In 1929, just over 10 million radios were being produced and sold.
How many radios were being produced in 1929?
100
Production of the refrigerator increased to 2.3 million in1937
How many refrigerators were produced in 1937?
100
Babe Ruth was a famous baseball player
Who was the famous babeball player people were crazy about?
100
In the 1930`s 60 to 90 million Americans went to the movies every week
How many people went to the movies every week?
100
The 30’s also brought us Monopoly.
What board game did the 1930's bring us?
200
By 1939, more than 27.5 million people had radios.
How many people owned radios in 1939?
200
Raymond Loewy invented the Cold Spot
Who invented the Cold Spot?
200
In the 30’s, people wanted to get away from the bankruptcy and the stress of the depression.
What did people want to get away from in the 1930's?
200
Movies cost 25 cents per adult and 10 per child
What was the cost per child and adult to get into a movie?
200
People thought that a game involving real estate would be fun, and it soon became the most popular board game of all.
What game is the most popular game of all time?
300
In Chicago’s working class neighborhoods in 1930, there was one radio for every two or three households.
How many radios were there per household?
300
The 1920’s was the age of the bathroom
The 1930’s was the age of the kitchen
The _____ was the age of the bathroom
The _____ was the age of the kitchen
300
Baseball let people forget about what was going on in their own life and enjoy themselves
What sport let people forget about what was going on in their lives?
300
The movies were a great place to take a date or go out with friends
Where would you want to go to be with the people you knew?
300
The 30’s also brought us the pinball machine and jukebox’s which later in became very popular as well.
What other items did the 1930's create?
400
On October 31, 1938, Orson Welles broadcast “The War of the Worlds”, so realistically that listeners really believed that Martians had landed in New Jersey.
What broadcast made people become scared?
400
The ice bowl created jobs like the ice cream man
What created jobs like the ice cream man?
400
People also enjoyed softball and mini golf as a cheap way of entertainment
What other sports did people enjoy playing?
400
A popular movie that came out was The Three Little Pigs. It came out half way into Roosevelt's first 100 days.
What was a popular movie that cam out during the 1930's?
400
People also found enjoyment in simple card games like contract bridge, which was very popular and very difficult to master.
What card games did people get enjoyment out of?
500
It was a dark, tall oak box with few controls in the center.
What did the radio look like?
500
The number of appliances a person owned was symbol of wealth
What was a symbol of wealth in the 1920's?
500
Boxing was another sport that took off during this time.
Besides babeball, what other sport took off in the 1930's?
500
Another popular movie that came out in 1931 was Dracula
What movie came out in 1931?
500
The jukebox came in many different styles and colors. For example, about a 3-4 foot box with neon lights around the edges was the most popular of the designs.