There was many different entertainment that had been started in the 1800’s. This is that I will tell you about is amusement parks, roller coasters and baseball.
First is all about the Amusement parks with shops. The first amusement park that was made in American was in New York City. Philadelphia, San Francisco, Chigo and St. Louis hosted world fairs that visitors were drawn to the foods, shows and parks. Then came the Ferris wheel came out in 1893. For the park there was a peak period which was near the 1900’s. There are many parks still remaining in America but in 1933 there was only 500.
Next are the roller coasters. The first ride ever made was in Coney Island with the first ride that had ice slides, which was like half pipes. Then in the 17th century the people started to make them with wood instead of ice. They then started to using the scenic Railroads in 1800’s, which were longer than ice slides and somewhat safer, the roller coasters were then made out of abandoned coal minds and railroad tracks. What made to roller coasters so popular was that there were so many crashes, I for one think this makes little to no sense, while there was so many people getting injured, the people didn’t die though.
Baseball is last but not least. Baseball was created and designed by Abner Doubleday. He created the baseball, the field and rules. Baseball started in New York about 1839, and the blacks could not play WITH the whites in minor or major leagues of baseball. So the blacks formed their own league. The first game was between the weeksville of New York and the colored Union Club although after the civil war lots more teams formed which had then made baseball professional.
I learned that back then people in the 1800’s to early 1900’s did not have as much entertainment as we do now. But I learned about them just as well as you have. This was also a fun subject to learn about.
Sources:
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_are_three_forms_of_entertainment_in_the_late_1800%27s
http://www.gameroomantiques.com/Feature/AmusementParks.htm
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