Chicago Entertainment

Chicago Entertainment

Between the Wars, 1919-1939

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Publication Date: 13th May 2003

Chicago has historically been a place of great energy and a showcase of modernity. Determined to wash away the recent memories of World War I, Chicagoans in the 1920s and into the 1930s set out to enjoy themselves, creating a Golden Age of popular entertainment envied throughout the world. Chicago Entertainment Between the Wars, 1919-1939 explores in detail the various old and new playing fields of entertainment that blossomed during this time period, such as dance halls, radio studios, rodeos, theaters, public mechanical musical machines, and movie palaces.
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Chicago has historically been a place of great energy and a showcase of modernity. Determined to wash away the recent memories of World War I, Chicagoans in the 1920s and into the 1930s set out to enjoy themselves, creating a Golden Age of popular entertainment envied throughout the world. Chicago Entertainment Between the Wars, 1919-1939 explores in detail the various old and new playing fields of entertainment that blossomed during this time period, such as dance halls, radio studios, rodeos, theaters, public mechanical musical machines, and movie palaces.
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Chicago has historically been a place of great energy and a showcase of modernity. Determined to wash away the recent memories of World War I, Chicagoans in the 1920s and into the 1930s set out to enjoy themselves, creating a Golden Age of popular entertainment envied throughout the world. Chicago Entertainment Between the Wars, 1919-1939 explores in detail the various old and new playing fields of entertainment that blossomed during this time period, such as dance halls, radio studios, rodeos, theaters, public mechanical musical machines, and movie palaces.
Details
  • Pages: 128
  • Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
  • Imprint: Arcadia Publishing
  • Series: Images of America
  • Publication Date: 13th May 2003
  • State: Illinois
  • Illustration Note: Black and White
  • ISBN: 9780738523309
  • Format: Paperback
  • BISACs:
    PERFORMING ARTS / Dance / General
    HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
    MUSIC / History & Criticism
    MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Dance
Author Bio
North Aurora: 1834-1940 is Jim and Wynette Edwards's 10th local history book for Arcadia Publishing. Their latest titles are Chicago: City of Flight, Kane County, and Chicago Entertainment: Between the Wars, 1919-1939.
Chicago has historically been a place of great energy and a showcase of modernity. Determined to wash away the recent memories of World War I, Chicagoans in the 1920s and into the 1930s set out to enjoy themselves, creating a Golden Age of popular entertainment envied throughout the world. Chicago Entertainment Between the Wars, 1919-1939 explores in detail the various old and new playing fields of entertainment that blossomed during this time period, such as dance halls, radio studios, rodeos, theaters, public mechanical musical machines, and movie palaces.
  • Pages: 128
  • Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
  • Imprint: Arcadia Publishing
  • Series: Images of America
  • Publication Date: 13th May 2003
  • State: Illinois
  • Illustrations Note: Black and White
  • ISBN: 9780738523309
  • Format: Paperback
  • BISACs:
    PERFORMING ARTS / Dance / General
    HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
    MUSIC / History & Criticism
    MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Dance
North Aurora: 1834-1940 is Jim and Wynette Edwards's 10th local history book for Arcadia Publishing. Their latest titles are Chicago: City of Flight, Kane County, and Chicago Entertainment: Between the Wars, 1919-1939.