1900
In January the American Association of Baseball Clubs,
later known as the American League, is formed.

In July Democrats in North Carolina attempt to take
the right to vote from African Americans.

Between September and October John Mitchell led a strike
which closed 90% of Pennsylvania's coal mines.

 

 

Your month of birth

Continue your family scrapbook.

 

Your family collected many items from those first few weeks.  Among them is a newspaper or magazine from the month you were born.

Create the newspaper or magazine with
news, editorial commentary,
photos, drawings or maps
from your birth month.

Get detailed information about events in your month of birth from America 1900: The Turning Point by Judy Crichton (Holt, 1998),
the PBS three-hour documentary of the same name, or from the accompanying web site
Add other events using timeline and overviews resources.

You may also create ads about clothing or items in the home, reviews of books or other entertainment.

 

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Farm Journal, 1906 from
Buckaroos in Paradise: Ranching Culture in Northern Nevada, 1945-1982

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Atlantic Monthly
Cosmopolitan
Farm Journal
Good Housekeeping
Harper's Bazaar
Harper's
Ladies Home Journal
McClure's
Motor
Motor Boating & Sailing
Sunset
The Journal
The World

A Characteristic sidewalk newstand [sic],
New York City c. 1903
from Touring Turn-of-the-Century America: Photographs from the Detroit Publishing Company, 1880-1920

 

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