Conceive that 1910 was only 110 years ago. For all practical purposes, they survived closer to the styles of life 500 years in their past, than we do today compared to them. But, as a race, we still haven't found Peace and Happiness.
@@christinasapp9726 not really....not everyone gets a quality education. We now have teachers in the US without a college degree because our teachers have been abused and underpaid for so long that a lot of teachers have left the field....some states are so desperate that they had to lower the standards......same with nursing....welcome to America in 2023.
The basics in the US in that era were a third or fourth grade level of reading, writing, and arithmetic. It was thought, and rightly so, the bright child could add to this outside of school. Both my grandfathers did. (My grandmothers were more educated.) In those days most of the jobs did not need any more than that. The boys left school for jobs to help support the family. I question the statistics and suggest the methodology was different in 100 years. For instance, did they test every rural adult in 1910? I would suggest they did not. By the 1920s the KKK heavily pushed a cleansing of "inferior" people, many of whom were merely totally uneducated in any school. Did they count people who were educated in another language as literate? There was a huge immigration boom. Did they rely on census information based on a yes or no answer to "can you read"? Did one person provide answers for the whole family? We have no way of knowing.
@@christinasapp9726 They don't. Home schooling is alive and well with little to no oversight. Parents get paid to keep their kids out of school. Many states don't keep careful track of those kids: do they eventually return to school, can they pass standardized tests, where is the money going? My state is only just asking those questions, primarily because the school districts are so strapped for funds. (Before anyone calls me names, I did not say homeschooling can't be excellent. I'm saying in some places nobody has bothered to even check.) And then there is the fear that if you send an immigrant child to school the family will be deported. And does the school get past the language barrier or let the kid flounder? In many districts the wide assortment of languages is beyond the district's ability to handle. In today's world there aren't many jobs you can get without a high school diploma or GED, so poverty is another layer to this mess. It is a compounding problem when the parents are too uneducated to help the kids with homework. It can easily become multigenerational. And with drugs and alcohol being such a problem, the home environment is exactly what a child does NOT need to succeed. Stable homes can be something kids never experience. Try to learn when you have to go home to your mother's lecherous boyfriend, or other horror. Untreated depression is another barrier, and who wouldn't be depressed in some homes? Schools can't do it all, especially when taxpayers feel tapped out. What if your child qualifies for special ed but your school doesn't have enough for all the needs? Does every school have enough counselors and tutors? No, of course not. So next time taxes for schools are on the table, ask yourself if capability to even an eighth grade level, let alone 12th, is important to you and your area. If it is, vote for it.
I loved your video! I love looking at old pics and video. I somehow feel connected to them like I had another life back then although probably a lot of people feel that way when looking at them
Its sad that they were called freaks. At the same time circus people create a family that is accepting of differences. No favorite they are all special. They at least made a living. Thx.
It’s defined as “one that is markedly unusual or abnormal”. There are a lot of words we’re “not supposed to say” about people anymore that even used to be accepted medical terms, like dumb (nonverbal), retarded (mentally or physically disabled {used to say handicapped but that got changed by someone} or undeveloped), idiot, imbecile and moron describing various levels of intelligence that we still differentiate but measure with IQ tests and use words like “special needs” and differently abled”. Even the term “partially blind” is passé because someone decided “partially sighted” was less offensive. Wheelchair became mobility device. I wonder what people in wheelchairs think about it. The words we use now are going to be deemed offensive in a few decades when they weren’t meant to be. People used dictionary definitions and valued honesty. It was what it was and you got on with it, no point in doing otherwise.
You didn't need a paved road to run a car. The beauty of them was their simplicity and adaptability. Ford provided a tool kit, that you needed OFTEN. In my area cars went to the next towns via pastures, just like wagons did. The customer ordered a car, which arrived by train, and was serviced by the dealership which also sold gas, and then over the years one road was paved, then more and more, primarily here because gravel got into the sewers from gravel roads and clogged them, and gradually a network was created. If you ever get to Yuma, drive over to the coast beside the old board road. There was a desire to make a road that would cross the sand dunes and not get buried. The solution was basically a series of pallets you could lift up to dump off the sand. If you met a car coming toward you on this one-lane contraption, everyone got out, lifted a car off, drove the other past, and lifted the first car on. Apparently nobody had the gall to leave the other car stranded. :) Probably with everyone in the stranded car pummeling them but good! :) You aren't going to make a speedy get away on sand. It was to increase commerce in Yuma and San Diego, capitalism at its most creative. It became a fun outing for young people.
Can I just point out that a turkey dinner with all the trimmings only cost 69 cents? 14:38 and now something like that would cost well over 15 or more? I want to go back in time to have a turkey dinner for 69 cents.
You know i heard some one say, " here's a picture of me when i was younger" and i thought; What, 3 minutes ago? i enjoy these videos sometime putting them on a loop and HDMI-ing them to the big screen just for visual background. Cheers.
Some of the pictures description are bizarre. “Everyday life in central and South America” really showed very poor people from rural areas of one or two countries. That’s not everyday life in general. It makes SA look like a very poor and almost uncivilized. Same with “crossed-eye girl” caption. That was a mother and daughter picture 🙄
Is that your country and you are sensitive to any perceived negativity? There are a lot of poor Americans in these videos, too. Most of the American and British city scenes have smog and poverty along with well-dressed shoppers. As for the crossed-eyed daughter, there is a stately home in Britain that proudly displays a large portrait of their crossed-eyed ancestor at the top of the stairs and everyone remarks on it. I'm sure it is a litmus test of the visitors to hear how they respond to it. :) (I speak as one with a crossed-eyed brother. It's a tough condition to fix. His fix didn't stay. He adapted.)
@@653j521 Yes I'm native to a South American country and yes I'm sensitive to the misrepresentation of hispanic American countries today and how they're always portrait extreme poverty. In the beginning of the 20th century countries like Argentina, Brazil and Venezuela had incredibly promising economies. The major capitals like Peru, Santiago, Buenos Aires, Caracas, Asuncion, Quito etc were as beautiful and cosmopolitan as any European city with wonderful old buildings, parks, churches and beautiful neighborhoods. I'm not opposed to showing the reality of poverty but it seems that's where the focus is when people talks about the Hispanic America of the early 20th century. Don't even get me started on the term Latin America that now seems to define all the Spanish speaking countries of America. We're Hispanics not Latins. That term was coined to justify an attempt from France to colonizeSouth/Central America. About the cross-eyed comment I just pointed the caption focused on the girl and not the picture itself. That's all nothing to debate about.
It was just the accepted norm, nobody generally considered a smile a necessary mannerism back then and 'Say cheese' didn't exist. Also, it was to do with the time exposure which was usually around 15 mins per photo until things improved, and keeping a forced smile on your face for a quarter of an hour wasn't going to be a lot of fun either way!
@@marknestbox it was one minute for a photo and it isn't easy holding a fake smile for a full minute. Smiling was considered undignified and sign of mental illness or intoxication.
@@irisheyesofbelfast Thanks for clarifying that but I was referring to the earliest cameras that initially took ages to function until things improved. All the same, the Victorians generally did abide by a strict code of behaviour and yes, smiling was thought to be otherwise improper for the reasons you gave.
@@marknestbox And yet, there are photos online of people messing around and smiling so not everyone was a proper "Victorian." (I assume you include the US in the photos.)
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Conceive that 1910 was only 110 years ago. For all practical purposes, they survived closer to the styles of life 500 years in their past, than we do today compared to them. But, as a race, we still haven't found Peace and Happiness.
How do you figure that "for all practical purposes"?
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17:15 claims that in 1910 20% of adults, in America, couldn't read or write, well in 2019 that number is now 21% are not literate.
That's pretty shocking considering the fact that every child has access to education.
@@christinasapp9726 not really....not everyone gets a quality education. We now have teachers in the US without a college degree because our teachers have been abused and underpaid for so long that a lot of teachers have left the field....some states are so desperate that they had to lower the standards......same with nursing....welcome to America in 2023.
@@trizzia8432 Really. I never knew that.
The basics in the US in that era were a third or fourth grade level of reading, writing, and arithmetic. It was thought, and rightly so, the bright child could add to this outside of school. Both my grandfathers did. (My grandmothers were more educated.) In those days most of the jobs did not need any more than that. The boys left school for jobs to help support the family. I question the statistics and suggest the methodology was different in 100 years. For instance, did they test every rural adult in 1910? I would suggest they did not. By the 1920s the KKK heavily pushed a cleansing of "inferior" people, many of whom were merely totally uneducated in any school. Did they count people who were educated in another language as literate? There was a huge immigration boom. Did they rely on census information based on a yes or no answer to "can you read"? Did one person provide answers for the whole family? We have no way of knowing.
@@christinasapp9726 They don't. Home schooling is alive and well with little to no oversight. Parents get paid to keep their kids out of school. Many states don't keep careful track of those kids: do they eventually return to school, can they pass standardized tests, where is the money going? My state is only just asking those questions, primarily because the school districts are so strapped for funds. (Before anyone calls me names, I did not say homeschooling can't be excellent. I'm saying in some places nobody has bothered to even check.) And then there is the fear that if you send an immigrant child to school the family will be deported. And does the school get past the language barrier or let the kid flounder? In many districts the wide assortment of languages is beyond the district's ability to handle. In today's world there aren't many jobs you can get without a high school diploma or GED, so poverty is another layer to this mess. It is a compounding problem when the parents are too uneducated to help the kids with homework. It can easily become multigenerational. And with drugs and alcohol being such a problem, the home environment is exactly what a child does NOT need to succeed. Stable homes can be something kids never experience. Try to learn when you have to go home to your mother's lecherous boyfriend, or other horror. Untreated depression is another barrier, and who wouldn't be depressed in some homes? Schools can't do it all, especially when taxpayers feel tapped out. What if your child qualifies for special ed but your school doesn't have enough for all the needs? Does every school have enough counselors and tutors? No, of course not. So next time taxes for schools are on the table, ask yourself if capability to even an eighth grade level, let alone 12th, is important to you and your area. If it is, vote for it.
Love this channel! 💜💜
I loved your video! I love looking at old pics and video. I somehow feel connected to them like I had another life back then although probably a lot of people feel that way when looking at them
Iced tea was first shown at the St Louis worlds fair in 1904. So yes it did exist but it wasn’t common until home refrigeration
This is very beautiful and very rare photos I absolutely adore them. 😉🙂👍❤️💜
Glad they're OLD photos from the past and not OLD photos from the future
Very , very eye opening. How far we have come, or have we?
tenho a impressão de que viver 50 anos naquela época equivale a viver uns 70 anos na atualidade face a correria de hoje.
I just spent 4.50 on 18 eggs. The cheap ones at Walmart.
it is time to get some chickens
According to the Inflation Calculator, .14 would be about 4.33 today, so you beat the video.
The robot lady creeps me out
I love history, I did in high school and that is why I love my bible, its history and present time and future in the making
if you have a complaining ,whining teenager in your life show them this!
Pics could move along a wee bit quicker.
You can speed up the video, Donna.
Its sad that they were called freaks. At the same time circus people create a family that is accepting of differences. No favorite they are all special. They at least made a living. Thx.
It’s defined as “one that is markedly unusual or abnormal”. There are a lot of words we’re “not supposed to say” about people anymore that even used to be accepted medical terms, like dumb (nonverbal), retarded (mentally or physically disabled {used to say handicapped but that got changed by someone} or undeveloped), idiot, imbecile and moron describing various levels of intelligence that we still differentiate but measure with IQ tests and use words like “special needs” and differently abled”. Even the term “partially blind” is passé because someone decided “partially sighted” was less offensive. Wheelchair became mobility device. I wonder what people in wheelchairs think about it.
The words we use now are going to be deemed offensive in a few decades when they weren’t meant to be. People used dictionary definitions and valued honesty. It was what it was and you got on with it, no point in doing otherwise.
Its like the q word gays adopted as their own. It isn't sad if you decide it means you are special.
Nice video but you said "the 1910s America" and I saw at lest 2 or more pics from the 1970s.
The 8,000 automobiles and 144 miles of paved roads.! That is a pretty weird pair of numbers.
You didn't need a paved road to run a car. The beauty of them was their simplicity and adaptability. Ford provided a tool kit, that you needed OFTEN. In my area cars went to the next towns via pastures, just like wagons did. The customer ordered a car, which arrived by train, and was serviced by the dealership which also sold gas, and then over the years one road was paved, then more and more, primarily here because gravel got into the sewers from gravel roads and clogged them, and gradually a network was created. If you ever get to Yuma, drive over to the coast beside the old board road. There was a desire to make a road that would cross the sand dunes and not get buried. The solution was basically a series of pallets you could lift up to dump off the sand. If you met a car coming toward you on this one-lane contraption, everyone got out, lifted a car off, drove the other past, and lifted the first car on. Apparently nobody had the gall to leave the other car stranded. :) Probably with everyone in the stranded car pummeling them but good! :) You aren't going to make a speedy get away on sand. It was to increase commerce in Yuma and San Diego, capitalism at its most creative. It became a fun outing for young people.
Those women at 7:41 labeled as rural Americans...do the two in front have tattooed arms?? Or are they wearing patterned gloved/mitts. Chime in.
Gloves.
Was the first Black American woman who became a millionaire riding in her car in 1911 with three Black female friends a "Madame?"
She was a cosmetics maven who had a line of products for Black women. Madame as in the sense of Sir, as a mark of respect.
This video was great!! I enjoyed it very much. Your captions were so helpful. I can't wait to see more pictures.
Can I just point out that a turkey dinner with all the trimmings only cost 69 cents? 14:38 and now something like that would cost well over 15 or more? I want to go back in time to have a turkey dinner for 69 cents.
But remember... you only made about $0.22 cents an hour... takes some of the fun out of that time travel.
About 12.56 now with inflation. You had some small saving then.
@@653j521 Good point. Thanks for the reply. Wow this post is a year old, I didn't think anyone would see this. hahaha
She’s an IA
IT would be better if these photos were colorized as other channels do.
NO!
Keep doing what you are doing.
😳 the 1970's is now deemed historical.
Says a lot about all the people who lived it and are still alive.🥴
Only on this type of website. What does it say about them?
Thanks.
Not to put too fine a point on it but..... all photos are from the past. Just sayin' .
You know i heard some one say, " here's a picture of me when i was younger" and i thought; What, 3 minutes ago? i enjoy these videos sometime putting them on a loop and HDMI-ing them to the big screen just for visual background. Cheers.
That is putting too fine a point on it.
Interesting
Love it as always
Some of the pictures description are bizarre. “Everyday life in central and South America” really showed very poor people from rural areas of one or two countries. That’s not everyday life in general. It makes SA look like a very poor and almost uncivilized. Same with “crossed-eye girl” caption. That was a mother and daughter picture 🙄
Is that your country and you are sensitive to any perceived negativity? There are a lot of poor Americans in these videos, too. Most of the American and British city scenes have smog and poverty along with well-dressed shoppers. As for the crossed-eyed daughter, there is a stately home in Britain that proudly displays a large portrait of their crossed-eyed ancestor at the top of the stairs and everyone remarks on it. I'm sure it is a litmus test of the visitors to hear how they respond to it. :) (I speak as one with a crossed-eyed brother. It's a tough condition to fix. His fix didn't stay. He adapted.)
@@653j521 Yes I'm native to a South American country and yes I'm sensitive to the misrepresentation of hispanic American countries today and how they're always portrait extreme poverty. In the beginning of the 20th century countries like Argentina, Brazil and Venezuela had incredibly promising economies. The major capitals like Peru, Santiago, Buenos Aires, Caracas, Asuncion, Quito etc were as beautiful and cosmopolitan as any European city with wonderful old buildings, parks, churches and beautiful neighborhoods. I'm not opposed to showing the reality of poverty but it seems that's where the focus is when people talks about the Hispanic America of the early 20th century. Don't even get me started on the term Latin America that now seems to define all the Spanish speaking countries of America. We're Hispanics not Latins. That term was coined to justify an attempt from France to colonizeSouth/Central America. About the cross-eyed comment I just pointed the caption focused on the girl and not the picture itself. That's all nothing to debate about.
Amazing
Wonder why in the older photo's nobody smiled
It was just the accepted norm, nobody generally considered a smile a
necessary mannerism back then and 'Say cheese' didn't exist. Also, it
was to do with the time exposure which was usually around 15 mins
per photo until things improved, and keeping a forced smile on your
face for a quarter of an hour wasn't going to be a lot of fun either way!
@@marknestbox it was one minute for a photo and it isn't easy holding a fake smile for a full minute.
Smiling was considered undignified and sign of mental illness or intoxication.
@@irisheyesofbelfast Thanks for clarifying that but I was referring to the earliest cameras that initially took ages to function until things improved. All the same, the Victorians generally did abide by a strict code of behaviour and yes, smiling was thought to be otherwise improper for the reasons you gave.
@@marknestbox And yet, there are photos online of people messing around and smiling so not everyone was a proper "Victorian." (I assume you include the US in the photos.)
I could have done without the pictures of the South Americans.
Why? Don't want to learn about them?