depression distractions 1930s culture
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DEPRESSION DISTRACTIONS 1930s CULTURE. EUGENIA LANGAN MATER ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL HIALEAH GARDENS, FLORIDA. Golden Age of Radio ESCAPISM, JUST LIKE TV TODAY: LISTENING TO OR WATCHING EXCITING STORIES, COMEDIES, DISTRACTS FROM (USUALLY MISERABLE) EVERYDAY LIFE. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
DEPRESSION DISTRACTIONS 1930s CULTURE
EUGENIA LANGANMATER ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOLHIALEAH GARDENS, FLORIDA
GOLDENAGE OFRADIO
ESCAPISM, JUST LIKE TV TODAY: LISTENING TO OR WATCHING EXCITING STORIES, COMEDIES, DISTRACTS FROM (USUALLY MISERABLE) EVERYDAY LIFE
WOODY GUTHRIE -- AN "OKIE" RADIO STAR – AND A COMMUNIST
EVEN IN HOOVERVILLES, SOME PEOPLE HAD RADIOS -- IN THE '30s RURAL MUSIC SHOWS (GRAND OL' OPRY, BARN DANCE, AND LOCAL VARIATIONS WERE COMMON)
AND DRANK! THE 21st AMENDMENT, REPEALING THE 18th (PROHIBITION), WAS RATIFIED IN RECORD TIME, BY DECEMBER 5, 1933 (FDR CAMPAIGN PROMISE)
EMPIRE STATE BUILDING, COMPLETED 1931
TALLEST BUILDING IN THE WORLD UNTIL WORLD TRADE CENTER WAS BUILT IN 1972
(BUT NOW ARAB AND ASIAN COUNTIES HAVE TALLER ONES)
ROCKEFELLER CENTER, 1929 - 40