Entertainment in America in the Late 1800s-Culture-Mishael Theis

Since industrialization came around in America, people had more money to spend on entertainment. Instead of staying home and being entertained with their family, people began going places for a good time. Of course, the working class did not normally have the income to seek pleasure in the ways that the upper and middle classes did. some of these things were new to society, but others had been around for a while. 

Saloons were one place where some of the working class could afford to go. In some cities, there were more saloons than grocery stores. They served as social gathering place, as well as political centers in most cases. In the late 1800s, baseball, football, and basketball became extremely popular in America, as well as theaters, concerts, and amusement parks.

Saloon in Colorado in 1890

Baseball game at Vanderbilt University in 1890