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"id": "01a0bbb5-b979-727f-9c30-8e5374e6886a", "title": "More beautiful images from 1918", "url": "https://mylife100yearsago.com/2019/01/27/more-beautiful-images-from-1918/", "published_at": "2019-01-27T14:16:13+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb5-b979-727f-9c30-8e53757a9104", "title": "Some beautiful images while I catch my breath", "url": "https://mylife100yearsago.com/2019/01/20/some-beautiful-images-while-i-catch-my-breath/", "published_at": "2019-01-20T17:06:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbba-6365-7206-a8be-2ee3bb81a539", "title": "The best and worst of December 1918: Book talk, strewn violets, a sad loss, and a magazine of the future", "url": "https://mylife100yearsago.com/2019/01/06/the-best-and-worst-of-december-1918/", "published_at": "2019-01-06T12:00:35+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbba-6365-7206-a8be-2ee3bbd01a23", "title": "The Top 10 Posts of 1918", "url": "https://mylife100yearsago.com/2018/12/30/the-top-10-posts-of-1918/", "published_at": "2018-12-30T12:31:25+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbba-6365-7206-a8be-2ee3bc90a2fc", "title": "Are You a Stagnuck? A 1918 Year-End Quiz (With a Prize!)", "url": "https://mylife100yearsago.com/2018/12/27/are-you-a-stagnuck/", "published_at": "2018-12-27T14:58:30+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbba-6365-7206-a8be-2ee3bd41d3f6", "title": "Your 1918 Holiday Shopping Guide", "url": "https://mylife100yearsago.com/2018/12/19/your-1918-holiday-shopping-guide/", "published_at": "2018-12-19T16:18:17+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbba-6365-7206-a8be-2ee3be18ca38", "title": "My Sad Search for 1918 Love", "url": "https://mylife100yearsago.com/2018/12/13/my-sad-search-for-1918-love/", "published_at": "2018-12-13T12:00:05+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbba-6365-7206-a8be-2ee3bec59940", "title": "1918 Miscellany: Perplexing ads edition", "url": "https://mylife100yearsago.com/2018/12/07/1918-miscellany-perplexing-ads-edition/", "published_at": "2018-12-07T12:54:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbba-6365-7206-a8be-2ee3bedcd953", "title": "The best and worst of November 1918: Fake and real armistices, osculation, and meat we’ll learn to like", "url": "https://mylife100yearsago.com/2018/11/30/the-best-and-worst-of-november-1918/", "published_at": "2018-11-30T12:00:13+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbba-6365-7206-a8be-2ee3befb1fce", "title": "Looking for a Way to Go", "url": "https://mylife100yearsago.com/2018/11/28/looking-for-a-way-to-go/", "published_at": "2018-11-28T09:26:14+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbba-6365-7206-a8be-2ee3bfbf4469", "title": "10 1918 People I’m Thankful For", "url": "https://mylife100yearsago.com/2018/11/22/10-1918-people-im-thankful-for/", "published_at": "2018-11-22T17:40:09+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbba-6365-7206-a8be-2ee3c06fc825", "title": "My Year in World War I: A Centenary Reflection", "url": "https://mylife100yearsago.com/2018/11/11/my-year-in-world-war-i/", "published_at": "2018-11-11T16:24:44+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbe-c512-7014-9afd-008135e38766", "title": "Did College Shrink Your Breasts? A Quiz", "url": "https://mylife100yearsago.com/2018/11/05/did-college-shrink-your-breasts-a-quiz/", "published_at": "2018-11-05T18:57:03+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbe-c512-7014-9afd-008135f4f4a8", "title": "The best and worst of October 1918: Beautiful children, dubious remedies, and (sigh) fall colors", "url": "https://mylife100yearsago.com/2018/11/02/the-best-and-worst-of-october-1918-beautiful-children-dubious-remedies-and-sigh-fall-colors/", "published_at": "2018-11-02T19:20:44+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbe-c512-7014-9afd-0081362982b2", "title": "Book Review: The Return of the Soldier by Rebecca West", "url": "https://mylife100yearsago.com/2018/10/29/book-review-the-return-of-the-soldier/", "published_at": "2018-10-29T14:19:05+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbe-c512-7014-9afd-008136e9d797", "title": "Miscellany: Magic machines, embarrassing problems, and the Worst. Recipe. Ever.", "url": "https://mylife100yearsago.com/2018/10/24/miscellany-magic-machines/", "published_at": "2018-10-24T16:49:16+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbe-c512-7014-9afd-00813730c676", "title": "The Comic Side of WWI: Percy Crosby and the Rookie from the 13th Squad", "url": "https://mylife100yearsago.com/2018/10/20/the-comic-side-of-wwi/", "published_at": "2018-10-20T19:05:46+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbe-c512-7014-9afd-00813740d798", "title": "Wish me luck on my 1918 diet!", "url": "https://mylife100yearsago.com/2018/10/11/wish-me-luck-on-my-1918-diet/", "published_at": "2018-10-11T16:24:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbe-c512-7014-9afd-008137a126a7", "title": "The best and worst of August and September 1918: Modernist all-stars, predictions, and red scarves", "url": "https://mylife100yearsago.com/2018/10/06/best-and-worst-of-august-september-1918/", "published_at": "2018-10-06T19:33:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbe-c512-7014-9afd-008138201762", "title": "Book Review: Oh, Money! Money! by Eleanor Porter (1918)", "url": "https://mylife100yearsago.com/2018/09/20/book-review-oh-money-money/", "published_at": "2018-09-20T09:56:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbe-c512-7014-9afd-008138a57388", "title": "Young Dorothy Parker at Vanity Fair", "url": "https://mylife100yearsago.com/2018/09/01/young-dorothy-parker-at-vanity-fair/", "published_at": "2018-08-31T22:42:46+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbe-c512-7014-9afd-00813973b8e0", "title": "Miscellany: 1918 summer pleasures edition", "url": "https://mylife100yearsago.com/2018/08/15/miscellany-1918-summer-pleasures-edition/", "published_at": "2018-08-15T15:41:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbc3-4081-7082-b632-612c0359d100", "title": "The best and worst of June and July 1918: Insanity, proto-flappers, and octopus eyes", "url": "https://mylife100yearsago.com/2018/07/31/best-and-worst-of-june-and-july/", "published_at": "2018-07-30T22:02:03+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbc3-4081-7082-b632-612c041a21af", "title": "The Year Mandela was Born: South Africa in 1918", "url": "https://mylife100yearsago.com/2018/07/18/the-year-mandela-was-born-south-africa-in-1918/", "published_at": "2018-07-18T17:58:25+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbc3-4081-7082-b632-612c04fd14c3", "title": "What’s Your 1918 Girl Job? Take This Quiz and Find Out!", "url": "https://mylife100yearsago.com/2018/07/15/whats-your-1918-girl-job/", "published_at": "2018-07-15T12:15:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbc3-4081-7082-b632-612c0585a1a4", "title": "The Parade of the Century: New York, July 4, 1918", "url": "https://mylife100yearsago.com/2018/07/06/the-parade-of-the-century/", "published_at": "2018-07-06T16:55:59+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbc3-4081-7082-b632-612c05c7d6f6", "title": "My Year in 1918: Some thoughts at the halfway point", "url": "https://mylife100yearsago.com/2018/07/03/my-year-in-1918-some-thoughts-at-the-halfway-point/", "published_at": "2018-07-03T14:42:41+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbc3-4081-7082-b632-612c06c78127", "title": "Thursday Miscellany: Crossdressing soldiers, infinite nurses, and ham to the rescue", "url": "https://mylife100yearsago.com/2018/06/28/thursday-miscellany-crossdressing-soldiers-infinite-nurses-and-ham-to-the-rescue/", "published_at": "2018-06-28T13:05:18+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbc3-4081-7082-b632-612c06cc0455", "title": "The surprisingly ubiquitous lesbians of 1918: A Pride Month salute", "url": "https://mylife100yearsago.com/2018/06/26/the-surprisingly-ubiquitous-lesbians-of-1918/", "published_at": "2018-06-26T20:38:57+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbc3-4081-7082-b632-612c070dc352", "title": "Unmentionable vice, a secret German book, and a camarilla: The (looniest) trial of the century", "url": "https://mylife100yearsago.com/2018/06/23/unmentionable-vice-a-secret-german-book-and-a-camarilla/", "published_at": "2018-06-23T14:05:48+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbc3-4081-7082-b632-612c07d69737", "title": "An academic interlude: Harvard’s Widener Library", "url": "https://mylife100yearsago.com/2018/06/21/an-academic-interlude-harvards-widener-library/", "published_at": "2018-06-21T15:08:09+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbc3-4081-7082-b632-612c0860ccb1", "title": "The best and worst of May 1918: Short stories, cover art, ads, and cartoons", "url": "https://mylife100yearsago.com/2018/06/12/best-and-worst-of-may-1918/", "published_at": "2018-06-12T19:19:52+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog
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2026

Happy 150th Birthday, America!original ↗
5 Jul 2026
Children’s Books: Your 1925 Holiday Guideoriginal ↗
1 Jan 2026

2025

One last summer swim in 1925original ↗
3 Sept 2025
Virginia Woolf, Jacob’s Room, and Literary Beefsoriginal ↗
10 Jul 2025
July 1925 Magazine Covers Celebrate America’s Spiritoriginal ↗
4 Jul 2025
The Best and Worst of the New Yorker’s First Issueoriginal ↗
28 Feb 2025
The Top Posts of 1924original ↗
9 Jan 2025

2024

Children’s Books: Your 1924 Holiday Shopping Guideoriginal ↗
25 Dec 2024
A Double Rainbow of 1924 Magazine Coversoriginal ↗
31 Aug 2024
The Top Posts of 1923original ↗
1 Jan 2024

2023

Children’s Books: Your 1923 Holiday Shopping Guideoriginal ↗
24 Dec 2023
1923 Magazine Covers Celebrate Thanksgivingoriginal ↗
24 Nov 2023
My Visit to 1920s–and 2020s–San Franciscooriginal ↗
4 Nov 2023
Summer 1923 Magazine Covers, in All Their Gloryoriginal ↗
25 Aug 2023
A New Project!original ↗
18 May 2023
Claude McKay’s Harlem Shadows, “If We Must Die,” and Congressional Confusionoriginal ↗
28 Feb 2023
The Top 10 Magazine Covers of Winter 1923original ↗
19 Feb 2023
The Top, Um, Seven Posts of 1922original ↗
14 Jan 2023

2022

Children’s Books: Your 1922 Holiday Shopping Guideoriginal ↗
24 Dec 2022
My Quest to Earn a 1920 Girl Scout Badge: Pathfinder, Part 1original ↗
25 Sept 2022
My Magical Journey to 1922original ↗
12 Jun 2022
In search of an extraordinary spring 1922 magazine coveroriginal ↗
30 Apr 2022
Jane Austen’s Life 100 Years Agooriginal ↗
27 Mar 2022
Langston Hughes, Teenaged Poetoriginal ↗
28 Feb 2022
The Top 10 Posts of 1921original ↗
2 Jan 2022

2021

Children’s Books: Your 1921 Holiday Shopping Guideoriginal ↗
22 Dec 2021
Giving Thanks for the Friends I’ve Met Along the Wayoriginal ↗
26 Nov 2021
10 books, articles, and PhDs about the world of 100 years ago that are just sitting thereoriginal ↗
8 Nov 2021
Summer 1921 Magazine Covers, Viewed Longingly from Wintery Cape Townoriginal ↗
29 Aug 2021
Magazine Ads of 1921: Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down, and Mehoriginal ↗
30 Jun 2021
I Read a Random 1920 Bookoriginal ↗
18 May 2021
The Brief, Brilliant Career of Rita Sengeroriginal ↗
27 Mar 2021
The Brownies’ Book: A pioneering magazine for African-American childrenoriginal ↗
28 Feb 2021
The Best and Worst Magazine Ads of January 1921original ↗
31 Jan 2021
The Top 10 Posts of 1920original ↗
1 Jan 2021

2020

December 1920 Magazine Covers Bring Holiday Cheeroriginal ↗
24 Dec 2020
Children’s Books: Your 1920 Holiday Shopping Guideoriginal ↗
18 Dec 2020
Three 1920 Women Illustrators I’m Thankful Fororiginal ↗
26 Nov 2020
A Pioneering Gay Novel of 1919original ↗
26 Oct 2020
1915/1920 Magazine Cover Smackdown: And the Winners Are…original ↗
11 Oct 2020
You Be the Judge: The 1915/1920 Magazine Cover Smackdownoriginal ↗
23 Sept 2020
My Dream 1920 Summer Vacationoriginal ↗
31 Aug 2020
Are You H.L. Mencken and George Jean Nathan’s Ideal Woman? A Quizoriginal ↗
5 Jul 2020
Bernice Bobs Her Hair–and I Bob Mine!original ↗
25 May 2020
Magazine ads take baby steps into the 1920soriginal ↗
12 Apr 2020
5 Old Posts That Might Come in Handy Around Noworiginal ↗
28 Mar 2020
1920 magazine covers bring late winter cheeroriginal ↗
11 Mar 2020
The doctor and the chorus girl: a heartbreaking tale of interracial loveoriginal ↗
14 Feb 2020
Magazine Covers Ring in the 1920soriginal ↗
27 Jan 2020
The Top 10 Posts of 1919…and a new name for a new decadeoriginal ↗
1 Jan 2020

2019

Children’s Books: Your 1919 Holiday Shopping Guideoriginal ↗
19 Dec 2019
Ten 1919 Illustrators I’m Thankful Fororiginal ↗
28 Nov 2019
Can you beat me at this 1919 intelligence test? Probably!original ↗
20 Nov 2019
My Quest to Earn a 1919 Girl Scout Badge, Part 2original ↗
4 Nov 2019
My Quest to Earn a 1919 Girl Scout Badgeoriginal ↗
19 Oct 2019
Nobel Prize Laureate Selma Lagerlöf: A Swedish storyteller whose own story couldn’t be toldoriginal ↗
24 Sept 2019
My Perfect 1919 Summer Morningoriginal ↗
11 Aug 2019
Exploring Provo–and Mormon Historyoriginal ↗
25 Jul 2019
Princeton interlude: Orange and black is the new blackoriginal ↗
3 Jul 2019
An absorbing novel by an early Chinese-American writeroriginal ↗
27 May 2019
Celebrating the mothers of 1919 with carnations, songs, and guiltoriginal ↗
12 May 2019
Celebrating Children’s Book Week—and a pioneering librarianoriginal ↗
4 May 2019
April 1919 Ladies’ Home Journal ads: a riot of color for springoriginal ↗
22 Apr 2019
Celebrating Women’s History Month: Five inspiring women of 1919original ↗
29 Mar 2019
Celebrating 100 Posts: 2017 Me Interviews 2019 Me about My Year in 1918original ↗
10 Mar 2019
The first African-American heroine in children’s literatureoriginal ↗
27 Feb 2019
And the best novel of 1918 is…original ↗
12 Feb 2019
Still more beautiful images–but there will be words soon!original ↗
2 Feb 2019
More beautiful images from 1918original ↗
27 Jan 2019
Some beautiful images while I catch my breathoriginal ↗
20 Jan 2019
The best and worst of December 1918: Book talk, strewn violets, a sad loss, and a magazine of the futureoriginal ↗
6 Jan 2019

2018

The Top 10 Posts of 1918original ↗
30 Dec 2018
Are You a Stagnuck? A 1918 Year-End Quiz (With a Prize!)original ↗
27 Dec 2018
Your 1918 Holiday Shopping Guideoriginal ↗
19 Dec 2018
My Sad Search for 1918 Loveoriginal ↗
13 Dec 2018
1918 Miscellany: Perplexing ads editionoriginal ↗
7 Dec 2018
The best and worst of November 1918: Fake and real armistices, osculation, and meat we’ll learn to likeoriginal ↗
30 Nov 2018
Looking for a Way to Gooriginal ↗
28 Nov 2018
10 1918 People I’m Thankful Fororiginal ↗
22 Nov 2018
My Year in World War I: A Centenary Reflectionoriginal ↗
11 Nov 2018
Did College Shrink Your Breasts? A Quizoriginal ↗
5 Nov 2018
The best and worst of October 1918: Beautiful children, dubious remedies, and (sigh) fall colorsoriginal ↗
2 Nov 2018
Book Review: The Return of the Soldier by Rebecca Westoriginal ↗
29 Oct 2018
Miscellany: Magic machines, embarrassing problems, and the Worst. Recipe. Ever.original ↗
24 Oct 2018
The Comic Side of WWI: Percy Crosby and the Rookie from the 13th Squadoriginal ↗
20 Oct 2018
Wish me luck on my 1918 diet!original ↗
11 Oct 2018
The best and worst of August and September 1918: Modernist all-stars, predictions, and red scarvesoriginal ↗
6 Oct 2018
Book Review: Oh, Money! Money! by Eleanor Porter (1918)original ↗
20 Sept 2018
Young Dorothy Parker at Vanity Fairoriginal ↗
31 Aug 2018
Miscellany: 1918 summer pleasures editionoriginal ↗
15 Aug 2018
The best and worst of June and July 1918: Insanity, proto-flappers, and octopus eyesoriginal ↗
30 Jul 2018
The Year Mandela was Born: South Africa in 1918original ↗
18 Jul 2018
What’s Your 1918 Girl Job? Take This Quiz and Find Out!original ↗
15 Jul 2018
The Parade of the Century: New York, July 4, 1918original ↗
6 Jul 2018
My Year in 1918: Some thoughts at the halfway pointoriginal ↗
3 Jul 2018
Thursday Miscellany: Crossdressing soldiers, infinite nurses, and ham to the rescueoriginal ↗
28 Jun 2018
The surprisingly ubiquitous lesbians of 1918: A Pride Month saluteoriginal ↗
26 Jun 2018
Unmentionable vice, a secret German book, and a camarilla: The (looniest) trial of the centuryoriginal ↗
23 Jun 2018
An academic interlude: Harvard’s Widener Libraryoriginal ↗
21 Jun 2018
The best and worst of May 1918: Short stories, cover art, ads, and cartoonsoriginal ↗
12 Jun 2018
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