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Chapter 20 Section 5 Society and Mass Culture. What is American pop culture?. A Building Boom. Americans at Play. New World of Theater & Music. A Building Boom. Skyscrapers. Public Transportation. Public Parks. Shopping. Skyscrapers:. Electric Elevators. Steel Frames.
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Chapter 20 Section 5 Society and Mass Culture
A Building Boom Americans at Play New World of Theater & Music
A Building Boom • Skyscrapers • Public Transportation • Public Parks • Shopping
Skyscrapers: • Electric Elevators • Steel Frames Rookery Building Chicago (1885) 10 floors
Skyscrapers: NY Tribune Building
Skyscrapers: Larkin Building, Buffalo (1896)
Public Transportation: • Trolley Cars
Public Transportation: • Subways
Public Transportation: • New Bridges Brooklyn Bridge, NY, 1883
Public Parks: • Frederick Law Olmsted • Central Park • Delaware Park • Buffalo Parkways http://buffaloolmstedparks.org/
Public Parks: • Frederick Law Olmsted
Public Parks: • Frederick Law Olmsted Lincoln Parkway, 1905
Public Parks: • Frederick Law Olmsted Delaware Park, 1905
Public Parks: • Frederick Law Olmsted Delaware Avenue, 1905
Shopping: • Department Stores Macy’s, Herald Square, NY
Americans at Play • Baseball • Football • Basketball
Football College Football: almost banned in early 1900s because of 33 deaths on the field in 1908.
Basketball James Naismith, 1891
Theater & Music • American Pop Music • Vaudeville Variety Shows
American Pop Music John Phillip Sousa Marches (Military Music)
American Pop Music Scott Joplin Ragtime
Vaudeville Variety Shows • Singers • Dancers • Music • Acrobats • Comedians
Vaudeville Variety Shows The Marx Brothers
Vaudeville Variety Shows Abbot & Costello
Vaudeville Variety Shows The Three Stooges
Vaudeville Variety Shows Laurel & Hardy