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Title: Society and Mass Culture


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Chapter 20 Section 5 Society and Mass Culture
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What is American pop culture?
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A Building Boom
Americans at Play
New World of Theater Music
4
A Building Boom
  • Skyscrapers
  • Public Transportation
  • Public Parks
  • Shopping

5
Skyscrapers
  • Electric Elevators
  • Steel Frames

Rookery Building Chicago (1885) 10 floors
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Skyscrapers
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Skyscrapers
NY Tribune Building
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Skyscrapers
Larkin Building, Buffalo (1896)
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Public Transportation
  • Trolley Cars

10
Public Transportation
  • Subways

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Public Transportation
  • New Bridges

Brooklyn Bridge, NY, 1883
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Public Parks
  • Frederick Law Olmsted
  • Central Park
  • Delaware Park
  • Buffalo Parkways

http//buffaloolmstedparks.org/
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Public Parks
  • Frederick Law Olmsted

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Public Parks
  • Frederick Law Olmsted

Lincoln Parkway, 1905
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Public Parks
  • Frederick Law Olmsted

Delaware Park, 1905
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Public Parks
  • Frederick Law Olmsted

Delaware Avenue, 1905
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Shopping
  • Department Stores

Macys, Herald Square, NY
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Americans at Play
  • Baseball
  • Football
  • Basketball

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Baseball
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Football
College Football almost banned in early 1900s
because of 33 deaths on the field in 1908.
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Basketball
James Naismith, 1891
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Theater Music
  • American Pop Music
  • Vaudeville Variety Shows

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American Pop Music
John Phillip Sousa Marches (Military Music)
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American Pop Music
Scott Joplin Ragtime
25
Vaudeville Variety Shows
  • Singers
  • Dancers
  • Music
  • Acrobats
  • Comedians

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Vaudeville Variety Shows
The Marx Brothers
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Vaudeville Variety Shows
Abbot Costello
28
Vaudeville Variety Shows
The Three Stooges
29
Vaudeville Variety Shows
Laurel Hardy
30
That's All Folks!
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