1900 House part01

The sci-fi drama of time travel meets true-life drama in THE 1900 HOUSE -- a four-part documentary that "transports" an actual modern family from 1999 back to life in 1900.
Part 1 of 23

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Victorian
• nineteenth
• century
• PBS
• 1900
• class

[AWickedMind]

What I want to see is them take a couple and put them back into, say, the 1500s, and then every week have them move up a century. That'd be so neat- to see the progression difference laid out so clearly like that. By the time they got to 1800, they'd feel like they were living the easy modern life haha. And then once they hit 1900, they could start going up by 1/4 century, so we could see the roaring 20s, the 50s, and the 70s, and compare it to now.

[babyjenks1784]

Thank you so much for posting this series! I love all of the "house" series but this one started it all and is the best!

[southport97]

Was this the first "House" series? 

[TheUnicorn25]

Thank you thank you thank you for uploading these! I watched many of these series during childhood, and I credit it for my becoming a history major. I've been looking to watch these again for several years and I'm just overjoyed! Thank you!

[enmaxus]

@AWickedMind Great idea

[cheetocairo]

it would be cool though if they got an undeveloped subdivision and put up like three authentic houses and fill in the rest of the row with movie set type facades so then three families could experience an entire neighborhood set apart from modern life and they could put an authentic shop on the corner and period cars and things

[nagaempress]

I wish this series was still on! I loved this one and Pioneer House!

[BexMatthies]

@AWickedMind I'd recommend you watch "The supersizers go.." starrign Giles Corren and Sue Perkins.. it's not just about food but also about the lifestyle!

[AWickedMind]

@KittyKattyYukiLvr Well yeah, it's all relative. Just like 200 grand is a lot of money today. My logic is that a home going for 1500 back then to 200k today is an increase of 133 times. And 200,000x133 is 26.6 mil. So unless or inflation rate or money system changes, we can expect an average home that would cost 200k today to cost around 26 million in 100 or so years. But of course that means that people will probably be making $931 dollars an hour even for min wage ($7x133).

[KittyKattyYukiLvr]

@AWickedMind 1500 WAS a lot back then though, so I'm not sure how accurate the 26.6 million would be but that's really funny 'cause I would be that granny!

[Buffalobigboy69]

Of all the "house" shows. This and the 1940's house are by far the best. The ones made here in the USA were horrible. Colonial house was just a joke. But i really got into this one. I liked this family. The dad was a really nice guy. The mother was a bit of a pill, and she's the one who wanted to do this! And no offense, but she seemed to be on the rag the whole time. I loved the last few min's here were they had a pic of the street from 1900. And slowly faded to today. That was really cool.

[AWickedMind]

@audgeyp Yes, I was thinking a different location for each progression.