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Scholastic Turns 100
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In October 1920, Maurice R. Robinson published the first issue of The Western Pennsylvania Scholastic, a magazine about sports. It was the beginning of Scholastic—the world’s largest publisher and distributor of children's books and magazines. A lot has changed in the past 100 years.
Here’s a look at what life might have been like if YOU were a kid in 1920.
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A movie ticket cost about 15 cents. You might have seen a Felix the Cat cartoon before the featured film. It was the silent film era—movies didn’t have spoken dialogue until 1927.
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Babe Ruth might have been your favorite athlete. In his first season with the New York Yankees, Ruth set a record with 54 home runs— more than 14 entire teams hit that year!
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If your family owned a car, it was probably a Ford Model T.
You probably didn’t have electricity. Only about 35 percent of U.S. homes did! About the same percentage had telephones— and they looked like this.
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Your mom might have voted for president for the first time. It was the first year that women in every state were allowed to vote in national elections.