1910 FORD     This has only been 108 years ago . . . Amazing!!!   Make sure you read all the statistics under the photo.     Show this to your friends, children and/or grandchildren!   The year is 1910, more than one hundred years ago.   What a difference a century makes!   Here are some statistics for the year 1910:   The average life expectancy for men was forty-seven years.   Fuel for this car was sold in drug stores only.   Only fourteen percent of the homes had a bathtub.   Only eight percent of the homes had a telephone.   There were only 8,000 cars and only 144 miles of paved roads.   The maximum speed limit in most cities was ten mph.   The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower!   The average US wage in 1910 was twenty-two cents per hour.   The average US worker made between $200 and $400 per year.   A competent accountant could expect to earn $2,000 per year, a dentist $2,500 per year, a veterinarian between $1,500 and $4,000 per year, and a mechanical engineer about $5,000 per year.   More than ninety-five percent of all births took place at HOME.   Ninety percent of all physicians had NO COLLEGE EDUCATION!  Instead, they attended so-called medical schools, many of which were condemned in the press AND the government as 'substandard.'   Sugar cost four cents a pound.   Eggs were fourteen cents a dozen.   Coffee was fifteen cents a pound.   Most women only washed their hair once a month, and used Borax or egg yolks for shampoo.   Canada passed a law that prohibited poor people from entering into their country for any reason.   The five leading causes of death were:   1. Pneumonia and influenza   2. Tuberculosis   3. Diarrhea   4. Heart disease   5. Stroke   The American flag had forty-five stars.   The population of Las Vegas Nevada was only thirty!   Crossword puzzles, canned beer, and iced 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 and only six percent of all Americans had graduated from high school.   Eighteen percent of households had at least one full-time servant or domestic help.   There were about 230 reported murders in the ENTIRE USA (but almost everyone had a gun!) Try to imagine what it may be like in another hundred years! This definitely puts everything in perspective.                               TOP          JUST FUN          HOME