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This Is Who We Were: In The 1910s

Table of Contents

Essay on the 1910s




Introduction




Section One: Profiles




Russian American Steelworker in 1910




Medical Education Reformer in 1910




Ohio Inventor in 1911




Filmmaker and Inventor in 1911




High School Football Player in 1911




Hand-Cigar Maker in 1912




Engineer for a Textile Manufacturing Company in 1913




Retired Automobile Company Executive in 1913




Young Swedish Immigrant in 1913




Professional Golfer in 1913




Young Singer of Spirituals in 1913




Aspiring Young Tennis Player in 1914




Chief Surgeon and Scion of the Virginia Aristocracy in 1915




African American U.S. Army Major in 1916




Teacher and Americanization Advocate in 1916




Star of the New York Metropolitan Opera in 1916




Farm Family’s First High-School Student in 1916




Creator of the Campbell Kids in 1917




Civilian Relief Worker in War-Torn France in 1918




Polish War Refugee in 1918




Young Popular Song Composer in 1918




First-Generation Russian American Millworker in 1919




Dress Manufacturing Company Owner in 1919




Heiress and Minister’s Wife in 1919




Non-Commissioned Officer Serving in Russia in 1919




Wartime Secretary for the YMCA in France in 1919




African American Entrepreneur in 1919




Home Builder for Out-of-Town Teachers in 1919




Section Two: Historical Snapshots




Early 1910s




Mid 1910s




Late 1910s




Section Three: Economy of the Times




Consumer Expeditures




Annual Income




Selected Prices




Value of a Dollar Index 1860-2013




Section Four: All Around Us—What We Saw, Wrote, Read & Listened To




Section Five: Census Data




State-by-State Comparative Tables: 1910, 1920 and 2010




United States Summary




Chapter I: Color or Race, Nativity and Parentage




Chapter II: Sex Distribution




Chapter III: Age Distribution




Chapter IV: Marital Condition




Chapter V: State of Birth of the Native Population




Chapter VI: Country of Birth of the Foreign-Born Population




Chapter VII: Year of Immigration of the Foreign-Born Population




Chapter VIII: Citizenship of the Foreign-Born Population




Chapter IX: Country of Origin of the Foreign White Stock




Chapter X: Mother Tongue of the Foreign-Born White Population




Chapter XI: School Attendance




Chapter XII: Illiteracy




Chapter XIII: Inabilty to Speak English




Chapter XIV: Dwellings and Families




Chapter XV: Ownership of Homes




Bibliography