Life 100 years ago
What if Twitter had been invented 100 years ago?
History from the perspective of New Zealanders who experienced it. Daily quotes from diaries, letters, newspapers... shared in 'real-time' exactly 100 years later.
PapersPast
22 July 1918
SNOW FALL IN WELLINGTON - Very rare occurrence - Grey River Argus, https://t.co/wL2gU6pzFo #WW100 via @PapersPastNZ
CS Clarke's Diary
22 July 1918
It was a very cold showery day. Willie has influenza and was sitting by the fire all day. https://t.co/Ymx9Jh8z9z #WW100 via @csclarke_diary
PapersPast
22 July 1918
NEW SURGERY - Artificial limbs moved at will - Grey River Argus, 22 July 1918 https://t.co/ZzLNHxlgtM #WW100 via @PapersPastNZ
James Cox's diary
22 July 1918
The Age reported today that it is the heaviest snowfall in the Wairarapa since 1868 #WW100 via @cox_diary
PapersPast
22 July 1918
RUSSIA - Fate of the Czar - Taranaki Daily News, 22 July 1918 https://t.co/oftfJLfRqP #WW100 via @PapersPastNZ
Leslie Adkin's diary
22 July 1918
At 3.50pm snow started to fall heavily...A beautiful sight but no good to farmers. https://t.co/s22Zf1jGUl #WW100 via @adkin_diary
Corp. William McCaw
22 July 1918
The southerly still rages. Back to camp.#WW100 via @McCaw_diary
Auckland Weekly News
22 July 1918
Kit inspection: New Zealanders behind the lines on the Western Front. #WW100 https://t.co/jJql3LUGBN https://t.co/aXHVREi0hC via @AkWeeklyNews
PapersPast
22 July 1918
SNOW AT CHRISTCHURCH - Ashburton Guardian, 22 July 1918 https://t.co/k5NDEVcegV #WW100 via @PapersPastNZ
- ‹‹
- 1 of 23
- ››