Ray S S
Silver Member
This has been around a while but still interesting.
Beside's the Ford (don't you wish you had one?), another "what was different then..."...better? worse?
1907 FORD Model R
Show this to your children or grandchildren
THE YEAR 1907
This will boggle your mind. One hundred and two years ago
What a difference a century makes!
Here are some statistics for rhe year 1907
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The average life expectancy was 47 years.
Only 14 percent of the homes had a bathtub.
Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone.
There were only 8,000 cars and 144 miles of paved roads.
The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph.
The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower.
The average wage in 1907 was 22 cents an hour.
The average worker made between $200 and $400 per year.
A competant accountant could expect to earn $2,000 per year, a dentist $2,500 per year,
a veterinarian between $1,500and $4,000 per year, and a mechanical engineer about $5,000 per year.
More than 95 percent of all births took place at HOME.
Ninety percent of all doctors had NO COLLEGE EDUCATION! Instead they attended so-called medical
schools, many of which were condemnedin the press AND the government as 'substandard.'
Sugar cost four cents a pound.
Most women only washed their hair once a month, and used Borax or egg yolk for shampoo.
Canada passed a law that prohibited poor people from entering into their country for any reason.
Five leading causes of death were:
1. Pneumonia and influenza
2. Tuberculosis
3. Diarrhea
4. Heart disease
5. Stroke
The American flag had 45 stars.
The population of Las Vegas, Nevada, was only 30!!!!
Crossword puzzles, canned beer, and ice tea hadn't been invented yet.
There was no Mother's Day or Father's Day.
Two out of every ten adults couldn't read or write:
only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated from high school
Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all available over the counter at the local corner drugstores. Back
then the pharmacists said, "Heroin clears the complection,gives buoyancy to the mind, regulates the stomach
and bowels, and is, in fact, a perfect guardian of health."
(Shocking? DUH!)
Eighteen percent of households had at least one fulltime servant or domestic help.
There were about 230 reported murders in the ENTIRE U. S. A.!
I am now going to foreward this to someone else without typing it myself. From there it can be sent to
others all over the WORLD... all in a matter of seconds!
Try to imagine what it may be like in another 100 years.
IT STAGGERS THE MIND
Now after all that reading, here is the pic of the 1907 FORD MODEL R
Enjoy,
Ray
Beside's the Ford (don't you wish you had one?), another "what was different then..."...better? worse?
1907 FORD Model R
Show this to your children or grandchildren
THE YEAR 1907
This will boggle your mind. One hundred and two years ago
What a difference a century makes!
Here are some statistics for rhe year 1907
*********** ************ ***************
The average life expectancy was 47 years.
Only 14 percent of the homes had a bathtub.
Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone.
There were only 8,000 cars and 144 miles of paved roads.
The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph.
The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower.
The average wage in 1907 was 22 cents an hour.
The average worker made between $200 and $400 per year.
A competant accountant could expect to earn $2,000 per year, a dentist $2,500 per year,
a veterinarian between $1,500and $4,000 per year, and a mechanical engineer about $5,000 per year.
More than 95 percent of all births took place at HOME.
Ninety percent of all doctors had NO COLLEGE EDUCATION! Instead they attended so-called medical
schools, many of which were condemnedin the press AND the government as 'substandard.'
Sugar cost four cents a pound.
Most women only washed their hair once a month, and used Borax or egg yolk for shampoo.
Canada passed a law that prohibited poor people from entering into their country for any reason.
Five leading causes of death were:
1. Pneumonia and influenza
2. Tuberculosis
3. Diarrhea
4. Heart disease
5. Stroke
The American flag had 45 stars.
The population of Las Vegas, Nevada, was only 30!!!!
Crossword puzzles, canned beer, and ice tea hadn't been invented yet.
There was no Mother's Day or Father's Day.
Two out of every ten adults couldn't read or write:
only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated from high school
Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all available over the counter at the local corner drugstores. Back
then the pharmacists said, "Heroin clears the complection,gives buoyancy to the mind, regulates the stomach
and bowels, and is, in fact, a perfect guardian of health."
(Shocking? DUH!)
Eighteen percent of households had at least one fulltime servant or domestic help.
There were about 230 reported murders in the ENTIRE U. S. A.!
I am now going to foreward this to someone else without typing it myself. From there it can be sent to
others all over the WORLD... all in a matter of seconds!
Try to imagine what it may be like in another 100 years.
IT STAGGERS THE MIND
Now after all that reading, here is the pic of the 1907 FORD MODEL R
Enjoy,
Ray
