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If you can "time travel" to the early 1900s (1900 to 1920) as "turn of the century", what would you be doing at this time?
Forget about the part where the deaf were mistreated anytime in this time period, but what would you do as a person living in the turn of the century?


  • Who would you meet? Marry?
    What would be your job?
    What kind of foods would you eat?
    Do you agree with the capital punishment in "hanging"?
    What about the Presidents during this time?
    What about World War 1?
    What do you think of horse and buggy, and the very first cars?
    Any other in this time period?

Nancy
 
I would do some theatre play.
I would like to meet my ancestors.
I would marry myself.
I would eat fried chicken.
Yes hanging is good.
McKinley will be shot and Roosevelt will be President.
World War I wouldn't bother me.
I would rather walk.
Any other? I would invent things before other people invent...
so I can be BILLIONAIRE,,, HAHAHA!!!!!!!!
 
Interesting Thread!!!


Who would you meet? Cowboys and my ancestors

Marry? a very sexy Cowboy

What would be your job? A wife and rancher

What kind of foods would you eat? Steak, mashed potatoes w gravy, vegetables.

Do you agree with the capital punishment in "hanging"? Yeah, sure, hang them up for robbery, murder, etc. just like cowboy times.

What about the Presidents during this time? Roosevelt

What about World War 1? Wouldn't go and give a damn

What do you think of horse and buggy, and the very first cars? horses

Any other in this time period? me running the ranch!
 
Who would you meet? Marry? Everyone who comes into my path. Marry? Probably not.
What would be your job? Photographist, selling cheap tinfoil films to everyone since its affordable and portable, and photographing national parks as they are established
What kind of foods would you eat? anything that gets cooked on the firestove
Do you agree with the capital punishment in "hanging"? no
What about the Presidents during this time? Roosevelt for his establishment of National Parks
What about World War 1? Probably get sent to the trenches to photograph some
What do you think of horse and buggy, and the very first cars? ugh, horse and buggies aren't practical in WWI, as well as trying to move across the country. I save my money to buy one of these affordable Model Ts to help with my photography business. The only problem is that not all roads are paved yet, so I have to use horse as well.
Any other in this time period? Watch a lot of movies, especially silent movies.
 
Of course there will be the GREAT DEPRESSION, I didn't think about that.
I wouldn't want to be a prostitute.

eek!!!!! :shock:
 
Collect as much gold certificate as I can, and wrap it into something that keeps it in mint condition then I'd be billionaire easily! Plus buy lots of stock then sell it right before the black friday in 1929! Great money maker!
 
Nancy said:

  • Who would you meet? Marry?
    What would be your job?
    What kind of foods would you eat?
    Do you agree with the capital punishment in "hanging"?
    What about the Presidents during this time?
    What about World War 1?
    What do you think of horse and buggy, and the very first cars?
    Any other in this time period?
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I only know one answer - I would be a women right s advocate and ensure that women have equal rights!!!!
 
Who would you meet? Marry?
probably outlaws or handsome cowboys

What would be your job?
Teacher at the school ( Deaf Children )

What kind of foods would you eat?
ROSSITIRE CHICKEN BBQ

Do you agree with the capital punishment in "hanging"?
Disagree w/this stupid capital punishment for "hanging" until proven right person before go ahead. High percent wrong person innocent already hung it.

What about the Presidents during this time?
I dunno... (chuckles)

What about World War 1?
I would freak out losing my precouis hubby..

What do you think of horse and buggy, and the very first cars?
Riding horse.. It's first riding as condiser auto!

Any other in this time period?
*hmmmm*, I can't think what else.. Would be great settle beautiful country home sooner.
 

  • Who would you meet? I dunno, perhaps a waitress in a local greasy spoon. Marry? Maybe
    What would be your job? Longshoreman, waterman, or sailor
    What kind of foods would you eat? the most basic 1900's food at any greasy spoon out on the waterfront....
    Do you agree with the capital punishment in "hanging"? Electric Chairs were first used in NY in 1889....but there were still public hangings around in the 1900's.
    What about the Presidents during this time? I'd vote for Teddy Roosevelt. (This Democrat has more respect for the Republican Teddy Roosevelt because he has more common sense than Dumbya!)
    What about World War 1? I'd love to have an opportunity to take on Baron Manfred von Richthofen, Germany's "Red Baron" ace who shot down over 80 planes during the war.
    What do you think of horse and buggy, and the very first cars? lol, you'd believe it or not, but I'd really love to try to drive a Model T Ford for the first time!
    Any other in this time period? There's a lot more I can think about the early 1900's and there is so many to list!
 
I would meet all the spanish, Evita and zorro, heheh. I wld marry to a hot latino.
My job would be an entertainer, the spanish dancer.
I would eat mexican food
No, I dont agree with the capital punishment in "hanging"
I don't know about the presidents. All i know is Santa Anna.
I wld kick other countries' asses.
I'd rather walk
Hmmmmmm, nope.
 
Weirdo said:
I would meet all the spanish, Evita and zorro,
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Sorry, Evita was born in Argentina in 1919, so she would be just a baby.
"Zorro" (Don Diego de la Vega) was supposedly born in 1782 in California, so he would be dead long before 1900.
 
kuifje75 said:
What would be your job? Photographist, selling cheap tinfoil films to everyone since its affordable and portable, and photographing national parks as they are established...
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"Tintype" photography was used in the mid-1800's, not 1900. People were using their own Brownie cameras to take pictures with roll film.
http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/Arts/photography/timeline/1900/1900/1900.htm

I like your idea about the National Parks. Those are wonderful places to photograph.
 
My grandmother and her siblings were photographed with tintype pictures in 1899. So thats why I said tintype... oh well, I still would be a photographist using whatever technology.

BTW: my grandmother's baby pictures are so cute! Looks a lot like my cousin.
 
Miss*Pinocchio said:
Of course there will be the GREAT DEPRESSION, I didn't think about that.
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"If you can 'time travel' to the early 1900s (1900 to 1920) 'turn of the century', what would you be doing at this time?"

The Great Depression in America didn't begin until 1929.
 
"The 1900 House" was a very interesting TV series about a modern family in England that agreed to live like a 1900's family. The program showed that life was not as easy and wonderful as they expected. The food was not nutritious or tasty, the clothes were uncomfortable, the house required a lot of work to maintain, and people were not very clean.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/1900house/
 
kuifje75 said:
My grandmother and her siblings were photographed with tintype pictures in 1899. So thats why I said tintype... oh well, I still would be a photographist using whatever technology.
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You are correct that tintype photography was still being used until the 1930's. It just wasn't commonly used by then because film became popular.

One of the problems with tintypes is that there is no negative, so you can only make one original, no copies. That makes each picture very rare and precious.

Travelling the country and taking pictures of various people and places is a wonderful American tradition. :)
http://www.photography.about.com/library/glossary/bldef_tintype.htm
 
Reba, I got this idea when I was working at the hospital and saw a copy of National Geographical Society, which did a piece on Elko, Nevada. The photographer used tintype method to capture pictures and it seemed really fascinating, cos I knew I had the photos of my grandmother and her family, but never realised how it worked.

http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0410/feature6/index.html

Another interesting thing is that it captures exactly invert of what is seen in real life. If you study the cityscape, you will see words backwards.
 
kuifje75 said:
Reba, I got this idea when I was working at the hospital and saw a copy of National Geographical Society, which did a piece on Elko, Nevada. The photographer used tintype method to capture pictures and it seemed really fascinating, cos I knew I had the photos of my grandmother and her family, but never realised how it worked.

http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0410/feature6/index.html

Another interesting thing is that it captures exactly invert of what is seen in real life. If you study the cityscape, you will see words backwards.
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Cool!

I admire the NGS photographers. They are very creative in their pursuit of their pictures, and take a lot of risks to accomplish their missions.

BTW, you might be interested to know that the NGS's "first president was Gardiner Greene Hubbard, a lawyer, financier, and philanthropist who helped found a school for the deaf and promoted the experiments of his son-in-law, Alexander Graham Bell."

The NGS has been in existance since 1888, so maybe you could have been a photographer for the Society!
 
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