Here's what life was like the last time the Cubs won a World Series
The last time the Cubs won a World Series title, 108 years ago, the world was a much different place.
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The Chicago Cubs have finally made it to the Fall Classic for the first time since 1945. The last time they won a World Series title, 108 years ago, the world was a much different place.
Here's a look at how times have changed since the Cubbies' championship victory over the Detroit Tigers in 1908.
—Associated Press
Above: Star Cubs pitcher Mordecai "Three Finger" Brown, shown here in 1912, helped lead the Chicago Cubs to their last World Series championship 108 years ago alongside greats such as Joe Tinker, Johnny Evers and Frank Chance.
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The first Model T is introduced by Henry Ford at a base price of $825.
Above: A 1910 Model T.
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Women still couldn't vote. They can't until the 19th Amendment is ratified in 1920.
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The population of the country is 88.7 million.
Above: Native American Indians of the Columbia Plateau on horses in 1908.
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The average worker makes between $200 and $400 a year.
Above: "Glassworks. Midnight. Location: Indiana." From a series of photographs of child labor at glass and bottle factories in the United States by Lewis W. Hine, for the National Child Labor Committee, New York.
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The Summer Olympics, held in London, is the first to have an opening ceremony.
Above:Â The start of the 3500 meter walk at the 1908 Summer Olympics.
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Construction of The Olympic and its sister ship, The Titanic, are announced.
Above: The Olympic, left, and the Titanic in 1912.
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The U.S. flag adds a star for Oklahoma, bringing the total number of states to 46.
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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are reported killed in Bolivia.
Above:Â Front row, from left: Harry A. Longabaugh, alias the Sundance Kid; Ben Kilpatrick, alias the Tall Texan; Robert Leroy Parker, alias Butch Cassidy. Back row, from left: Will Carver; and Harvey Logan, alias Kid Curry. Fort Worth, Texas, 1900.
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The Great Depression is still over two decades away.
Above: A farmer's son in Cimarron County, Oklahoma, during the Dust Bowl era in April 1936.
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The Chicago Cubs have finally made it to the Fall Classic for the first time since 1945. The last time they won a World Series title, 108 years ago, the world was a much different place.
Here's a look at how times have changed since the Cubbies' championship victory over the Detroit Tigers in 1908.
—Associated Press
Above: Star Cubs pitcher Mordecai "Three Finger" Brown, shown here in 1912, helped lead the Chicago Cubs to their last World Series championship 108 years ago alongside greats such as Joe Tinker, Johnny Evers and Frank Chance.
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Above: A chest X-ray from 1909.
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Above: "Glassworks. Midnight. Location: Indiana." From a series of photographs of child labor at glass and bottle factories in the United States by Lewis W. Hine, for the National Child Labor Committee, New York.
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Above:Â Front row, from left: Harry A. Longabaugh, alias the Sundance Kid; Ben Kilpatrick, alias the Tall Texan; Robert Leroy Parker, alias Butch Cassidy. Back row, from left: Will Carver; and Harvey Logan, alias Kid Curry. Fort Worth, Texas, 1900.
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