Question

What did people do 100 years ago?

Answer 1

People had hobbies like they do today, and hunted and fished, and went boating. Kids swam and ice skated -- there was much more open country in those days -- and played baseball and other games, like they do today. And if families were well off, traveled by train and steamship and saw the sights, much as we fly today.

Answer 2

Well, first of all, they were very busy! My grandmother was 11 in 1916, and she told me once that even though they had a maid they were constantly doing stuff -- cooking from scratch, sewing, putting up preserves. Automobiles were just becoming known, so many would have had horses to watch out for -- and many more people still worked on the farm. Hours in industrial employment were long, and the work week was six days rather than five.

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