Annie's Diary 1906

1906 was a year of natural disasters around the world; in January an earthquake struck Ecuador, followed by the Great San Francisco Earthquake and an eruption of Mount Vesuvius in April then a typhoon and tsunami in Hong Kong.

In Atlanta, Georgia, tragedy was brought on by racial tensions. In September the tension erupted into violence and before the Atlanta Race Riots were over, there were 27 deaths.

Theodore Roosevelt was president of the United States. Significant legislation in 190 included the Antiquities Act which provided for the preservation and protection of archaeological and historic sites, creation of the food and Drug Administration which ended the patent medicine industry, since few of the concoctions sold as medicines would be approved by the FDA and the Meat Inspection Act which cleaned up the meat packing industry.

Technological advances include the first Victor Victrola phonographic record player and the first voice radio broadcast.

As the world was rapidly changing, 20 year old Annie went to New York City, New York in August of 1906. What follows is a transcription of her diary.