Life at the Turn of the Century
The Rise of the Cities Engineering innovations change the look of the cities Skyscrapers change the skyline Wainright in St. Louis Flatiron in New York
Home Insurance Building
Chicago skyline
New suspension bridges New planned parks New city planning designs Daniel Burnham (Chicago)
Brooklyn Bridge 1883
Central Park New York City
New Technologies New Printing methods Creation of the airplane Print on both sides at the same time Literacy up around 90% Creation of the airplane Affordable hand held camera Rolls of film instead of glass plates
Education Mandated children go to school @ certain times Kindergarten created High Schools expand Immigrants encouraged to go to school
Less than 1% of African-Americans attended high school Immigrants were encouraged to go to school Americanize them Parochial schools Adult and night schools
Black Colleges: Women’s Colleges Business schools Howard Univ. Smith (1871) Bryn Mawr (1880) Business schools Wharton school @ U. of PA
City Life Department stores pop up. Section 3 City Life Department stores pop up. A & P (1869) Macy’s (1858) Woolworth’s (1879) Ward’s (1872) Sears Major advertising everywhere. (billboards etc…) Yellow journalism
Leisure Time Watch sporting events Ride bicycles Theater Baseball (Cincinnati Red Stockings ,1869) Ride bicycles Theater Circus, Vaudeville, Burlesque