words of the century (i)

Here I use my photographs to illustrate words, phrases and new usages added to English dictionaries in each year of the twentieth century. Published as a set of photographic postcards by the University of Southampton in 2000, and as a photo essay in the summer 2013 edition of Poetry Review. Herein a selection from the first half of the century.
Locations;

1900 – Songhkla, Thailand

1901 – Williamsburg, Brooklyn

1902 – Istanbul

1903 – nr.Guildford

1904 – Ardleigh, Essex

1905 – Queens, New York

1909 – Bangkok

1910 – Brno

1911 – Vietnam

1912 – Eye, Suffolk

1913 – Bangkok

1916 – Iasi, Romania

1918 – Ramsholt, Suffolk

1919 – Kensington Gardens

1920 – Coopersale, Essex

1921 – Varna, Bulgaria

1923 – Shinglestreet, Suffolk

1924 – Rothesay, Isle of Bute

1927 – Queens, New York

1929 – Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria

1930 – Brighton Beach, New York

1934 – Asbury Park, New Jersey

1938 – Whitehall

1946 – Florence