A hundred years ago World War I hadn’t yet happened, but was about to. A hundred years ago “automobiles” were just hitting the market, most of them Ford Model T. A hundred years ago the present was a hazy future inside a cubist painting.
Here’s 5 “Then and Now’s,” 1913 and 2013, to look over the slow grind and twerk of the last hundred years.
The Romanov family c. 1910s, with Nicolas II center
1913: The House of Romanov celebrates 300 years on the Russian throne. Nicolas II is currently Tsar, and Monarchist sentiment is at a high. Nicolas will be the last Emperor of Russia. Five years from now he will be dethroned, and in July 1918 he and his family will be murdered in a basement as Russia moves toward Socialism.
