Life at turn of century

LIFE AT THE TURN OF THE 20 TH CENTURY THE EMERGENCE OF MODERN AMERICA

SCIENCE AND URBAN LIFE ,[object Object],[object Object],Artist Annie Bandez

SKYSCRAPERS ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Flatiron Building - 1902

Another view of Burnham’s Flatiron Building

ELECTRIC TRANSIT ,[object Object],[object Object]

“ EL’S” AND SUBWAYS ,[object Object],[object Object]

BRIDGES & PARKS ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Central Park is an oasis among Manhattan’s skyscrapers

CITY PLANNING: CHICAGO ,[object Object],[object Object]

NEW TECHNOLOGIES ,[object Object],[object Object]

A REVOLUTION IN PRINTING ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

AIRPLANES ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Actual photo of Wright Brother’s first flight 12/17/03

PHOTOGRAPHY EXPLOSION ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],1888 Kodak

EXPANDING PUBLIC EDUCATION ,[object Object],[object Object]

HIGH SCHOOL ENROLLMENT SOARS ,[object Object],[object Object],Elroy High School Photo 1906

RACIAL DISCRIMINATION ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],African American school in the south about 1920

EDUCATION FOR IMMIGRANTS ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

EXPANDING HIGHER ED ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

AFRICAN AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES FORMED ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],W.E.B. Dubois

SEGREGATION AND DISCRIMINATION ,[object Object],[object Object]

WHAT IS DISCRIMINATION? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

VOTING RESTRICTIONS ,[object Object],[object Object]

JIM CROW LAWS ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

PLESSY v. FERGUSON ,[object Object],[object Object]

RACE RELATIONS - 1900 ,[object Object],[object Object]

VIOLENCE ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

DISCRIMINATION IN THE NORTH ,[object Object],[object Object]

DISCRIMINATION IN THE WEST ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Anti-Asian Cartoon

DAWN OF A MASS CULTURE ,[object Object],[object Object]

AMUSEMENT PARKS ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Coney Island was America’s most famous amusement park in the late 19 th century

BICYCLING & TENNIS ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],On the right is the “safety bike” – much easier and safer to ride

SPECTATOR SPORTS ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],1897 Baseball team picture Kansas State University

NEWSPAPERS ,[object Object],[object Object],Hearst (above) and Pulitzer initiated what was known as “Yellow Journalism”

Characteristics of Yellow Journalism included huge, sensational, exaggerated headlines

Some contend that Hearst and Pulitzer’s Yellow Journalism was responsible for the Spanish-American War in 1898

PROMOTING FINE ARTS ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],This portrait was done by Robert Henri, who led the Ashcan School

Title: Dempsey and Firpo, 1924 Artist: George Wesley Bellows ASHCAN SCHOOL

Unsigned work, 1930 ASHCAN SCHOOL

POPULAR FICTION ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

GROWING CONSUMERISM ,[object Object]

THE DEPARTMENT STORE ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Marshall Fields has been around for almost 150 years

CHAIN STORES ,[object Object],[object Object]

ADVERTISING ,[object Object],[object Object]

CATALOGS AND RFD ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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