yearsago
[June 4, 1919] My great-grandparents on their wedding day, a newly wed couple living the homesteader life in Alberta, Canada5yr ⋅ thepoetfromoz ⋅ r/100yearsago
[August 31st, 1922] The Inquiring Photographer asks Brooklyn pedestrians if they think a working girl can survive alone on a wage of $9/week.1yr ⋅ Missy_Elliott_Smith ⋅ r/100yearsago
[April 28 1920] - Overall bathing Suit Ordered off Beach - Buffalo Enquirer4yr ⋅ CoquetteandScotch ⋅ r/100yearsago
[August 10, 1919] 50 people killed in Berlin when hungry mob riots attacks police and kills, eats their horses5yr ⋅ Its_Happning_Again ⋅ r/100yearsago
[July 12, 1919] Coloured Man Receives Highest Decoration of the War5yr ⋅ Thats_JustGreat ⋅ r/100yearsago
[August 9th, 1922] The Inquiring Photographer asks pedestrians on Park Row what they think about a noted British scientist claiming that women are not as happy as they used to be.1yr ⋅ Missy_Elliott_Smith ⋅ r/100yearsago
[April 11, 1920] Cheyenne State Leader: State of Sonora Secedes from Mexico May Ask United States Intervention4yr ⋅ DyersvilleStLambert ⋅ r/100yearsago
[October 9, 1920] A woman demonstrating a mop at an exhibition in London.3yr ⋅ Scarlettail ⋅ r/100yearsago
[Dec 11] 100 Years Ago Today - Hydro-Electric Yonge Street store interior with Christmas decorations4yr ⋅ comics0026 ⋅ r/100yearsago
[November 2, 1919] New York Tribune - Miss Elizabeth C. Blanding, aged 87, said to be the oldest actively engaged school teacher in America, who has just started teaching her seventy-first class of primary grade children at a private school at Attleboro, Massachusetts4yr ⋅ Its_Happning_Again ⋅ r/100yearsago
[December 18th, 1921] The Inquiring Photographer asks NYC pedestrians whether divorce is an evil or a blessing.2yr ⋅ Missy_Elliott_Smith ⋅ r/100yearsago
[September 16th, 1923] The Inquiring Photographer asks, What do you think of the Paris edict bringing back the knee length dress?7mo ⋅ michaelnoir ⋅ r/100yearsago
[June 30, 1919] American writer of weird fiction and horror fiction, H. P. Lovecraft (right) stands with Rheinhart Kleiner in front of his home at 598 Angell Street, Providence, Rhode Island.5yr ⋅ cabeachgal ⋅ r/100yearsago
[October 17th, 1919] Growing Sugar In New York City: Park Commissioner Gallatin holds up a sugar beet planted in the garden plot at Bryant Park for the purpose of showing New Yorkers how easy it is to grow your own sugar, New York, October 17, 1919.4yr ⋅ michaelnoir ⋅ r/100yearsago
[Mar 13 1920] Paramilitary supporters of the Kapp Putsch, wearing helmets with swastika symbols, in Berlin. Kapp Putsch was an attempted coup #OnThisDay which tried to overthrow the German Weimar Republic and establish an autocratic government in its place.4yr ⋅ Its_Happning_Again ⋅ r/100yearsago
[June 30th, 1920] First: International Dada Fair, in Berlin- the largest anti-art exhibition ever mounted (Otto Dix: 45% Erwerbsfahig!)4yr ⋅ michaelnoir ⋅ r/100yearsago
[March 12th, 1922] The Inquiring Photographer asks taxi drivers in front of the Automobile Licensing Bureau how best to decrease the amount of car accidents in NYC.2yr ⋅ Missy_Elliott_Smith ⋅ r/100yearsago
[October 10, 1920] Cleveland 2B Bill Wambsganss tags out Brooklyn's Otto Miller to complete an unassisted triple play in game 5 of the World Series.3yr ⋅ Scarlettail ⋅ r/100yearsago
[February 2nd, 1923] The Inquiring Photographer asks Union Square pedestrians what they think of Supreme Court Justice Edward Sanford's statement, When a girl gets to be 15 or 16, she ought to be put in a cage and shut up until she reaches her 25th birthday.1yr ⋅ Missy_Elliott_Smith ⋅ r/100yearsago
[October 22nd, 1923] Captain Hermann Goering ready for any emergency.6mo ⋅ michaelnoir ⋅ r/100yearsago
[May 6, 1922] Three black men accused of murdering a 17 year old girl are burned at the stake in Kirvin, Texas.2yr ⋅ kthejoker ⋅ r/100yearsago
[May 11th, 1920] First NSDAP advertising posters in Munich. Call for the public party rally on May 11, 1920. Speaker: Adolf Hitler4yr ⋅ michaelnoir ⋅ r/100yearsago
[February 27, 1921] Right-wing students go on an anti-Jewish rampage along the Kurfurstendamm in what is described as the first pogrom in Berlin. Many are beaten.3yr ⋅ knotso6 ⋅ r/100yearsago
[June 3 1918] 700 Dead in Spain due to new plague. Over 100,000 people struck by mysterious disease now spreading to Morocco probably from the movement of Spanish6yr ⋅ Thats_JustGreat ⋅ r/100yearsago
[April 22, 1919] San Francisco hosts one of the most joyous parties ever seen on Market Street as thousands of soldiers returned from World War I. The 91st Division, nicknamed the Wild West Division, had been in France for more than a year, fighting in the Ypres-Lys and Meuse-Argonne offensives.5yr ⋅ cabeachgal ⋅ r/100yearsago
[October 9th, 1922] The Inquiring Photographer asks people in the Financial District what kind of landlord would be an ideal one.1yr ⋅ Missy_Elliott_Smith ⋅ r/100yearsago
[August 5, 1919] Republican Senators predict that next World War will be caused by Imperial Japanese Expansion in China5yr ⋅ Its_Happning_Again ⋅ r/100yearsago
[April 3rd, 1922] The Inquiring Photographer asks pedestrians in Jersey City to define their perfect day.2yr ⋅ Missy_Elliott_Smith ⋅ r/100yearsago
[January 28th, 1922] The Inquiring Photographer asks men from Yonkers if they've ever thought about growing a mustache - and what styles they like best.2yr ⋅ Missy_Elliott_Smith ⋅ r/100yearsago
[December 7th, 1918] JC Leyendecker, World War I Santa, The Saturday Evening Post cover art, December 7, 1918.5yr ⋅ michaelnoir ⋅ r/100yearsago
[December 29, 1921] Wyoming State Tribune: (Illinois) Governor Small Must Face Jury, Official Booze Car To Arrive In Cheyenne Tomorrow2yr ⋅ DyersvilleStLambert ⋅ r/100yearsago
[October 23rd, 1922] Start of the Conservative ministry of Andrew Bonar Law, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, the only British Prime Minister born in Canada (ends May 20, 1923).1yr ⋅ michaelnoir ⋅ r/100yearsago
[March 14, 1919] Three happy doughboys just off a transport from Europe. After 18 months overseas, the first thing they did was buy Yankee pastry pies and dig in. New York, New York, March 14, 1919.5yr ⋅ cabeachgal ⋅ r/100yearsago
[October 18th, 1919] Eamon de Valera in Indian Headdress, 18 October 19194yr ⋅ michaelnoir ⋅ r/100yearsago
[October, 4 1923] Actor and political activist, Charlton Heston, is born in Wilmette, Illinois, U.S.7mo ⋅ PrudentButterscotch9 ⋅ r/100yearsago
[February 21, 1919] Died this day at age 86, MARY EDWARDS WALKER (11/26/1832), commonly referred to as Dr. Mary Walker, was an American abolitionist, prohibitionist, prisoner of war and surgeon. She is the first and only woman to ever receive the Medal of Honor for her service in the Civil War.5yr ⋅ cabeachgal ⋅ r/100yearsago
[June 12, 1919] Greece, Britain and France devour the Middle East while America looks on - Grand Forks Herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.)5yr ⋅ Thats_JustGreat ⋅ r/100yearsago
[June 4th, 1922] The Inquiring Photographer asks NoHo pedestrians if children should read the newspaper and if so, at what age?2yr ⋅ Missy_Elliott_Smith ⋅ r/100yearsago
[December 31st, 1923] Photograph showing the revellers at the Chelsea Arts Ball, on New Years Eve, 1923. A monumental John Bull figure looks down on the party goers in their fancy dress costumes4mo ⋅ michaelnoir ⋅ r/100yearsago
[March 5th, 1923] The Inquiring Photographer asks Midtown Manhattan pedestrians what they think of Gov. Al Smith's speech proclaiming that the common people and not the moneyed class rule America.1yr ⋅ Missy_Elliott_Smith ⋅ r/100yearsago
[September 6th, 1923] The Inquiring Photographer asks, Would you marry for money if there was enough of it?8mo ⋅ michaelnoir ⋅ r/100yearsago
[May 29th, 1923] The Inquiring Photographer asks Bowery pedestrians how the Bowery has changed over the past 20 years.11mo ⋅ Missy_Elliott_Smith ⋅ r/100yearsago
[Jul 18, 1919] Picture of Mexican revolutionary Jose Ines Garcia Chavez appears in 'La Prensa' a San Antonio, Texas newspaper5yr ⋅ Thats_JustGreat ⋅ r/100yearsago
[June 26th, 1921] Corrida in the Beziers bullring, The matador, Flores, has been gored by a bull.3yr ⋅ michaelnoir ⋅ r/100yearsago
[October 12th, 1922] The Inquiring Photographer asks saleswomen in Union Square if they'd rather wait on a man or a woman and why.1yr ⋅ Missy_Elliott_Smith ⋅ r/100yearsago
[December 25th, 1922] The Inquiring Photographer asks pedestrians in Columbus Circle if they think the cutting down of Christmas trees is justified for the pleasure the youngsters get out of them.1yr ⋅ Missy_Elliott_Smith ⋅ r/100yearsago
[February 12th, 1922] The Inquiring Photographer asks pedestrians in the Financial District if they would consider it disgraceful to be arrested for violation of Prohibition laws.2yr ⋅ Missy_Elliott_Smith ⋅ r/100yearsago
[May 7, 1920] Mexican President Venustiano Carranza flees Mexico City as rebel forces led by General Obregon approaches the capital. American cartoon of the event.4yr ⋅ amcm67 ⋅ r/100yearsago
[August 1st, 1922] The Inquiring Photographer asks pedestrians in Downtown Brooklyn if a noted editor is correct in saying that women do the courting instead of the men.1yr ⋅ Missy_Elliott_Smith ⋅ r/100yearsago
[April 19, 1922] Girl, lifted from bed, carried mile by wind (aka a tornado)2yr ⋅ chyken ⋅ r/100yearsago
[July 23, 1919] Military sent into Washington, D.C. to restore order after race riots rampage all over the city.5yr ⋅ Thats_JustGreat ⋅ r/100yearsago
