What is American

pop culture?

• Skyscrapers• Public Transportation• Public Parks

• Shopping

Skyscrapers:• Electric Elevators• Steel Frames

Rookery Building Chicago (1885)

10 floors

Skyscrapers:

Skyscrapers:

NY Tribune

Building

Larkin Building, Buffalo (1896)

Skyscrapers:

Public Transportation:• Trolley Cars

Public Transportation:• Subways

Public Transportation:• New

Bridges

Brooklyn Bridge, NY, 1883

Public Parks:• Frederick Law Olmsted• Central Park

• Delaware Park

• Buffalo Parkwayshttp://buffaloolmstedparks.org/

Public Parks:• Frederick Law Olmsted

Public Parks:• Frederick Law Olmsted

Lincoln Parkway, 1905

Delaware Park, 1905

Public Parks:• Frederick Law Olmsted

Delaware Avenue, 1905

Public Parks:• Frederick Law Olmsted

Shopping:• Department Stores

Macy’s, Herald Square, NY

• Baseball

• Basketball

• Football

Baseball

Football

College Football: almost banned in early 1900s because of 33 deaths on the field in 1908.

Basketball

James Naismith, 1891

• American Pop Music• Vaudeville Variety Shows

American Pop MusicJohn Phillip

Sousa

Marches (Military Music)

American Pop Music Scott

Joplin

Ragtime

Vaudeville Variety Shows

• Singers• Dancers• Music• Acrobats• Comedians

Vaudeville Variety Shows

The Marx Brothers

Vaudeville Variety Shows

Abbot & Costello

The Three Stooges

Vaudeville Variety Shows

Vaudeville Variety Shows

Laurel & Hardy