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
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A Building Boom

• Skyscrapers

• Public Transportation

• Public Parks

• Shopping

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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

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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
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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
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Vaudeville Variety Shows
The Three Stooges
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Vaudeville Variety Shows
Laurel Hardy
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That's All Folks!