In 1910, national tensions were rising, and the world was getting ready to fight the "war to end all wars." They just didn't know it yet.
People went about their proper lives with some help from the second industrial revolution. Life was tough, but at least it was peaceful... for now.
Here are 23 photos to show you what life was like in 1910.
1
The Last Gathering of Kings
The funeral of Edward VII of England, 1910.
2
Ice Skating
Central Park, 1910.
3
Antarctica.
Taken by the British Terra Nova Expedition. They would all perish on their way back to their ship, 1910. Colorized.
4
Newsboys Taking a Cigarette Break
St. Louis, Missouri. 1910. Photo by Lewis Wickes Hine.
5
The Great Fire of 1910
The Big Burn in Wallace, Idaho.
6
The Guinness Brewery
Dublin, 1910.
7
A Banner Announcing the Opening of Great Dog Butchery
Paris, France, 1910.
8
The Great Flood of Paris
France, 1910.
9
Mentally Ill Patients
England, 1910.
10
A Prison Baseball Team
Including Death-Row Inmates Their executions were delayed only as long as they kept winning, 1910.
11
A Cowboy
Resting with his horse, 1910. Colorized.
12
A Woman Sewing an American Flag
Autochrome photo in 1910.
13
The LA Times Bombing
The aftermath, on October 1, 1910.
14
Mining Crew
The Pennsylvania Coal Company’s mine, 1910.
15
Pyongyang
Many years before becoming the capital of North Korea, 1910.
16
Children at Recess
Playground equipment circa 1910.
17
Catholic Procession of Corpus Christi
Lead by Emperor Franz Joseph, Vienna, 1910. Colorized.
18
Mexican Revolution Fighter
A woman in 1910.
19
The Titanic and Olympic Under Construction
Harland and Wolff shipyard, Belfast, 1910.
20
University of Pennsylvania Dental Students
Observing surgery in the Oral Surgery Clinic at the former Philadelphia General Hospital, Philadelphia, 1910.
21
Leveling of Hills to Make Seattle
Construction in 1910.
22
House of Worth
A French fashion house that specialized in haute couture, ready-to-wear clothes, and perfumes. 1910.
23
Wilhelm II
The Deutscher Kaiser and his sons meeting citizens in front of the Berliner Stadtschloss.” 1910.
