Telephones

• First transcontinental phone call made in 1915
• Alexander Graham Bell called Thomas Watson
• _Phone lines stretched across 13 states
  

Pablo Picasso's Paintings

• Bought by the wealthy to show off that they  had a lot of money

Tickets onto the R.M.S. Titanic

• Hard to get
• Passenger liner sunk in 1912 before making it from the UK to New York City, NY
• Many citizens would have embarked to Europe after picking up
  

• The black suit

           Avoided since black had been so common in the Victorian and Edwardian periods already
           Became more popular in the fashion industry to distinguish people from corporate businessmen

• The zipper

             Invented in 1913
            First used to fasten boots and tobacco pouches
            Became integrated into garments many years later

• Teddy Bears

            Children's toy
            Named after President Theodore Roosevelt when he refused to kill a bear cub on a hunting trip
            First produced in 1906, but were popular for years after

• Ford Model T

              Manufactured from 1908 to 1927
              First affordable automobile for the middle-class American
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