With new inventions, people began to find new ways to enjoy their spare time and have fun

during…

1920s was a time of Fads…

DANCE MARATHONS FLAGPOLE SITTING

1920s Radio

DETROIT - 1st Radio station to air regular programming

KDKA (Pittsburgh) – 1st to report the results of the 1920 Presidential Election

By 1929 there were radios in more than 10 million households

Nickelodeons – Early movie theaters that cost a “nickel” to get in

SILENT FILMS “TALKIES”- MOVIES WITH MUSIC OR DIALOGUE

Films with no sound Often had a piano or

even an orchestra to accompany the movie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpjEyBKSfJQ

The Jazz Singer – The 1st full length movie with dialogue

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iX2lg4eYwQ

As organized sports became more popular, Americans made celbrities out of Sports stars… Jim Thorpe – Olympic Gold medalist, played

profession baseball and football Harold “Red” Grange – 1st athlete to appear on

the front page of the New York Times (football player)

George “Babe” Ruth – One of baseball’s greatest home run hitters (New York Yankees)

* African-Americans were not allowed to play major league baseball (They formed the Negro National League)

Daring Pilots…

Charles Lindbergh – the 1st person to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.

His plane was called “The spirit of St. Louis”

NY – Paris (33 ½ hours)

(6 pilots died trying before him)

Amelia Earhart

1st woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean

1 year after Lindbergh

In 1937 she disappeared over the Pacific Ocean while trying to fly around the world