1. The Life expectancy in the US was 47.
2. Only 14% of the homes in the US had a bathtub.
3. Only 8% of the homes had a telephone. A 3 minute call from Denver to New York cost 11 dollars.
4. The eight hundred cars that existed in the US had the use of only 144 miles of paved roads.
5. The maxim speed limit in most cities was 10 mph.
6. Alabama, Mississippi, Iowa, and Tennessee all had higher populations than California. California had 1.4 million residents, Its population ranked it 21st in the USA.
7. The average wage in the US was 22 cent an hour.
8. The average US worker made between $200 and $400 per year.
9. More than 95% of all births took place at home.
10. Sugar cost 4 cents a pound, eggs cost 14 cents a dozen and coffee cost 15 cents a pound.