Don't forget that the increased quality of health care, general quality of life, and new scientific knowledge also contributed to bring the infant mortality rates down.

A wall of bookshelves and a large comfortable sofa

In Quebec (a province of Canada), we don't really celebrate the 1st of July. Sure the shops are closed and things like that, but we don't have any other celebration. However, we do celebrate June 24th (fireworks, bonfires, etc.) which is St Jean Batiste Day, also considered Quebec's National Holiday. I believe this is a consequence of the sovereignty movement a couple decades ago, where Quebec wanted to become an independent country.

He's lucky it hit his glasses, had it hit a little lower or higher...

I remember reading a fanfiction of this exact situation :)

I remember a time when the cereal box prize was a computer game. We bought so many boxes just to get all the games (ex: Roller Coaster Tycoon, Parcheezy, Monopoly, etc.)

Sometimes they build temporary walls when an area is under construction.

At least there seems to be an adult with them in the last picture.