1. The Age of the City…

2. Urbanization Migration Immigration Assimilation Exclusion
American Protective Association
Immigration Restriction League

3. Redefining the city Public Parks Frederick Law Olmstead
Public cultural centers
Philanthropy
1893 Columbian Exposition of Chicago
Housing Developments
Suburbs
Tenement buildings
Jacob Riis
Infrastructure
Transportation
Roads & bridges
Brooklyn Bridge
Skyscrapers

4. Tenement Building in New York

6. Frederick Law Olmstead

7. Jacob Riis’ Photographs

8. Children on the street

9. The Bar Room

10. Impoverished Workers

11. Problems of the City
Disasters
Great Fires
Chicago
Earthquakes

12. Great Chicago Fire

13. San Francisco Earthquake 1906

14. Problems of the city (con’t)
Department of Water Works
Medical and sanitation advances
Crime
Poverty
“deserving poor”
Salvation Army
Crime rate increases
Political machine
William M. Tweed

15. Boss Tweed and Tammany Hall

17. Some improved working conditions
Henry Ford
Assembly Line
Frederick Taylor
Scientific Mgt.

18. Henry Ford

19. Ford Assembly Line

20. Did you know????? Prices in the early 1900’s
Average house = $2,000
Annual salary = $708.00
Gallon of gas = 5 cents
Ford’s Model A = $850.00
Ford’s Model T = $575.00—after the assembly line

21. Trends in Shopping Rising incomes Women in the marketplace Consumers
National Consumer League
New opportunities
Department stores
Chain stores
A & P
F. W. Woolworth

22. Entertainment Sporting Events Music and Theatre Baseball Football
Barn storming
Football
Basketball
James Naismith
Prize Fighting
Music and Theatre
Vaudeville
Nickelodeons
Motion picture
D.W. Griffith

23. Entertainment (con’t)
Pleasure Parks
Central Park
Coney Island
Luna Park
Dreamland
Literature
Newspaper production
Dime novels
The Red Badge of Courage

24. Central Park

26. Coney Island

27. Coney Island Attractions 1925-1940

28. Luna Park

29. Stephen Crane

30. Other forms of entertainment
Family gatherings
Telephone
Switchboard

31. Growth in Education Public Schools Colleges and Universities
Private institutions
Morrill Land Grant Act of 1862

32. Women in the Victorian Age
Separate “spheres”
Higher education
Mount Holyoke
Changing roles in society

33. Queen Victoria

34. Victorian depiction of women

35. Soup Old Fashion Navy Bean 10¢
Main Course Channel Catfish 20¢ Pork Tenderloins 20¢ Omelet with Jelly 15¢ Roast Pork with Applesauce 20¢ Chicken Fricassee 20¢ Roast Beef 15¢ Pork and Beans 15¢
Corn on the Cob 10¢ Buttered Beets 5¢ Mashed Potatoes 5¢ Pickled Beets 5¢ Cole Slaw 5¢ Salad 10¢
Vegetables Appetizers Half of a Cantaloupe 10¢ Sliced Orange 10¢ Young Onions 5¢ Sliced Tomatoes 10¢ New Radishes 5¢ Sliced Cucumbers 10¢
Soup Old Fashion Navy Bean 10¢
Drinks Coffee 5¢ Milk 5¢ Tea 5¢ Dessert Lemon Layer Cake 5¢ Ice Cream 10¢ Ice Cream and Cake 15¢ Raspberries and Cream 10¢ Rhubarb Pie 5¢ Green Apple Pie 5¢

37. First class “Smoking Room”

38. 1st Class Staterooms on Titanic

39. Did you Know????
Cost of a ticket (one way): First-Class (parlor suite): £870/$4,350 ($50,000 today). First-Class (berth): £30/$150 ($1,724 today). 2 Executive Suites on Board ($ 78,000 today)

40. 2nd Class Cabins
Cost of a Second-Class ticket (one way): £12/$60 ($690 today).

41. Cost of a Third-Class ticket (one way): £3/$15 to £8/$40 ($172 to $460 today).