A quick question about the 1910's.?

Question

Can you give any info on any of these?

1. What homes where like back then....(thelephones..shower???)
2. Famous Person?
3. Famous Event?
4. What people did for fun.
5. What music did they listen to?
6. Clothes?
7. Movies?

Answer 1

Let me give this a shot--my grandmother, long deceased, was born in 1903, and I remember her talking about her growing up years.

Houses: a lot depended on your socioeconomic status. Naturally, the rich--Mellons, Carnegies, Drexels and such--lived in very spacious quarters with all the modern conveniences, which, at that time, would include electric lighting, telephone service, and indoor plumbing. No outhouses for the upper crust--or tin bathing tubs.

The middle class usually lived in single dwellings, and the amenities varied according to where they lived. People in the country, for the most part, were still using oil lamps for lighting, had no telephone service, and were still heating water on a wood stove to fill the galvanized tub for the Saturday night family scrub. They made do with outhouses, and sometimes had chamber pots in the bedrooms (I'm soure no one relished a night time trip across the back yard, especially in winter).

In the cities, of course, there was gas lighting (later replaced by electriciy), and the middle class usually had an indoor bathroom and a hot water heater so bathing simply required turning on the faucets. They had toilets inside, too--really odd looking ones with the tank at the top and flushed by pulling a chain.

If you were city poor, you usually lived in stuffy tenements where, if you were lucky, there might be a bathroom you shared with other tenants--just the ones on your floor, if you were really lucky. Otherwise, you, like the country folk, depended on heating water for a bath in a portable tub and may have even had an outdoor privy.

Famous people of the time included Woodrow Wilson, William Jennings Bryan, and Margaret Sanger.

Probably the biggest event between 1910-1919 was World War I, but there were also things such as the infant movie industry and the great flu pandemic (it was literally worldwide) of 1918 and 1919.

For amusement, it also depended a lot on if you lived in the city or the country. In the country, there were the annual county fairs, church socials, square dances, reading, and often playing musical instruments and singing.

In the cities, there was more from which to choose. People could go to the theater and see plays or hear operas, or attend the variety shows that we often refer to as vaudeville. These shows usually had singing acts, animal acts, magicians, and comedians--and the humor could often get pretty earthy.

There were also dances and lectures that one could attend, and, of course, the 'flickers,' as movies were often called.

There was popular music, too, often sentimental ballads, and people would often sing while someone accompanied them on a musical instrument--the piano was very popular.

The clothing of the 1910's was very formal, by today;'s standards. Men of the middle and upper classes usually wore suits and ties on a daily basis, and had formal wear for special occasions.

Working class men usually wore work shirts and pants, and sometimes overalls, depending on their job.

Women wore long skirts with blouses (called 'shirtwaists') or long dresses. Underneath they wore almost as much as they did on the outside: corsets, corset covers, underwear that came down close to the knee, stockings, and a petticoat or two.

Hats were almost universally worn by all men and women.

Finally, the movies were, as I noted before, still in their infancy. They were in black and white, and silent. The dialogue was shown between scenes, and often included comments on the plot. Usually a pianist played during the film, varying the pieces to fit the scene--fast tempo for chase scenes, flowery and sentimental for love scenes, etc.

Hope this helps!

Answer 2

In 1910, homes were pretty much the same as they are now, structure wise. There were very few telephones or automobiles. Entertainment was mostly live, in what were called Vaudeville variety shows. Music was also performed live, as there were not a lot of homes wired for the electric phonographs. There was a huge earthquake in San Francisco that year that caused massive property damage. People who lived in citties had a few more modern conveniences, like indoor plumbing and electric lights. In 19910, only about 2% of the population attended secondary school and most children worked from about age ten. There were some big art shows around that time in New York. More information can probably be found by typing 1910 into your browser.

Answer 3

Name: Evaggelos Baltatzis [Evangelos Baltatzis] Arrival Date: 30 Jun 1910 Birth Year: abt 1890 Birth Location: Turkey Birth Location Other: simyrns Age: 20 Gender: Male Ethnicity/Race­/Nationality: Greek Port of departure: Piraeus, Greece Port of arrival: New York, New York Ship Name: Themistocles Search Ship Database: Search the Themistocles in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database He lists his nationality as Austrian, race or people as Greek and last residence as Smyrna Turkey. Father Georges is also in Smyrna and his destination is Scranton PA. There is another Baltatzis on a 1916 manfiest, also coming from Turkey.

Answer 4

1. What homes where like back then....(thelephones..shower??...
built pretty much as today, but smaller. only 1 bathroom, probably a clufoot tub, no phones unless you were very rich

2. Famous Person?
teddy roosevelt
charlie chaplin

3. Famous Event?
world war I
sinking of Titanic

4. What people did for fun.
no radio or tv or computer...some had phonograph (played music by records).
there were live shows and carnivals and fairs

5. What music did they listen to?
marches


6. Clothes?
no pants for women, only dresses and skirts. much more modest...sleeves, long skirts. men wore shirts and ties and slacks.

7. Movies?
only silent movies

Answer 5

Person - Teddy Roosevelt
Event - the War in Europe (1914)

Fun, dance and the early movies
Ragtime was still popular for music

Answer 6

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