- At the turn of the 20th century, the urban life of people in Šabac was similar of those who lived in Vojvodina and the rest of modern Europe
- The city’s progressive development was visible in many aspects of life, from modern fashion, its busy public life, to its many diverse cultural events that helped enrichen its civil society
- Compared to the rest of Serbia, urban life in Šabac, especially in terms of its material culture, was developing at a much faster pace
- A considerable number of movable and immovable objects of heritage from this period were irretrievably lost in the destruction of the city in the Great War
