GILDED AGE – ARTS/ENTERTAINMENT/LEISURE • Leisure Time – Many scholars claim that leisure time was in fact invented in the late 19 th century – More people moved to urban areas for factory work where they were paid for there time rather than for the products they produced – This marked a major transition in labor – It also meant that when people were not working in the factories, they had free time, unlike people who worked on farms, were furniture builders, etc. – This transition in labor and the leisure time is allowed for was primarily an urban phenomena
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GILDED AGE – ARTS/ENTERTAINMENT/LEISURE
• Leisure Time– Many scholars claim that leisure time was in fact invented in the
late 19th century– More people moved to urban areas for factory work where they
were paid for there time rather than for the products they produced
– This marked a major transition in labor – It also meant that when people were not working in the factories,
they had free time, unlike people who worked on farms, were furniture builders, etc.
– This transition in labor and the leisure time is allowed for was primarily an urban phenomena
• Various forms of entertainment– Various forms of entertainment emerged to meet the needs of
these urban dwellers who now had leisure time and money to spend on entertainment – we will look at Amusement Parks, Vaudevilles, Circus/Dime Shows/Freak Shows, and Baseball
• Amusement Parks– Coney Island – Shell Rd. – 1824
» Elites visit» By 1870s – becomes more diverse » East side – elite» West side – working class» By 1890s – bathhouses controlled entrance to beach» Beginning of amusement parks
• Began in NY as showman with Joice Heth • Opens American Museum in 1841 – very successful• Museum burns down in 1865• Rebuilds in new NY location, burns down in 1868• Turns to the Circus - 1871
– First circus to travel by train– Purchases his own train– Travels around the world– Following image is of Charles Sherwood Stratton (Tom
– Baseball• Baseball emerges as a professional sport in the late
nineteenth century• Along with boxing, baseball becomes a major spectator sport
– Play begins in 1840s– 1868 – Cincinnati Red Stockings – players signed to
contracts– 1876 – National League established– 1901 – American League established– 1903 – 1st World Series– Following image from first world series– After image, you will find a list of the National League
and American League teams – thought you would find this interesting!
– NATIONAL LEAGUE– Boston Beaneaters (now Atlanta Braves) – Cincinnati Reds– New York Giants (now San Francisco Giants) – Brooklyn Superbas (now Los Angeles Dodgers) – Philadelphia Phillies – Pittsburgh Pirates – Chicago Orphans (now Chicago Cubs) – St. Louis Cardinals
– AMERICAN LEAGUE– Boston Americans (now Boston Red Sox) – Baltimore Orioles (now New York Yankees) – Philadelphia Athletics (now Oakland Athletics) – Washington Nationals (now Minnesota Twins) – Cleveland Blues (now Cleveland Indians) – Detroit Tigers – Chicago White Stockings (now Chicago White Sox) – Milwaukee Brewers (now Baltimore Orioles)